Tumwater, Washington
City in the United States in Thurston County
About Tumwater
Tumwater is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 25,350 at the 2020 census. The city is situated near where the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet, the southernmost point of Puget Sound; it also borders the state capital of Olympia to the north. Tumwater is the oldest permanent Anglo-American settlement on Puget Sound. The city is the southern gateway to the wider Seattle/Tacoma urban area, which stretches from Tumwater to Marysville along the Interstate 5 corridor.
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Population over time
From 17,371 in 2010 to 25,350 in 2020 (+45.9%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 25,350 |
| 2010 | 17,371 |
History
The site of Tumwater and Tumwater Falls has been home to Southern Lushootseed-speaking peoples known as the Steh-Chass / Stehchass or Statca'sabsh (a subtribe of the Sahewamish (Sahe'wabsh), a subgroup of the Nisqually people; who became part of the post-treaty Squaxin Island Tribe) for thousands of years. "Steh-Chass" is the Lushootseed name for Budd Inlet, Deschutes River and the Tumwater Falls area, and for an important village of the Statca'sabsh.
A post office called Tumwater was established in 1863. Tumwater was incorporated as a fourth-class municipality, commonly referred to as a town, on November 25, 1869.
The construction of Interstate 5, which was completed in 1958, required the demolition of 100 buildings in downtown Tumwater. Major businesses had already relocated northeast to Tumwater Square, which remains a local shopping center. The Tumwater Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 to preserve remnants of downtown amid plans to widen Interstate 5.
On March 10, 1964, residents in the Town of Tumwater approved the reorganization of Tumwater as a third-class municipality, resulting in the name of the City of Tumwater being adopted. The city was reclassified from a third-class municipality to a non-charter code city on June 21, 1994, retaining the name of the City of Tumwater.
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