Port Townsend, capital of Jefferson county, Washington, is on Puget Sound, near Juan de Fuca Strait, 47 miles N. of Seattle. It has a good harbour, and an important United States customs station, at which all vessels entering or leaving the sound must report. Pop. (1880) 917; (1890) 4498.
Port Townsend,
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