Official Name: | Lindberg, Washington |
Pushpin Map: | Washington#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Lindberg |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lewis |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1911 |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Lindberg is an extinct town in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The GNIS lists location as unknown, however period maps (1920-1930 census districts) show Lindberg on State Route 7, about three miles north of the U.S. Route 12 junction, where the East Fork Tilton River joins Tilton River.[1]
A post office called Lindberg was established in 1911, and remained in operation until 1925.[2] While pushing through the last leg of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad from Ashford (1904) to Morton (1910), they established a station at the crossing of East Fork Tilton River called Glenavon.[3] In 1911, Gustaf Lindberg, established a logging camp and company town near the Glenavon station,[4] which in addition to the logging camp included a shingle mill and saw mill. Due to financial difficulties, Lindberg lost his property in the mid 1920s, but the camp continued with the name Lindberg & Hoby Logging Camp into the 1940s.[5] As of 1928, there were two train stops bracketing Lindberg, East Fork (formerly Glenavon) to the north and Coal Canyon to the south, the latter name eventually replaced Lindberg.[6] The area shows few signs of the logging operation, but both sides of the road through this section are dotted with houses and businesses, all of which bear a Morton address, though they are outside the limits of the town proper.