Mora, Washington

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Mora, Washington
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Mora
Coordinates: 47°55′16″N124°37′05″W / 47.92111°N 124.61806°W / 47.92111; -124.61806
Country United States
State Washington
County Clallam
Established1891
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)

Mora is a former settlement in Clallam County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The GNIS classified it as a populated place. [1]

A post office called Boston was established in 1891, [2] however to avoid confusion with Boston, Massachusetts, it was renamed after Mora, Sweden, the native home of an early postmaster. [3] This post office remained in operation until 1942. [2] By 1980, all remnants of the original settlement had been removed and Mora came to refer to a campground and other facilities about 12 mile (0.80 km) away related to Olympic National Park. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mora, Washington
  2. 1 2 "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  3. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 172.