Salkum, Washington

Salkum is a rural unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.^[1] The town is located on U.S. Route 12 and has a library, post office, grocery store, tavern and a fire department.

Salkum is a Cowlitz Indian word meaning "boiling water", a reference to a nearby series of waterfalls on Mill Creek.

References

Municipalities and communities of Lewis County, Washington, United States

County seat: Chehalis

Cities	Centralia Chehalis Morton Mossyrock Napavine Toledo Vader Winlock

Town	Pe Ell

CDPs	Fords Prairie Mineral Onalaska Packwood

Other unincorporated communities	Adna Alpha Boistfort Bunker Ceres Cinebar Cora Curtis Doty Dryad Ethel Evaline Forest Galvin Glenoma Harmony Klaber Lacamas Littell Marys Corner Mayfield McCormick Meskill Newaukum Randle Saint Urban Salkum Silver Creek Swofford Wildwood

Ghost towns	Lindberg Mendota Walville

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