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Bordeaux & Capitol Forest Approach

Bordeaux and the western county road network approaching Capitol State Forest.

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The setting

A rural and historic locality, separate from the Olympia Westside and from a residential subdivision. Forest proximity does not establish private access rights.

The homes

Individual rural and wooded properties with parcel-specific improvement histories.

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Unincorporated Thurston County; verify legal access, road responsibilities and the exact parcel.

0 community profiles · 1 planning / plat profiles

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Neighborhoods within Bordeaux & Capitol Forest Approach

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Map & everyday geography

Get to know the streets

A closer look at the area.

Explore local streets and landmarks. Pins orient you to the area; shaded outlines are city-mapped associations, not the boundaries of this browsing region.

Streets: OpenStreetMap. Outlines: City of Olympia association data, retrieved September 19, 2026. Association outlines are not city limits or the full extent of every guide.View all neighborhoods →
Detailed neighborhood research, recorded names & construction history

Inside Bordeaux & Capitol Forest Approach

Neighborhoods, subdivisions & smaller places.

Compare each place on its own. Builder history, house age, style and ownership arrangements can change between neighboring streets. Recorded-name groups and dated development projects are labeled separately from established communities.

Plat records

Waddell Creek Valley Garden

County parcel records identify Waddell Creek Valley Garden around ENDICOTT RD SW. Related record names and divisions remain separate until their original maps and governing documents establish the relationship.

Recorded construction samples:
  • 1921–2025 · 20 year observations · 4.89-acre median residential lot

Sampled buildings; not a complete buildout history.

Housing history, ownership & sources
Construction history
1921–2025 in 20 county year-built observations; median 1982. This is a recorded-building sample, not a complete original buildout chronology.
Residential lot sample
4.89 acres median across 21 residential observations. Individual lots vary; this is not a subdivision-wide minimum or maximum.
Housing & styles
An architectural style is not inferred from a year-built field. Confirm the actual house and original plans.
Homebuilder
Original builder has not been established in the sources reviewed.
Street examples
ENDICOTT RD SW. Sample streets, not a boundary or a matched parcel list.
Parcel-sample jurisdiction
Unincorporated Thurston County. This reflects the sampled parcels, not every property in the wider browsing region.
Recorded names & construction-year samples (1 record groups)

October 10, 2026 research snapshot. These are legal-description search groups, not a count of homes or certified plat boundaries. Divisions, phases and similarly named records remain separate. Year-built fields can include later replacement buildings and non-house property types.

Assessor sample by exact recorded name
Recorded nameYear-built sampleResidential lot sample
WADDELL CREEK VALLEY GARDEN36 named parcel observations1921–202520 year observations · median 19824.89 acres median21 acreage observations

Acreage is the median of positive lot-size observations below 100 acres coded RES in the research, not a measurement of every home lot. Samples can be incomplete or overlap; do not add them to calculate community totals. Confirm the actual parcel, original permit, additions and recorded map before relying on a date or size.

Evidence: parcel records. Development dates, association formation and individual home completion are separate facts. Research updated October 10, 2026.

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A named place is included even when photographs or a complete builder history are still being gathered. Exact home facts belong to its parcel, plat, permits and current association documents.

A closer look inside Bordeaux & Capitol Forest Approach

Start with the details that change from one place to another.

These local profiles surface a useful contrast in construction history, development or property responsibilities. Open the source notes before applying a community-level fact to a specific address.

History & construction

Waddell Creek Valley Garden

“WADDELL CREEK VALLEY GARDEN” has 20 county records with a year built from 1921–2025, median 1982; sampled residential lots have a 4.89-acre median (21 observations). These assessor samples help compare building eras, but do not establish the first or last home in a subdivision or the permit history of an individual address.

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Sources & how to read this research

Parcel-research snapshot: October 10, 2026. Page copy reviewed October 11, 2026. Regional labels are browsing choices; original records determine parcel facts. The directory is an expanding researched selection, not a certified complete inventory of every subdivision.

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Landmark photographs do not establish school attendance, public access or property rights.

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