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Adna is an unincorporated community located in Lewis County, Washington

Lewis County, Washington

Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of 2010, the population was 75,455. The county seat is at Chehalis, and its largest city is Centralia....

. Due to its rural setting with little settlement concentration, it did not meet qualifications as a census-designated place

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 for unincorporated communities. The community was originally known as Pomona.

Adna's current name was established in 1892 when the United Railroads of Washington branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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 laid down railroad tracks through the area. Along with the arrival of the railroad came the building of a new post office which had yet to be named. URW engineer W. C. Marion chose the name "Edna" in honor of local resident Edna Browning, but the name was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service

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 as there was, at the time, already a post office named Edna in Washington. The Postal Service changed the name from "Edna" to "Adna". http://research.nprha.org/Subdivison%20Station%20Information/Willapa%20Harbor%20Line.mht

Adna is located six miles (9.65 km) southwest of Chehalis

Chehalis, Washington

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. Adna is home to the Adna School District, which includes two schools: Adna Elementary and Adna Middle/High School.http://www.adna.k12.wa.us/ One of the first schools to serve Adna was built in 1893 and was known as the Bell Tower School.

Adna has a grocery store, Adna Grocery, that also serves as a gas station, and includes a post office in the same building. The post office's zip code is 98522.
Adna is most well known for its spectacular Pirate Nation stadium. You can find a boatload of hidden treasures in the concrete foundation that houses the stadium.