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Welcome to Grayland ...

Grayland is located on the Pacific coast.

Grayland is located in Grays Harbor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grayland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Grayland is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Grayland: 360 & 564<3>

The ZIP code for Grayland: 98547<4>

Communities Also Named Grayland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Grayland - it's located in Illinois.

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

Websites for Grayland ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graysharbor.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Grayland, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Grayland ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grayland ...

Looking for more information about Grayland? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Grayland, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Grayland.

Adding Grayland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grayland 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 Grayland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Grayland post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grayland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Grays Harbor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grayland - 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 Grayland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Grayland area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Grayland). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Grayland or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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