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Welcome to Magnolia Beach ...

Magnolia Beach is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Magnolia Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for Magnolia Beach: Magnolia Bch.

Magnolia Beach is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Magnolia Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Magnolia Beach - they are located in Alabama, Florida (2), Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Magnolia Beach ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Magnolia Beach ...

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

Adding Magnolia Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Magnolia Beach 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 Magnolia Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Magnolia Beach post office opened in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Magnolia Beach.

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 Magnolia Beach - 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/