User:Shortiefourten/Former communities, company towns, and rail stations in Thurston County, Washington

Former communities, company towns, and rail stations in Thurston County, Washington are composed of once existing neighborhoods, railroad stops, and company towns, especially for mining or timber production.

Mushroom Corner
Mushroom Corner is a neighborhood in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Mushroom Corner is located in the urban growth area of Lacey, along Interstate 5 outside of Olympia, and is included in the Tanglewilde-Thompson Place Census-designated place (CDP) for Census purposes. The "corner" in Mushroom Corner is located at the intersection of Steilacoom Road SE and Marvin Road SE.

The community takes its name from the local mushroom crop; the Ostrom Mushroom Farm operated nearby.

In July 2023 it was announced that D.R. Horton, aimed to transform the site at 8233 Steilacoom Road SE into a planned residential development called Morel Meadows.

Waunch Prairie
Waunch Prairie was created by a land claim by George Waunch on October 26, 1853. The area is situated north of Centralia.

Union Mill, Washington
Union Mill (also known as Union Mills) was a company town in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was located on Long Lake, west of the city of Lacey and north of Mushroom Corner and Washington State Route 510.

The area was originally the location of the Long Lake Mill in 1896 and became known as Union Mill in either 1899 or 1901. The sawmill company town was under the auspices of the Union Lumber Company. The sawmill was destroyed in a fire in 1909 but was rebuilt. During construction, it was adapted to operate on electricity, becoming, in 1910, the first mill in the United States to operate exclusively on the power source.

The town provided a boarding house and a post office called Union Mill was established in 1911. It remained in operation until 1931, when due to a lack of a postmaster, the office closed.

Helsing Junction, Washington
Helsing Junction was rail junction in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The community is located south of U.S. Route 12, near the Chehalis River, and east of the populated area of Chehalis Village, Washington. A variant name is "Helsing". The name "Helsing" is a corruption of Helsingfors, meaning "Helsinki" in Swedish.

Plumb, Washington
Plumb, also known as Plumb Station, was a small rail station community in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The community was located to the west of nearby Offutt Lake, in and around the Rocky Prairie Natural Area Preserve. A post office called "Plum Station" was in operation from 1879 until 1885. The community was named after Elihu B. Plumb, who was credited with securing the town a post office.

A school district existed in Plumb in the early 1890s and a schoolhouse known as Plumb Station School was located in Olympia in the early 20th century. A quarry existed and stone from the site was planned to be used on continuing construction of the Old Capitol Building in Olympia. The area was the site of the murder and burial of a bride in 1920 and Plumb Station was an area precinct into the 1970s.