Olympia, Washington
Thurston County · Population 55,605 · Card no. 6205
The state capital at the southern tip of Puget Sound, a government town with a dome visible from the freeway and an unusually stubborn independent streak.
- The Legislative Building's dome is among the tallest masonry domes in the world.
- Evergreen State College opened here in 1971.
- The city was named for the Olympic Mountains, visible across the water.
Every incorporated city and town in Washington has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.