Welcome to Clearwater ...

Clearwater is located on the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula.

Clearwater is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clearwater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Clearwater is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clearwater: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Clearwater ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Clearwater - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Clearwater ...

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

Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Jefferson County
Taholah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taholah
- Taholah is located in Grays Harbor County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Taholah
- From Clearwater to Taholah
Amanda Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda Park
- Amanda Park is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amanda Park <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Amanda Park
- From Clearwater to Amanda Park
Neilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neilton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neilton
- Neilton is located in Grays Harbor County
Quinault
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinault
- Quinault is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinault <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Quinault
- From Clearwater to Quinault
Moclips
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moclips
- Moclips is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moclips <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Moclips
- From Clearwater to Moclips
Pacific Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Beach
- Pacific Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific Beach <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pacific Beach
- From Clearwater to Pacific Beach
Forks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
- Forks is located in Clallam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Forks
- From Clearwater to Forks
La Push
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Push
- La Push is located in Clallam County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Push <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to La Push
- From Clearwater to La Push
Humptulips
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humptulips
- Humptulips is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humptulips <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Humptulips
- From Clearwater to Humptulips

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clearwater. 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 Clearwater.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clearwater ...

Looking for more information about Clearwater? 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 Clearwater, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clearwater.

Adding Clearwater to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clearwater 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 Clearwater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Clearwater post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clearwater.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clearwater - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Clearwater area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Clearwater area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/