Cougar, Washington
Unincorporated community in Cowlitz County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Cougar
Cougar is an unincorporated community and former town in Cowlitz County, Washington. Cougar is located around 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Vancouver on Washington State Route 503 and along the northwest bank of Yale Lake, a reservoir on the Lewis River.
The population of Cougar was 122 at the 1990 Census, when it was still incorporated as a town, but disincorporated before the 2000 Census. As of the 2020 census, the population is 118.
The Cougar community is part of the Woodland School District, a K-12 school district of about 2,200 students.
Cougar is the nearest community to Mount St. Helens, which lies 13 miles (20.9215 km) to its northeast. The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.
A post office called Cougar was established in 1902. The community was named after the cougar which were abundant in the area at that time.
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How Cougar is governed
Cougar appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Cowlitz County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Cougar does have local officials.
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