Editing Chehalis, Washington (section)

===Claquato===
As translated from the Chehalis Native American language, Claquato means "high prairie" or "high land".<ref name="RHC">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Andy |title=A Brief Look at the Rich History of the Claquato Church and Cemetery |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/a-brief-look-at-the-rich-history-of-the-claquato-church-and-cemetery,19697 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |work=The Chronicle |date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214100/https://www.chronline.com/stories/a-brief-look-at-the-rich-history-of-the-claquato-church-and-cemetery,19697 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rush |first1=Jessica |title=Ghost Town: Claquato, Washington |url=http://www.lewistalk.com/2018/07/15/ghost-town-claquato-washington/ |website=LewsiTalk.com |date=July 15, 2018 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215859/http://www.lewistalk.com/2018/07/15/ghost-town-claquato-washington/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The town began as a settlement in 1853 by Lewis Hawkins Davis, who originally named the area Davis Prairie.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis County Towns |url=https://jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com/walewis/townsal.html |website=jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221081304/http://www.jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com/walewis/townsal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The community grew quickly to include [[Claquato Church]], a cemetery, hotels, and several stores and was, for a time, the largest populated town between the [[Columbia River]] and [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]].<ref name="SAH">{{cite web |title=Claquato Church |url=https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WA-01-041-0034 |website=SAH-Archpedia.org |date=January 15, 2019 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220124/https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WA-01-041-0034 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Davis donated land for the construction of a courthouse and by 1862 the town became the county seat for Lewis County<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Pat |title=She's a grand old flag, the American flag |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/shes-a-grand-old-flag-the-american-flag,220496? |access-date=August 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=July 1, 2006}}</ref> until that designation was transferred to Chehalis in 1874.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilma |first1=David |title=Lewis County - Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/7449 |website=HistoryLink.org |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214149/https://www.historylink.org/File/7449 |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[blockhouse]] was built and used in the community during an 1855-1856 war between settlers and Native Americans, sheltering the founding family of Chehalis during the conflict.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Julie |title=White Settlers Flee to Blockhouses During Indian Wars |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/julie-mcdonald-commentary-white-settlers-flee-to-blockhouses-during-indian-wars,300549? |access-date=August 21, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=September 26, 2022}}</ref>

Claquato is no longer a recognized town or municipality,<ref name="RHC"/><ref name="SAH"/> and is considered a neighborhood outside the Chehalis city limits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Map of Chehalis City Limits |url=https://maps.lewiscountywa.gov/maps/CtyTwnUninc/chehalis.pdf |website=maps.lewiscountywa.gov |publisher=Lewis County Government |access-date=July 22, 2021}}</ref> While described as a ghost town as it was officially vacated in 1902,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Sharon |title=Ghost Town Wednesday: Claquato, Washington |url=https://digging-history.com/2015/03/11/ghost-town-wednesday-claquato-washington/ |website=Digging-History.com |date=March 11, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214100/https://digging-history.com/2015/03/11/ghost-town-wednesday-claquato-washington/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the area has been populated since its inception.