Addy, WA

Addy is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington, United States. The 2020 census counted 210 residents. Addy is located on the Colville River and U.S. Route 395 between Colville to the north and Chewelah to the south. Addy was first settled in 1851 by Magnus Flett, a Hudson's Bay Company employee, after he retired to the Addy area. The through line in Addy is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Addy makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Thomas Stensgar retired from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1852 and obtained the first homestead in the area in 1867.