Usk, Washington
Encyclopedia
Usk is an unincorporated community
in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States
. Usk is located along the Pend Oreille River
2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Cusick
. Usk has a post office
with ZIP code
99180.
Usk was named for the River Usk
in Wales
around 1890.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Usk is located along the Pend Oreille River
Pend Oreille River
The Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada. In its passage through British Columbia its name is spelled Pend-d'Oreille River...
2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Cusick
Cusick, Washington
Cusick is a town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States. The population was 207 at the 2010 census.-History:Cusick occupies the former site of the largest village of the Pend d'Oreilles tribe, where as many as 1000 people once lived....
. Usk has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
with ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
99180.
Usk was named for the River Usk
River Usk
The River Usk rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain of mid-Wales, in the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially it flows north into Usk Reservoir, then east by Sennybridge to Brecon before turning southeast to flow by Talybont-on-Usk, Crickhowell and...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
around 1890.