Olympia, Washington

Olympia, Washington
State capital city
From top, and left to right: Old Capitol Building, East Olympia, Interstate 5 at the junction of U.S. Route 101, Port of Olympia, Downtown from Capitol Lake, Washington State Capitol, Salmon sculpture, Mount Rainier, Percival Landing Park, Olympic Mountains and Swantown Marina
From top, and left to right: Old Capitol Building, East Olympia, Interstate 5 at the junction of U.S. Route 101, Port of Olympia, Downtown from Capitol Lake, Washington State Capitol, Salmon sculpture, Mount Rainier, Percival Landing Park, Olympic Mountains and Swantown Marina
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Official seal of Olympia, Washington
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Nickname: 
Oly
Location within Thurston County in Washington
Location within Thurston County in Washington
Olympia is located in Washington (state)
Olympia
Olympia
Location within Washington
Olympia is located in the United States
Olympia
Olympia
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 47°2′16″N 122°54′3″W / 47.03778°N 122.90083°W / 47.03778; -122.90083
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyThurston
IncorporatedJanuary 28, 1859
Named forOlympic Mountains
Government
 • TypeCouncil/City Manager
 • MayorDontae Payne (D)
Area
[1]
 • City20.09 sq mi (52.02 km2)
 • Land18.23 sq mi (47.20 km2)
 • Water1.87 sq mi (4.82 km2)
Elevation
[2]
95 ft (29 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • City55,605
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
55,669
 • RankUS: 718th
WA: 24th
 • Density2,902.26/sq mi (1,120.58/km2)
 • Urban
208,157 (US: 182nd)
 • Urban density1,960.0/sq mi (756.8/km2)
 • Metro
298,758 (US: 172nd)
DemonymOlympian
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
98501–98509, 98511–98513, 98516, 98599
Area code360, 564
FIPS code53-51300
GNIS feature ID1533353[2]
Websiteolympiawa.gov

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County.[5][6] It had a population of 55,605 at the time of the 2020 census,[3] making it the state of Washington's 23rd-most populous city. Olympia borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south.

The Squaxin and other Coast Salish peoples inhabited the southern Puget Sound region prior to the arrival of European and American settlers in the 19th century. The Treaty of Medicine Creek was signed in 1854 and followed by the Treaty of Olympia in 1856; these two treaties forced the Squaxin to relocate to an Indian reservation. Olympia was incorporated as a town on January 28, 1859, and as a city in 1882.[7]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Archived from the original on May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "The Treaty of Olympia, Jan. 6, 1856" (PDF). nwifc.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "Olympia's Leadership". olympiawa.gov/. January 2, 2018. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.