Walville Lewis County, Washington
WALVILLE: Abandoned sawmill town on Highway 6 at the Pacific/Lewis County border. Walville was a border town sawmill straddling the county line, 1902-1931. Some years it was counted in the Pacific County census and other years it was counted in Lewis County. The mill was operated by Walworth and Neville Manufacturing Company, Lumber Mill & General Merchandise. The post office was established June 3, 1903, in the company store. Postal officials combined the names of the store owners to produce the name of the town. In the 1910s and 20s the mill employed over 100 men. The town that grew up around the mill and store had a separate population of Japanese mill-hands and their families. Jap Town was north of the mill, Dago Town was south of the mill, Cow Town was west of the mill, and Big Bug Town (where all the rich people lived) was on the Lewis County side of the mill. The mill burned to the ground in 1930, the post office closed Feb. 29, 1936, and Walville disappeared thereafter.
“A Name for Every Place Around Pacific County, from A to Z.” Chinook Observer, 13 May 2013, https://chinookobserver.com/2013/05/13/a-name-for-every-place-around-pacific-county-from-a-to-z/.
Mapped Location
Walville: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Walville
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Walville
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Walville | Official |
Lewis County
- Adna
- Ajlune
- Alpha
- Alta Vista
- Berry Patch
- Blakeslee Junction
- Boistfort
- Bremer
- Bunker
- Carlson
- City of Centralia
- Ceres
- City of Chehalis
- Cinebar
- Cispus
- Claquato
- Cora
- Cowlitz
- Crego (historical)
- Curtis
- Doty
- Dryad
- Ethel
- Evaline
- Fayette
- Fords Prairie
- Forest
- Galvin
- Glenoma
- Harmony
- Klaber
- Klaus
- Kopiah
- Kosmos (historical)
- Lacamas
- Lindberg (historical)
- Littell
- Marys Corner
- Mayfield
- Mays (historical)
- McCormick
- Meskill
- Millburn
- Mineral
- City of Morton
- City of Mossyrock
- Murnen
- City of Napavine
- Nesika
- Newaukum
- Nulls Crossing
- Onalaska
- Oxley
- Packwood
- Town of Pe Ell
- Phillips
- Randle
- Reynolds (historical)
- Riffe (historical)
- Ruth
- Saint Urban
- Salkum
- Siler
- Silver Brook
- Silver Creek
- Swofford
- City of Toledo
- City of Vader
- Vance (not official)
- Wabash
- Walville
- Wildwood
- Wilson
- City of Winlock
- Winston
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Last updated: 2026-09-27