downstream on the Skagit River
- Concrete — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
The town of Concrete in northern Skagit County is located on the Skagit River at the mouth of the Baker River. Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Range, Concrete is known as the gateway to the North Cascades. A few homesteaders began settling the area in the 1870s and 1880s, and more arrived over the next couple decades as two communities grew up, Baker on the west side of the Baker River and then Cement City on the east side…
- Concrete incorporates on May 8, 1909. (historylink.org)
On May 8, 1909, the Town of Concrete in northern Skagit County is officially incorporated as a town of the fourth class when a certified copy of the county commissioners’ order incorporating the town is filed with the Washington Secretary of State’s office. The new town, located on the Skagit River at the mouth of the Baker River, combines two communities that grew up on either side of the Baker River – “Baker” on its west bank and “Cement City” on the east. Each has recently become home to a cement plant, taking advantage of the area’s large deposits of clay and limestone to manufacture cement, the major ingredient in concrete. Residents and company officials decide to merge the two communities into one incorporated town, named Concrete. Voters approve incorporation by a large majority, 149 to 2, in an election held on April 27. On May 5, county commissioners approve an order certifying the election results and ordering the incorporation, which is filed with the Secretary of State three days later.
upstream on the Skagit River
- Concrete, Washington (Wikipedia)
Concrete is a town in north-central Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, and had a population of 801 at the 2020 census.
