Place:Ione, Pend Oreille, Washington, United States

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NameIone
TypeTown
Coordinates48.741°N 117.42°W
Located inPend Oreille, Washington, United States
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Ione is a town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States. The population was 428 at the 2020 census.[1]

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Ione was first settled in 1894 by homesteader Elmer Hall. Ione was officially incorporated on January 3, 1910.

The timber industry played a major role in Ione's history. In the early 1900's, Frederick A. Blackwell's Panhandle Lumber Company opened the inland northwest's first all-electric sawmill in Ione. The timber-based economy persisted for nearly 100 years in Ione, lasting until 1995 when the Vaagen Brothers' sawmill, the last major sawmill in the country, closed down.[2]

The railroad reached Ione in 1910 when Blackwell built the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad, connecting Ione with Metaline Falls in the north and Newport in the south.[2]

When Pend Oreille County was established in 1911, Ione was one of four towns vying to land the county seat, along with Newport, Cusick, and Usk, with the honors being awarded to Newport in 1912.[2]

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