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Canyon, Washington
Canyon, Washington
Ghost town
	Canyon Canyon
	Coordinates: 46°37′53″N 118°03′11″W / 46.63139°N 118.05306°W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Whitman
Established	1905
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Canyon is an extinct town in Whitman County, in the U.S. state of Washington.^[1]

A post office called Canyon was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1918. The community was named for a canyon near the town site.^[2]

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canyon, Washington
^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 34.

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canyon, Washington

[2] Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 34.

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Canyon, Washington
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 46°37′53″N 118°03′11″W / 46.63139°N 118.05306°W / 46.63139; -118.05306
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Whitman
Established	1905
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

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