Wollochet’s post office opened in 1891, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 39% of U.S. towns · #91 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
Most of Wollochet was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Its Register listing is the Wollochet-Point Fosdick School. Below: maps from 1942 on.
Founding year: the first Wollochet post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Wollochet’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wollochet is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns, #91 of 285 in Washington. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Wollochet’s overall grade.
Few Washington towns list much on the Register (a typical Washington town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Wollochet’s 3.0 sits above most of its state (70% of Washington towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Wollochet’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wollochet yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Wollochet is located in Pierce County and is a census-designated place community. As of the 2020 census, Wollochet had a population of 6,769. The ZIP Code for Wollochet is 98335.
Its first post office opened in 1891. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 6,651 in 2010, 6,769 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Wollochet, 1891 to 1942
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Wollochet post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Wollochet rank for history?
Wollochet is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns, #91 of 285 in Washington. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Wollochet?
One place: the Wollochet-Point Fosdick School (listed 1987).
How old are the homes in Wollochet?
4% of Wollochet’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.7 points), against a typical 4.3% for a Washington town; the median home was built in 1991.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (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.
