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Place Name
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Aberdeen
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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16,565 (1990)
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Location
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Grays Harbor County, Washington (WA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°59'N
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Longitude
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123°49'W
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Aberdeen
, city (1990
pop. 16,565), Grays Harbor co., W Wash.,
44 mi/71 km W of Olympia, a port of entry on
Grays Harbor, at the mouth of the Chehalis and the Wishkah rivers;
46°59'N 123°49'W. RR junction. With its adjacent twin city,
Hoquiam, it has lumbering and shipping industries; other mfg.
(seafood processing, steel foundry, copper foundry, printing and
publishing, food and beverage prods., veneer, boatbuilding). The cities
serve as a gateway to Olympic Natl. Park, to N. Home port of
Washington's tall ship Ambassador Lady Washington. Grays
Harbor Community Col. here. Inc. 1890
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