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Welcome to Medical Lake ...

The city of Medical Lake is located in Spokane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medical Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Medical Lake: Medical Lk.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Medical Lake has a population of 4,959 people<2> (see below for details).

Medical Lake is 2,420 feet [738 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Medical Lake is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Medical Lake: 509

The ZIP code for Medical Lake: 99022<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Medical Lake had an population of 4,959 people. This is a decrease of 2% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 31.96% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Medical Lake had a population of 5,060 people. This makes Medical Lake the county's 6th most populous community.

The population of Medical Lake represents 0.08% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 116th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 5,060 people, the population of Medical Lake increased 34.65% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,758 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Medical Lake.

Websites for Medical Lake ...

Official Website: www.medical-lake.org/

Communities near Medical Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medical Lake ...

Looking for more information about Medical Lake? 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 Medical Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Medical Lake.

Adding Medical Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medical Lake 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 Medical Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Medical Lake post office opened in 1880.

We also found Medical Lake in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medical Lake.

The official website for Medical Lake: www.medical-lake.org/

The official website for Spokane County: www.spokanecounty.org/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Spokane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Medical Lake.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Medical Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 city (such as Medical Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Medical Lake 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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