| Steilacoom
is a town in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population
was 6,049 at the 2000 census. Steilacoom is on the coast of the Puget
Sound, on a branch not visible on the map to the right. Steilacoom was
the first town incorporated in Washington State. It was the birthplace
of country singer Lila McCann. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Steilacoom ranks 61st of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked. The Steilacoom School District #1[1] consists of Cherrydale Primary School, Saltar's Point Elementary School, Harriet Taylor Elementary School, Anderson Island School, Chloe Clark Elementary School, Pioneer Middle School, and Steilacoom High School. Steilacoom
was founded by Lafayette Balch, a sea captain from Maine, and officially
incorporated in 1854. It is the oldest incorporated town in Washington
and has 32 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, including the oldest Catholic Church in the state and the first
Protestant Church north of the Columbia River.
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