Greenwood, Washington

Greenwood is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1]

For the neighborhood of Seattle, see Greenwood, Seattle.

History

A post office called Greenwood was in operation from 1901 until 1902.[2] The community was named for a grove of evergreen near the original town site.[3]

gollark: I probably wouldn't mind a lower-powered smartwatch with a few weeks of charge. They all seem to have overengineered application processors, fancy displays and tons of RAM, which seems unhelpful for watch uses.
gollark: That's better than the few days I've heard most smartwatches get.
gollark: I see. I don't think I am ever in situations where I could have a smartwatch but not a phone.
gollark: It doesn't take very long to retrieve a phone from a pocket. You could even bind different types of message to different sounds or vibration patterns on it if it mattered much.
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenwood, Washington
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 104.



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