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Welcome to Slater ...

Slater is located in Walla Walla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Slater is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Slater: 509

Communities Also Named Slater ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Slater - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado (2), Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio (2), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Slater ...

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

  • Kennewick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Pasco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Pasco is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <3>
  • Wallula
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wallula is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
  • Burbank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Wallula Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wallula Junction is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula Junction
  • Ainsworth Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction
  • Finley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Finley is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
  • Eureka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Touchet
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lowden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slater ...

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

Adding Slater to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Slater post office opened in 1906. The Slater post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slater.

Footnotes ...

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