Cumberland, Washington
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Cumberland is an unincorporated community in King County, Washington
. Originally a mining camp, Cumberland was named by F.X. Schreiner in 1893 after the Cumberland coal region of the Appalachian Mountains
. Cumberland gained a post office on October 13, 1894. Today, the Enumclaw post office 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.
Cumberland has an all volunteer fire department and is a King County registered voting precinct.
In 1989 the county-wide transit and sewage waste municipality known as "Metro" (short for Metropolitan King County), planned a 25-year sewage sludge waste spraying on the 400 acres (1.6 km²) of pristine woods northwest of the town. Following grassroots community protest and objections from the Muckleshoot tribe (who are downriver on the nearby Green River
), the county agreed to create an Environmental impact statement
(EIS). The EIS showed a number of toxins present in the sludge, and the project was officially cancelled in 1992.
King County, Washington
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population in the 2010 census was 1,931,249. King is the most populous county in Washington, and the 14th most populous in the United States....
. Originally a mining camp, Cumberland was named by F.X. Schreiner in 1893 after the Cumberland coal region of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains #Whether the stressed vowel is or ,#Whether the "ch" is pronounced as a fricative or an affricate , and#Whether the final vowel is the monophthong or the diphthong .), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians...
. Cumberland gained a post office on October 13, 1894. Today, the Enumclaw post office 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
Nolte State Park
Nolte State Park is a day-use park just south of Cumberland, Washington at the western edge of the Cascade Mountains, USA, with of freshwater shoreline on Deep Lake near the Green River Gorge. Covered with forests and water, the land was a resort for many years before it was donated to Washington...
and Kanaskat-Palmer State Park
Kanaskat-Palmer State Park
Kanaskat-Palmer State Park in King County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of forest with of freshwater shoreline on the Green River. Available activities include expert-level rafting and kayaking in the Green River Gorge, fishing, hiking,...
. It is accessible via Southeast King County backroads.
Cumberland has an all volunteer fire department and is a King County registered voting precinct.
In 1989 the county-wide transit and sewage waste municipality known as "Metro" (short for Metropolitan King County), planned a 25-year sewage sludge waste spraying on the 400 acres (1.6 km²) of pristine woods northwest of the town. Following grassroots community protest and objections from the Muckleshoot tribe (who are downriver on the nearby Green River
Green River (Washington)
The Green River is a long river in the state of Washington in the United States, arising on the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains south of I-90....
), the county agreed to create an Environmental impact statement
Environmental impact statement
An environmental impact statement , under United States environmental law, is a document required by the National Environmental Policy Act for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment". An EIS is a tool for decision making...
(EIS). The EIS showed a number of toxins present in the sludge, and the project was officially cancelled in 1992.