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Cumberland, Washington | |
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  Cumberland Location in Washington and the United States  Cumberland Cumberland (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 47°16′59″N 121°55′32″W / 47.28306°N 121.92556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 98022 |
| Area code | 360 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1518407[1] |
Cumberland is an unincorporated community in King County, Washington. Originally a mining camp, Cumberland was named by F.X. Schriner in 1893 after the Cumberland coal region of the Appalachian Mountains.[2] Cumberland gained a post office on October 13, 1894. The Enumclaw post office now serves this area. Although many other mining camps in the area have disappeared, Cumberland can still be found in the Cascade foothills between Nolte State Park and Kanaskat-Palmer State Park. It is accessible via Southeast King County backroads. Several smaller mines dotted the area, including the "Navy" mine,[3] and the Hyde mine, located at the outskirts of town.
Cumberland is within the KCFD #28 Fire Department service area, also known as the Enumclaw Fire Department. It is a King County registered voting precinct.
- ^ "Cumberland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
- ^ https://enumclawfire.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Press-Release-Navy-Mine-Coal-Tailings-Fire-6-17-20.pdf [bare URL PDF]