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 102 4,100 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly at the US 101 intersection. SR 102 was established in 1984 on the existing Dayton Airport Road northwest of Shelton. Dayton Airport Road was built as an unpaved road by the 1950s and was not paved until the 1980s. Washington State Route 102 State Route 102 (SR 102) is a state highway serving the Washington Corrections Center and Washington State Patrol Academy in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway extends northeast and east as Dayton Airport Road from the Washington Corrections Center through rural Mason County to an intersection with U.S.