Discovery Bay, Washington
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Discovery Bay is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington. The community is located along Discovery Bay, which is named after the Discovery, a ship used by George Vancouver. Discovery Bay is a mix of residential areas and a few restaurants and stores serving drivers and truckers along U.S. Route 101.
There are two common names that are somewhat synonymous with Discovery Bay: Eaglemount, which refers to the area northeast of town center, and Port Discovery, which is specific to the "downtown." South Discovery constitutes the entirety of the area around Discovery Bay, especially the area between Port Discovery and Port Townsend. The South Discovery voting precinct includes areas away from Discovery Bay, as well.
[edit] History
In 1858 the S. L. Mastick Company of San Francisco established the Port Discovery Mill on the southwestern shore of the bay. The old growth timber on the steep hillsides above the mill were felled, slid down to the sawmill, milled into lumber and loaded from the wharf to ships for other ports. A village grew around the mill to house its employees.
The U.S. Federal Census of 1860 designated Port Discovery was one of three enumeration districts in Jefferson County. The indigenous people were not counted for this census. The total population was 70 and all but one were males between the ages of 20 and 52 years old. The one female was married to a cook and the only non-white person counted was an African-American male cook. Two thirds of the population were American-born, all of which had migrated west from other states. Of the third that were foreign born, all but one were from England, Ireland, Wales, or Canada. The exception was born in Sweden.
[edit] References
- Jefferson County Historical Society, With Pride in Heritage: History of Jefferson County, Portland, Oregon, Professional Publishing Printing, Inc., 1966.
- United States Federal Census of Washington Territory 1860, ProQuest Image Databases, HeritageQuest Online, Series M653, Roll 1398, pp 46-47.
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