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Local regions guide

Regions & neighborhoods

Choose a city area, then explore its regions and smaller communities. Housing history and ownership details belong to the individual place and property.

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Choose Olympia, Lacey or Tumwater. Then open a region to explore its neighborhoods, subdivisions, housing history and local photographs.

These are useful browsing groups. County peninsulas and rural areas keep their actual jurisdiction in their profiles.

Tamoshan entrance sign beneath tall trees on Cooper Point
The Tamoshan entrance sign marks one of Cooper Point’s named residential communities.

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Cooper Point

Cooper Point Road, the country-club approach and the Budd Inlet side of the peninsula.

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Tree-lined Westside Olympia street corner near neighborhood services
Westside street corner

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West Olympia

Harrison, Division, the established Westside, West Bay hillsides and urban residential communities.

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Marina water, docks and sailboats at Percival Landing in Olympia
Docks and marina water at Percival Landing show part of downtown Olympia’s waterfront setting.

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Downtown Olympia

The waterfront, market, city grid and Capitol Campus approach.

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The Eastside

The established streets east of downtown around State, Fourth, Pacific and the Eastside neighborhood.

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Roosevelt Elementary School on San Francisco Avenue in northeast Olympia
Roosevelt Elementary landmark

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Northeast Olympia

Bigelow, Upper Eastside, East Bay Drive and the Northeast neighborhood, each with a separate identity.

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Established homes, driveways and trees in the Cain Road and Indian Creek area
Cain Road / Indian Creek streets

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Southeast Olympia · Boulevard & LBA

Cain Road, Boulevard, LBA and distinct established communities on the urban southeast edge.

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Ward Lake seen between trees and homes along Lakehurst Drive SE
Ward Lake from Lakehurst Drive

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Ward Lake & Henderson

Ward Lake, Holiday Hills, Braemar and the distinct communities and phases around Briggs Village.

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East Olympia & Evergreen Valley

The county-side southeast beyond the urban neighborhoods: wooded communities, rural roads and distinct lake pockets.

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Neighborhoods are included with or without photographs. Recorded-name groups are research aids, not a claim that every name is a distinct neighborhood. A community’s first plat date is different from a particular house’s year built.

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