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Website. cityofgigharbor.net. Gig Harbor ( Lushootseed: txʷaalqəɬ) is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington. The population was 12,029 at the 2020 census. [ 2] Gig Harbor bills itself as "the Maritime City" and maintains a strong connection to its maritime heritage.
The Harbor History Museum is a regional maritime and history museum in Gig Harbor, Washington. It hosts exhibits on regional culture and history, and Midway Schoolhouse, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1893 and moved to the museum's grounds in 2009.
Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW, originally the Purdy Treatment Center for Women) is a Washington State Department of Corrections women's prison located in Gig Harbor, Washington. [ 1] With an operating capacity of 740, it is the largest women's prison in the state [ 2] and is surrounded by Washington State Route 16, and McCormick ...
A Gig Harbor resident caught it on video. ... “That year, we got a call from the Harbor History Museum that there was an octopus in the creek,” Easton said.
Gig Harbor made an appearance in a recent Travel + Leisure magazine article about the 11 Best Small Towns in Washington. The town was recognized for multiple reasons including the waterfront with ...
Built in 1904, this is the oldest one-room schoolhouse in Pierce County. [6] Rural Public Schools of Washington State MPS. 3. Arletta School. Arletta School. September 28, 1987. ( #87001163) 3507 Ray Nash Drive NW.
The Key Peninsula lies at the heart of South Puget Sound. The Key Peninsula lies along Puget Sound to the south of Kitsap Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of Pierce County and is bordered to the west by Case Inlet and to the east by Carr Inlet. The peninsula is approximately 16 miles (26 km) long and has two Washington ...
At the time it was the only high school serving the Gig Harbor Peninsula and Key Peninsula. After Gig Harbor High School was opened in September, 1979, 4 miles to the south, students living south of North Harborview Drive in downtown Gig Harbor and Fox Island attended the new high school.