Pe Ell, Washington
Town in the United States in Lewis County
About Pe Ell
Pe Ell () is a town in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The population was 642 at the 2020 census. The rich agricultural and timber resources of the region attracted farmers, millworkers, and loggers. State Route 6 passes through the town and connects it to Chehalis in the east and Raymond in the west.
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Population over time
From 632 in 2010 to 642 in 2020 (+1.6%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 642 |
| 2010 | 632 |
History
In 1897, the North Pacific Railway built a railroad depot in the town. In 1907, Pe Ell's population was around 1,000—larger than it is today. The rich agricultural and timber resources of the region attracted farmers, millworkers, and loggers. By 1909, the town had a bank, three dry goods stores, two general stores, three grocery stores, two barber shops, five saloons, four hotels, a newspaper, a blacksmith, and even an opera house.
Pe Ell was officially incorporated on March 9, 1906.
The community was once home to the Rock Creek sanitorium in the 1930s. Owned by both Lewis and Pacific counties, it was overseen by Dr. Angus MacMillan who also managed a similar tuberculosis hospital in Forest, Washington during the 1940s.
The town lost its water supply, which was provided over the historic Weyerhaeuser Pe Ell Bridge, during the Great Coastal Gale of 2007. The Chehalis River in the Pe Ell area rose 50 feet (15.2 m) during the event, overcoming the bridge and wrecking the water main. The lost pipe system was estimated to have a repair cost of $800,000; the system was installed three years earlier for $1.6 million. The financial costs to replace the bridge and the water supply lines led the Pe Ell community to temporarily consider dissolving the town's government.
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