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City of Tenino is a tight-knit community, located in Thurston County, and a short drive from Olympia. Tenino families enjoy our beautiful, quiet town with it’s historic stone structures, large park, and access to the county bike trails. With local agents who have called the region home for many years, Castle Reatly specializes in homes for sale in Tenino, and the surrounding region. An independently owned and operated company that opened in 2000, our brokers and agents bring a real team approach to helping with all aspects of the real estate buying and selling experience. Whether you are looking to buy or sell, Castle Realty has the experience to help. For more information about the Castle Realty team, click here.
Welcome to Tenino
The City of Tenino is a tight-knit community of about 1800 people. Tenino families enjoy our beautiful, quiet town with it’s historic stone structures, large park, and access to the county bike trails.
Hodgden’s Station
The first settler in Tenino was Stephen Hodgden from Maine. Mr. Hodgden came out west with the California Gold Rush and in 1851 took up a donation land claim on the banks of Scatter Creek. Soon “Hodgden’s Station” was a regular stop on the stage coach road from the Columbia to Olympia.
By 1872, the railroad from the Columbia reached Hodgden’s farm, and a new station was built and named “Tenino.”
What’s in a Name?
The railroad settlement later grew into the Town of Tenino. According to Arthur Dwelley’s written history, “There is much speculation about the origin of the name, with stories that it was named after a railroad locomotive with number 1090 or a survey stake with that designation marked on it. According to the railroad archives, neither of these tales is true. There is considerable evidence that the name preceded the railroad and is of Indian origin, meaning ‘a branch in the trail’ or ‘a meeting place.'”
(source: cityoftenino.us)
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