Moclips, Washington
| Moclips, Washington | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Location of Moclips, Washington |
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| Coordinates: 47°14′10″N 124°12′46″W / 47.23611°N 124.21278°WCoordinates: 47°14′10″N 124°12′46″W / 47.23611°N 124.21278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Grays Harbor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.81 sq mi (4.69 km2) |
| • Land | 1.78 sq mi (4.62 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 207 |
| • Density | 116/sq mi (44.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 98562 |
| Area code(s) | 360 |
| FIPS code | 53-46405 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1512471 |
Moclips is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 207 at the 2010 census. It is located near the mouth of the Moclips River.
According to Edmond S. Meany, the word moclips comes from a Quinault word meaning a place where girls were sent as they were approaching puberty. However, according to William Bright, the name comes from the Quinault word meaning simply "large stream".
The indigenous inhabitants of the area were members of the Quinault tribe along the coast north of Grays Harbor and the Upper and Lower Chehalis tribes of the lower Chehalis River drainage. Other groups included the Copalis, Wynoochee, and Humptulips subtribes of the Upper Chehalis subtribe, and the Satsop subtribe of the Lower Chehalis.
By Quinault tradition, the Great Spirit called all the animals together and described how he would place humans on the earth. These he called "Quinault". The Chehalis, Quinault, Cowlitz, and Queets spoke Coast Salish languages related to other Salishan language groups in the Northwest. The Quileute and Hoh spoke unrelated Chimakuan languages, while the Makah spoke a Wakashan language, also unrelated. To the south the Chinookan people spoke yet another family of unrelated languages, the Chinookan languages. All the tribes also used a trade pidgin called Chinook Jargon.
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