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Established as a trading center for settlers coming to the Chehalis River Valley, Elma's present town site is on land acquired and plotted by Joseph Young and James Long Waldrip. It was incorporated in 1888.
It is believed Waldrip, the first postmaster, named the town for Elma Austin, daughter of an early homesteader.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds - Elma is the home to the county Fairgrounds, and hosts the Grays Harbor County Fair every summer.Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds
Historic Murals - Elma’s downtown area boasts 22 historic murals.
Elma Theater - The 600 seat Elma Theater, (home of the Elma Children's Theater Association), was built in 1927 and opened in November of 1928. It was considered a state of the art performance hall and movie theater, with a fresco art ceiling, five dressing rooms with hot and cold running water, an orchestra pit, and a fly space capable of over stage suspension of up to 16 scenes that can be dropped during production scene changes.
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