Tampico, Washington

Tampico, Washington
Unincorporated community & CDP
Tampico, Washington
Location of Tampico, Washington
Coordinates: 46°32′01″N 120°52′45″W / 46.53361°N 120.87917°W / 46.53361; -120.87917[1]
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyYakima
Elevation
[1]
2,136 ft (651 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total
312
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98903
Area code509
FIPS code53-70245[2]
GNIS feature ID2585046[1]

Tampico is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located approximately eighteen miles west of Yakima on Ahtanum Creek. As of the 2020 census, Tampico had a population of 467.[3]

History

The community was named Tampico by pioneer cattleman A. D. Elgin, for a town in Mexico where he once lived.[4] Early pioneers settled in Tampico by at least 1872. By 1887, there were from 16 to 20 families living in the community.[5]

Chief Kamiakin—who led the Yakama, Palouse, and Klickitat in the Yakima War—was born at Ahtanum Creek near Tampico in 1800.[6] Near that site, St. Joseph's Mission was built in 1852,[7] to be subsequently destroyed and rebuilt more than once; services are still regularly performed there.

Education

The community is served by West Valley School District 208.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tampico, Washington
  2. ^ a b "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  4. ^ "Washington Place Names database". Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  5. ^ Bristol, Chris (March 28, 2004). "Hops Once Ruled in Tampico". Yakima, WA. Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  6. ^ Thrapp, Dan L. (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume 2: G-O. University of Nebraska Press. p. 757. ISBN 0803294190.
  7. ^ Becker, Paula (February 23, 2003). "HistoryLink.org Essay 5285, St. Joseph's Mission on Ahtanum Creek". Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  8. ^ "Boundary Map".


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