Littlerock, Washington
Unincorporated community in Thurston County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Littlerock
Littlerock is an unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Littlerock is 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Olympia. The town is west of Interstate 5 and Maytown.
Littlerock is located near several protected lands, such as the Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve and Capitol State Forest.
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How Littlerock is governed
Littlerock 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 Thurston County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Littlerock does have local officials.
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Residents of Littlerock
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History
The first white settler in the area, Thomas Elliott Rutledge, filed a claim for 160 acres (65 ha) in 1854 and named his settlement "Black River". The community was later renamed "Little Rock" or "Littlerock" for a mounting stone on the Rutledge property; a post office called Littlerock has been in operation since 1879.
In 1909, Littlerock had two shingle mills with 330 employees, a lumber camp and saw mill, which produced 20,000 feet (6,096.0 m) of lumber daily. A Methodist church, a school with 3 teachers, a grocery store, furniture and hardware stores were also built.
In 2020, the Washington Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission nominated a site north of Littlerock for the site of a new major airport to serve the Seattle metropolitan area alongside Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA). A similar site was proposed in the 1990s for a study that ultimately resulted in an expansion of SEA. The Littlerock site was determined to be infeasible due to community opposition and its potential air corridor passing over Olympia.
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