Moclips, WA

Moclips is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The 2020 census counted 211 residents. Moclips is located near the mouth of the Moclips River. Meany, the word moclips comes from a Quinault word meaning a place where girls were sent as they were approaching puberty. A newcomer can read Moclips through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Moclips comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Although settled earlier by homesteaders such as Steve Grover in 1862, Moclips was not incorporated until 1905 with the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway and the first Moclips Beach Hotel built by Dr. The Moclips Beach Hotel stood in pieces. The CDP includes the community of Moclips, plus the residential area of Sunset Beach.