Washington (state) Washington (state) Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it
Washington State Route 105 Washington State Route 105 State Route 105 (SR 105) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. It travels along the Pacific Coast between two junctions with U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in Raymond to the south and Aberdeen in the north. The highway also has two spur routes: a road serving the city of Westport on Grays Harbor and a short connector in Aberdeen. SR 105 begins at an intersection with US 101 on the north bank of the Willapa River in Raymond, about north of the western terminus of SR 6. The highway follows Park Avenue