{"id":8640,"date":"2023-10-03T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T22:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:49:25","slug":"lewis-county-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lewis-county-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis County, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis County is a county in Washington, United States, about 85 miles south of Seattle along
\nInterstate 5. It had a population of 82,149 at the 2020 census, an estimated 88,062 by 2025, and
\ncovers 2,403 square miles (6,220 km2) of land centred near 46\u00b035\u2032N 122\u00b024\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Chehalis is the county seat; its postal code is 98532. Centralia, immediately north of Chehalis,
\nis the county’s largest city. The county holds 8 cities, 1 incorporated town, 4 census-designated
\nplaces and dozens of smaller unincorporated communities. Washington has no civil townships, so
\nplaces here answer only to the county and their own city limits, if any. Lewis County runs on
\nPacific Time. Its FIPS code is 53041.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Lewis County<\/h2>\n

Lewis County has 13 named places with a 2020 census population on record: 8 cities, 1 incorporated
\ntown and 4 census-designated places (CDPs). CDP stands for census designated place — a
\nrecognized unincorporated community with no city government of its own. Dozens more crossroads
\nand rural communities have no census count at all and are not shown here as population totals.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Centralia<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n18,183<\/td>\n98531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chehalis<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n7,439<\/td>\n98532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fords Prairie<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,234<\/td>\n98531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winlock<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,472<\/td>\n98596<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Napavine<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,888<\/td>\n98565<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,036<\/td>\n98356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Onalaska<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n657<\/td>\n98570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pe Ell<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n642<\/td>\n98572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vader<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n629<\/td>\n98593<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toledo<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n631<\/td>\n98591<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mossyrock<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n768<\/td>\n98564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n193<\/td>\n98355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packwood<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n319<\/td>\n98361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Beyond these 13, dozens of smaller places are on record with no separate census count —
\namong them Adna, Alpha, Boistfort, Cinebar, Curtis, Doty, Dryad, Ethel, Evaline, Forest, Galvin,
\nGlenoma, Harmony, Klaber, Lacamas, Littell, Marys Corner, Mayfield, McCormick, Meskill, Newaukum,
\nRandle, Saint Urban, Salkum, Silver Creek, Swofford, Wildwood, Wilson and Winston. A handful of
\nolder names on the county’s rolls — Ceres, Cora, Kopiah, Nesika and Walville among them
\n— are historic mill and mining sites now abandoned or reduced to a single structure; Riffe and
\nKosmos were submerged when the Cowlitz River was dammed to form Riffe Lake in 1968.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n