Aberdeen
Washington
Looking for a home
in friendly harbor town of Aberdeen Washington
 Acres
of trees encircle Aberdeen,
testimony to the area’s timber-oriented history. Hoquiam
River edges the west side of the city and separates it
from Hoquiam,
Aberdeen’s small neighboring city, just across the
water. The Chehalis River runs along the south side, and
empties, like the Hoquiam River, into Grays
Harbor, which in turn
empties into the Pacific.
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Gray’s Harbor,
however, has several attractions to offer the growing
influx of tourists. In the summer, a replica of an old
sailing ship stands in the harbor, manned by sailors in
period costumes and open for tours. Historical buildings
in Hoquiam are worth a tour, and there are two museums
with exhibits featuring old area artifacts.
If you think charming architecture is for the birds,
wander around Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge.
Here shorebirds wade in 500 acres of estuary. Or, join
locals at Lake Sylvia State Park, to do your own wading
when the weather permits. Temperatures in Aberdeen peek
in the low 60’s in summer, so don’t expect a warm swim
if you decide to jump in.
Aberdeen is located 82 miles southwest of Seattle and
44 miles west of Olympia.
Aberdeen WA is proud to offer a wide variety of
big-city services and attractions with a small-town
atmosphere. In addition to a number of national and
local retail businesses, we have a fine hospital,
beautiful parks and athletic complexes and some of the
friendliest people in the United States. We have some
beautiful neighborhoods with housing prices that are
extremely reasonable and a freeway that connects us to
the I-5 corridor, which is the main north-south route in
the State of Washington. We have little traffic
congestion, we have excellent water and clean air and
dozens of outdoor activities for everyone to enjoy.
Aberdeen is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington.
Aberdeen was founded by early settler Samuel Benn when
he had a plat filed in 1884. The population was 16,461
at the 2000 census. The city is the economic center of
Grays Harbor County, bordering the cities of Hoquiam and
Cosmopolis. Aberdeen is sometimes called the "Gateway to
the Olympic Peninsula," though it is more widely known
as the "Birthplace of Grunge," due to being the hometown
of the founding members of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain and
Krist Novoselic.
Aberdeen WA Industry
Despite attempts to diversify the local economy that
stretch back decades, Aberdeen and the rest of Grays
Harbor remain dependent on the timber industry.
On October 21, 2005, Weyerhaeuser announced that on
December 19 it would close the Aberdeen large-log
sawmill and in early 2006 the Cosmopolis pulp mill. This
was expected to result in the loss of at least 342 jobs.
Many employees were not told by Weyerhaueser management,
but learned about the closures from local radio
stations, who had received a press release early in the
morning prior to a scheduled press conference.
Top employers on the Harbor include locally owned Grays
Harbor Paper L.P., The Westport Shipyard, Sierra
Pacific, The Simpson Door Co., Hoquiam Plywood, the
Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a state prison which
opened in 2000, and Safe Harbor Technology, a technical
support center.
Other major employers include cranberry-growing
collective Ocean Spray, Wal-Mart and Washington Crab
Products.
Imperium Renewables of Seattle has begun
construction on a $40 million dollar biodiesel plant at
the Port of Grays Harbor in the Aberdeen area. It
is estimated the plant will produce as much as 100
million gallons of diesel fuel made from plants and
vegetable material annually. This is a vast increase in
the state's production, and a boost to the Grays Harbor
economy. When completed it will be one of the largest
plants of its type in the United States.
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