A slice of Americana awaits you in our beautiful, but growing, small town located in glorious Northwest Washington State nestled between the Cascades/Mount Rainer and the Puget Sound.

We are located about 15 miles north of Olympia, WA (our state capitol) and about 20 miles south of Tacoma, WA along the I-5 corridor off Exits 118 and 119 adjacent to and minutes from Fort Lewis.

Though incorporated in 1951, the area was first seen by outsiders in 1792, when British Captain George Vancouver and a party of explorers cruised down the body of water he named Puget Sound. In 1833, the Hudson's Bay Company set up shop on the site in a trading post called Fort Nisqually and in time our town would host a major U.S. scientific expedition which is still landmarked today.