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Welcome to Ewartsville ...

Ewartsville is located in Whitman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ewartsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Ewartsville is 2,270 feet [692 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Ewartsville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Ewartsville: 509

Communities near Ewartsville ...

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

  • Pullman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Moscow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Moscow is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <3>
  • Colfax
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Palouse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Albion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Colton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Uniontown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chambers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chambers is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Almota
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Almota is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almota
  • Staley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Staley is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley

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 Ewartsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ewartsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ewartsville ...

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

Adding Ewartsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ewartsville 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 (so far) for Ewartsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ewartsville post office opened in 1873. The Ewartsville post office closed in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ewartsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whitman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ewartsville - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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