Birchfield, Washington

Birchfield is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located between Terrace Heights and Moxee.

Birchfield, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°34′37″N 120°26′04″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Yakima
Elevation [2]	991 ft (302 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98901
Area code(s)	509
GNIS feature ID	1510825[2]

The community was founded in 1910 by the North Yakima and Valley Railway Company, and was named after a local landowner, W. A. Burchfield. The name later became Birchfield as a result a misspelling resulting from poor penmanship.[3][4]

References

1. "Birchfield". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. "Station Roster Master List: Ashue". Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
4. "Washington Place Names database". Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.