Hoquiam is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The town borders the city of Aberdeen at Myrtle Street, with Hoquiam to the west. The two cities share a common economic history in lumbering and exporting, but Hoquiam has maintained its independent identity. Aberdeen is more populated, but the two cities have a long rivalry, especially in high school sports . Hoquiam was incorporated on May 21, 1890. Its name comes from a Native-American word meaning hungry for wood, so named from the great amount of driftwood at the mouth of the Hoquiam River. In 2010 the population was 8,726.
Continue reading...From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.