Tampico, Washington
Unincorporated community & census-designated place
Tampico, Washington is located in Washington (state)
Tampico, Washington
Tampico, Washington
Location of Tampico, Washington
Coordinates: 46°32′06″N 120°52′02″W / 46.5351228°N 120.8672953°W / 46.5351228; -120.8672953[1]
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyYakima
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total312
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98903
Area code509
FIPS code53-70245[2]
GNIS feature ID1526923[3]

Tampico is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located approximately eighteen miles west of Yakima on Ahtanum Creek. The population was 312 at the 2010 United States Census.[2]

History

The community was named Tampico by pioneer cattleman A. D. Elgin, for a town in Mexico where he once lived.[4] Early pioneers settled in Tampico by at least 1872. By 1887, there were from 16 to 20 families living in the community.[5]

Chief Kamiakin—who led the Yakama, Palouse, and Klickitat in the Yakima War—was born at Ahtanum Creek near Tampico in 1800.[6] Near that site, St. Joseph's Mission was built in 1852,[7] to be subsequently destroyed and rebuilt more than once; services are still regularly performed there.

Education

The community is served by West Valley School District 208.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Tampico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Washington Place Names database". Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  5. ^ Bristol, Chris (March 28, 2004). "Hops Once Ruled in Tampico". Yakima, WA. Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  6. ^ Thrapp, Dan L. (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume 2: G-O. University of Nebraska Press. p. 757. ISBN 0803294190.
  7. ^ Becker, Paula (February 23, 2003). "HistoryLink.org Essay 5285, St. Joseph's Mission on Ahtanum Creek". Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  8. ^ "Boundary Map".


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