Toutle, Washington

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'''Toutle''' is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington.

==Etymology== Both the town and Toutle River, derive their name from a band of the Skillot people of the Chinookan tribe, the ''Hullooetell''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waldman |first1=Carl |last2=Braun |first2=Molly |title=Atlas of the North American Indian |edition=3rd |publisher=Infobase Publishing |date=February 1, 2009 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/atlasofnorthamer00wald/page/387 387] |chapter=Major Native Place-Names in the United States and Canada |isbn=978-0-8160-6858-6 |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/atlasofnorthamer00wald/page/387 }}</ref>

==Geography== Toutle is located {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of Castle Rock along Washington State Route 504, which is also known as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.655 |title=RCW 47.17.655: State Route 504 |author=Washington State Legislature |author-link=Washington State Legislature |accessdate=12 June 2014}}</ref> Toutle is near Mount St. Helens and the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, which lies at the end of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.

==Education== The Toutle community is part of the Toutle Lake School District, a K–12 school district of about 694 students<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toutle Lake School District |url=https://www.toutlesd.org/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.toutlesd.org}}</ref> that serves the communities of Toutle and Silver Lake, Washington.

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==External links== *[https://www.toutlesd.org Toutle Lake School District website]

Category:Unincorporated communities in Cowlitz County, Washington Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)