Rainier
A city in Thurston County, Washington — population 2,350 as of 2020.
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This Afternoon
68°F
Mostly Sunny2% precip
Tonight
51°F
Patchy Fog2% precip
Saturday
72°F
Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny1% precip
Saturday Night
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News in Rainier
Wahkiakum County Eagle
September 24
Meet the Rainier mayoral candidates on the ballot
The Eagle’s Rainier correspondent Nicole Jordan invited the three candidates who qualified for the ballot — Michael Kreger, Vanessa Meza and Garye Twichell — to answer three questions about their candidacies. Each candidate was given a 200-word limit per response and the same…
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Eat, drink & stay
- DARA Mexican Food
- Glenda's
- Main Street Cookie Company
- Mountain Grind Coffee
- Rainier City Pizza & Burgers
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Rainier by the numbers
Population
2,350Population figure, 2020
Households & income
- Area
- 1.74 sq mi (4.5 km²)
- Median age
- 36.3
- Households
- 788
- Persons per household
- 3.1
- Median household income
- $106,019
- Median house value
- $425,900
Municipal office
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 258, RAINIER, WA 98576