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Mason City

Ghost town · Okanogan County, Washington

Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500)
Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mason City is a ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington. It is one of 13 former communities in Okanogan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 35 Washington counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mason City as a historical populated place on the Grand Coulee Dam topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 47.9513° N, 118.9678° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGrand Coulee Dam
Elevation1,294 ft
Nearest living townCoulee Dam, WA
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1514921
Coordinates47.95126, -118.96780

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What's there now

Mason City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Coulee Dam, WA (population 1,457), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,294 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Mason City?

Mason City is in Okanogan County, Washington, at 47.9513, -118.9678.

How many ghost towns are in Okanogan County?

Okanogan County, Washington has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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