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Welcome to Sixprong ...

Sixprong is located in Klickitat County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sixprong, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Sixprong is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sixprong: 509

Communities near Sixprong ...

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

  • Boardman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Arlington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Roosevelt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluelight
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluelight is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluelight
  • Dot
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Dot is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
  • Bickleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleveland is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Paterson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Byron
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Byron is located in Yakima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
  • Mabton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sixprong ...

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

Adding Sixprong to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sixprong post office opened in 1905. The Sixprong post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sixprong.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Klickitat, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sixprong - 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/