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Shelton
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county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Mason
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Eric Onisko
- Total
- 6.25 sq mi (16.18 km )
- Land
- 5.81 sq mi (15.05 km )
- Water
- 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km )
- Elevation
- 197 ft (60 m)
- Density
- 1,785/sq mi (689.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-63735
- Website
- sheltonwa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census. Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the last city in Washington to use a mayor–commission form of government.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.