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Thurston County · Region guide

Bucoda

The smaller town’s street grid and recorded residential geography.

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The setting

Bucoda is its own town, south of Tenino, not a Tenino subdivision.

The homes

Older town houses, later improvements and individual residential parcels.

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Bucoda town limits and surrounding county parcels must be checked by address.

0 community profiles · 1 planning / plat profiles

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Neighborhoods within Bucoda

1 profiles

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 Bucoda

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

McElroy

County parcel records identify McElroy around N NENANT ST, S 12TH ST, N MAIN ST. Related record names and divisions remain separate until their original maps and governing documents establish the relationship.

Recorded construction samples:
  • 1890–2008 · 40 year observations · 0.23-acre median residential lot

Sampled buildings; not a complete buildout history.

Housing history, ownership & sources
Construction history
1890–2008 in 40 county year-built observations; median 1922.5. This is a recorded-building sample, not a complete original buildout chronology.
Residential lot sample
0.23 acres median across 39 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
N NENANT ST · S 12TH ST · N MAIN ST. Sample streets, not a boundary or a matched parcel list.
Parcel-sample jurisdiction
Bucoda. 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
MCELROY76 named parcel observations1890–200840 year observations · median 1922.50.23 acres median39 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 Bucoda

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

McElroy

“MCELROY” has 40 county records with a year built from 1890–2008, median 1922.5; sampled residential lots have a 0.23-acre median (39 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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