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History · Amanda Park

Amanda Park’s post office opened in 1942

Most of Amanda Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1921 on.

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Photo: Konrad Roeder (Kgrr at en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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How Amanda Park began

When was Amanda Park founded?

1942

The Amanda Park post office opened in 1942, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 16284 years
Founding year: the first Amanda Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Amanda Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Amanda Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19213 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1990. Watch Amanda Park change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amanda Park’s history is told.

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On the map

Amanda Park on the map, 1921 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Amanda Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Amanda Park on the 1921 USGS mapAmanda Park on the 1955 USGS mapAmanda Park on the 1990 USGS map1921Quinault Lake sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Amanda Park.

The story so far

Amanda Park, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Amanda Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Amanda Park is a census designated place on the Olympic Peninsula in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States, along U.S. Route 101. Olympic National Park and Lake Quinault are directly to the north. As of the 2020 census, Amanda Park had a population of 162.

Its first post office opened in 1942. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 252 to 162 (-36%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Amanda Park, decade by decade

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Questions about Amanda Park’s history

What year was Amanda Park founded?

The Amanda Park post office opened in 1942, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.