Raymond’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Raymond. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Raymond was incorporated on August 6, 1907. Raymond was named after L.V. Raymond, who was the first postmaster in Raymond. In the early years, Raymond's business section was built on stilts five or six feet above the tidelands and sloughs that crisscrossed the site. Elevated sidewalks and streets connected most of the buildings. Raymond claimed a population of 6,000 in the year 1913 and had a reputation as a wild and wooly lumber mill town. City fathers resisted the unwanted reputation with promotions of Raymond as "The Empire City of Willapa Harbor" and "The City That Does Things". Lyricist Robert Wells, who wrote "The Christmas Song" with Mel Tormé, was born in Raymond in 1922.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Raymond’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Raymond’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Hospital - Raymond, Wash back, 1910s: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Raymond
See all 2 →Raymond, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Hospital - Raymond, Wash back (1910s) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.