Editing Quilcene, Washington

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'''Quilcene''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. The population was 598 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

The community is located on the [[Olympic Peninsula]] at the head of Quilcene Bay, an arm of the seawater-filled glacial valley of [[Hood Canal]].<ref name="WBGB03">''Washington Byways Guide Book'', Tony Huegel, Wilderness Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-89997-299-3}}.</ref> Each year many visitors enjoy the panoramic views of [[Mount Rainier]], [[Puget Sound]] and [[Seattle]] from the {{convert|2804|ft|adj=on}} summit of nearby Mount Walker, the only peak facing Puget Sound that has a road to its summit.<ref name="WBGB03"/> The [[Olympic National Forest]] lands in Quilcene hold [[Douglas fir]], spring-blooming Pacific [[rhododendron]]s, [[Oregon grape]], and [[salal]].<ref name="MtW1">[http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/olympic/recreation-nu/trails/MtWalker.pdf Mt. Walker Trail #894], Olympic National Forest.</ref> Leland Lake is located north of Quilcene.

Quilcene oysters are named after the community.<ref name="SDW1">"Scenic Driving Washington", Steve Giordano, Globe Pequot, Falcon Guides Scenic Driving, 1997, {{ISBN|1-56044-577-7}}. p. 80</ref> Quilcene has one of the largest [[oyster]] hatcheries in the world.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

==History==
Early inhabitants of the area were the [[Twana]] people, inhabiting the length of Hood Canal, and rarely invading other tribes.<ref name="Cur30">[http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp=1&size=2&id=nai.09.book.00000030&volume=9 Twana] Edward Sheriff Curtis. ''The North American Indian''. Volume 9, 1907-1930, p.30-31</ref> The name "Quilcene" comes from the [[Twana language|Twana]] word /qʷəʔlsíd/, referring to a tribal group<ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA404|access-date=1 September 2019|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=404}}</ref> and the name of an aboriginal Twana village and community on Quilcene Bay.<ref name="Elmendorf1993">{{cite book|last=Elmendorf|first=William|title=Twana Narratives: Native Historical Accounts of a Coast Salish Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RR1muiH0ZzUC&pg=PA279|access-date=1 September 2019|year=1993|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-0475-2|page=279}}</ref> The Quilcene ("salt-water people") were a distinct band of these people.<ref name="HAC05">''Hiking Adventures with Children: Southern Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula'', Kari Jones and Sachiko Kiyooka, Heritage House, 2005</ref>

The [[Wilkes Expedition]] charted the place as "Kwil-sid" in 1841. Hampden Cottle, a logger from [[Maine]], and several other families settled there in 1860 and eventually established a town.<ref name="Hist1">[http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=7472 "Jefferson County, Thumbnail History", HistoryLink.org Essay 7472, Daryl C. McClary, September 26, 2005], T 2007.</ref> The town was originally situated on the banks of the [[Big Quilcene River|Quilcene River]], before being moved to higher ground.<ref name="ONA">''Our Native American Legacy: Northwest Towns with Indian names'', Sandy Nestor, Caxton Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-87004-401-X}}</ref> The economy in Quilcene was based primarily on farming and logging, and by 1880 the town had a population of 53.<ref name="Hist1"/>

The Tubal Cain Mining Company in 1902 claimed that Quilcene would become the center for the smelting of iron, copper, gold, and manganese that was expected to be found in the [[Olympic Mountains]]; however, little ore was ever discovered.<ref name="Hist1"/>

Circa 1910, Green's Shingle Mill was a large part of Quilcene's history.<ref name="pt07">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715130431/http://ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=17923&TM=65800.38 "Winona Prill writes Quilcene heritage history book"], ''The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader'', Mari McGrady, May 2007.</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:QuilceneUSFWSFishHatchery7 11 2010.jpg|thumb|USFWS Quilcene National Fish Hatchery]] Quilcene is located in eastern Jefferson County at the north end of Quilcene Bay, an arm of [[Dabob Bay]], which extends north from [[Hood Canal]]. The [[Big Quilcene River]] forms the southern edge of the community, and the [[Little Quilcene River]] forms the northeastern edge; both arise in the [[Olympic Mountains]] to the west and flow past the town into Quilcene Bay.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|23.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|22.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.0|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 4.25%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Quilcene CDP, Washington |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5356975 |access-date=January 4, 2019 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The [[Olympic National Forest]] is west and south of the community. The {{convert|2804|ft|adj=on}} summit of Mount Walker,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/olympic/recarea/?recid=47889|title=Olympic National Forest - Mt. Walker Viewpoint}}</ref> {{convert|2|mi|0}} southwest of the CDP, offers views of Mount Jupiter, [[Buckhorn Mountain]], [[Mount Constance]], [[Mount Baker]] and the town of Quilcene.<ref name="MtW1"/>

At the southwest edge of the Quilcene CDP, at the union of the Big Quilcene River and Penny Creek, the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery has been operating since 1911. There, the [[US Fish and Wildlife Service]] raises [[coho salmon]] for on-station release and provides coho salmon eggs and fingerlings for tribal programs.<ref name="QNFH1">[http://www.fws.gov/quilcenenfh/ Quilcene National Fish Hatchery], US Fish and Wildlife Service</ref>

===Climate===
Quilcene experiences an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfb'') and is almost categorised as part of the ''Csb'' climate category, receiving slightly more than {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on}}, the threshold for ''Cfb'' inclusion.

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|location = Quilcene
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high F = 64
|Feb record high F = 71
|Mar record high F = 78
|Apr record high F = 84
|May record high F = 91
|Jun record high F = 96
|Jul record high F = 100
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 83
|Nov record high F = 74
|Dec record high F = 65
|year record high F = 100
|Jan high F = 45
|Feb high F = 50
|Mar high F = 56
|Apr high F = 61
|May high F = 67
|Jun high F = 72
|Jul high F = 77
|Aug high F = 79
|Sep high F = 73
|Oct high F = 62
|Nov high F = 51
|Dec high F = 44
|Jan low F = 31
|Feb low F = 33
|Mar low F = 35
|Apr low F = 38
|May low F = 43
|Jun low F = 48
|Jul low F = 51
|Aug low F = 50
|Sep low F = 46
|Oct low F = 40
|Nov low F = 35
|Dec low F = 31
|Jan precipitation inch = 7.39
|Feb precipitation inch = 7.38
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.93
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.81
|May precipitation inch = 2.82
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.13
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.29
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.24
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.60
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.13
|Nov precipitation inch = 7.99
|Dec precipitation inch = 8.65
|Jan record low F = 3
|Feb record low F = 5
|Mar record low F = 12
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 34
|Jul record low F = 35
|Aug record low F = 38
|Sep record low F = 29
|Oct record low F = 22
|Nov record low F = 5
|Dec record low F = 4
|year record low F = 3
|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/achesandpains/climatology/monthly/USWA0358 |title=weather.com - Aches & Pains - Monthly Climatology |access-date=23 January 2011 |publisher=Weather.com |date=August 2011}}</ref>|date=November 2011}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| footnote = US Decennial Census<br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Quilcene, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Quilcene%20CDP,%20Washington |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>
| 2000 = 591
| 2010 = 596
| 2020 = 598
}}
As of the 2010 census, 596 people lived in 312 households in the CDP,<ref>https://www.census.gov/popfinder/?fl=53:5356975 {{Dead link|date=October 2020|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> representing a population increase of 6 and a household increase of 69 over the 2000 census). With 123 children under the age of 18, 20.6% are school age or younger.

In 2000, the [[population density]] was 60.6 people per square mile (23.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 284 housing units at an average density of 29.1/sq&nbsp;mi (11.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.18% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.55% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.34% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.85% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 9.14% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.35% of the population.

In 2000, there were 243 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.95.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $40,385, and the median income for a family was $45,313. Males had a median income of $36,500 versus $24,063 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $17,335. About 11.3% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Culture==
The [[Olympic Music Festival]], based in Quilcene for 32 years until 2016, is a casual [[classical music]] event featuring world-renowned musicians that was held at a turn-of-the-century dairy farm on {{convert|55|acre|m2}} of farmland. The Olympic Music Festival was voted "Best Classical Music Festival" by readers of the ''[[Seattle Weekly]]''. The music festival was founded in 1984 by [[Olympic Music Festival#Alan Iglitzin|Alan Iglitzin]], originally intending it to be a summer home for the [[Philadelphia String Quartet]].<ref name="OMF1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympicmusicfestival.org/|title=Olympic Music Festival|website=Olympic Music Festival}}</ref> The festival moved to nearby [[Fort Worden]] in 2016.

==Notable people==
*[[Keith Lazelle]], American photographer

==See also==
*[[Quilcene Historical Museum]]
*[[Tarboo Unit]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jclibrary.info Jefferson County Library]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/olympic/ Olympic National Forest]
* [http://www.nps.gov/olym/ Olympic National Park]
* [http://www.emeraldtowns.com/ Quilcene and Brinnon Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.quilcenemuseum.org/ Quilcene Historical Museum]
* [http://www.fws.gov/quilcenenfh/ Quilcene National Fish Hatchery], US Fish and Wildlife Service
* [http://www.quilcene.wednet.edu/ Quilcene School District]

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