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History · Malone

Malone’s post office opened in 1912, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 11 old photos and papers and maps from 1941 on.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
11old photos & papers
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From Malone’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Malone began

When was Malone founded?

1912

The Malone post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 468114 years
Founding year: the first Malone post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
The story so far

Malone, in brief

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

Malone is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 468 at the 2020 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Malone-Porter CDP; Malone and Porter are now separate CDPs. They are located just off U.S. Route 12, southeast of Elma and northwest of Oakville, and along a shortline that is part of the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 475 in 2010, 468 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Malone, 1912 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Malone post office opens
  3. 1930In the archiveLarge log in shingle mill, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930
  4. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Malone, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s11 items
Large log in shingle mill, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Large log in shingle mill, Mumby Lumber and Shingle C…Man (probably Thomas or Russell Bordeaux) and gas lumber carrier amid stacks of lumber, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Compan…c. 1930Man (probably Thomas or Russell Bordeaux) and gas lum…Mill buildings, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Mill buildings, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Mal…Mill crew and one of the Bordeaux brothers, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Mill crew and one of the Bordeaux brothers, Mumby Lum…Mill workers posed with hats on, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Mill workers posed with hats on, Mumby Lumber and Shi…Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company office and staff, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company office and staff, Ma…Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company office and staff, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company office and staff, Ma…Shingle mill workers posed with hats off, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Shingle mill workers posed with hats off, Mumby Lumbe…Shingle mill workers with large log, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930c. 1930Shingle mill workers with large log, Mumby Lumber and…Teachers and children at Malone School, ca. 1930c. 1930Teachers and children at Malone School, ca. 1930Mumby Lumber Mill, closed in 1938 after thirty-five years operation. Now being dismantled. Western Washington, Grays Ha…1939Mumby Lumber Mill, closed in 1938 after thirty-five y…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Malone on the map, 1941 to 1986

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

Malone on the 1941 USGS mapMalone on the 1953 USGS mapMalone on the 1986 USGS map1941Ford 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 Malone.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Large log in shingle mill, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930
Retake this viewLarge log in shingle mill, Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company, Malone, ca. 1930, c. 1930

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Malone’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Malone

Nobody well known was born in Malone itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Kurt CobainAmerican rock musician, singer and songwriter · b. 1967
Douglas OsheroffAmerican physicist · b. 1945
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George H. HitchingsNobel Prize-winning American physician · b. 1905
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Rachel CorrieAmerican anti-war and human rights activist · b. 1979
Bryan DanielsonAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1981
Merce CunninghamAmerican dancer and choreographer · b. 1919
Help out

Finish Malone’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewLarge log in shingle mill, Mumby Lumber…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

PorterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Malone’s history

What year was Malone founded?

The Malone post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (10), the Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.