| Official Name: | Vaughn, Washington |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community & CDP |
| Pushpin Map: | Washington |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pierce |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.3 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.42 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.88 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 30 |
| Coordinates: | 47.3442°N -122.7631°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 98394 |
| Area Code: | 253 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1512759 |
Vaughn is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Vaughn is located on Vaughn Bay in the northwestern Key Peninsula. Vaughn has a post office with ZIP code 98394.[1]
Vaughn was named for W.D. Vaughn, who settled in the area around 1851.[2]
Vaughn was once an important port for the Key Peninsula. From the 1870s to the 1920s, transportation needs for Vaughn and other communities along Case Inlet were once served by a small flotilla of steamboats.[3] The local community based monthly newspaper called the North Bay Review, services Allyn.[4]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Vaughn has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[5]