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Welcome to Birch ...

Birch is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Birch, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Birch is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Birch lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Birch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Birch - they are located in Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Birch.

Communities near Birch ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Birch.

  • Kent
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Federal Way
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Auburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Puyallup
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Maple Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bonney Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Covington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sumner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Fife
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
    • Fife is located in Pierce County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,458 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fife <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Birch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Birch.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Birch. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birch.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Birch. See our Newspapers Page for Birch.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Birch ...

Looking for more information about Birch? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Birch, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Birch.

Adding Birch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Birch in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Birch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Birch post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Birch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Birch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/