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
Pacific, Washington from the Mud Mountain Dam caused even greater flooding, inundating more than a hundred homes. Pacific is located at (47.263272, -122.247831). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. The lower White River, also known as the Stuck River, runs through the east side of Pacific, between Auburn, Washington and Sumner, Washington. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,606 people, 2,269 households, and 1,605 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,422 housing units at an average density of