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Country
  
United States

County
  
Elevation
  
561 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 6:36 AM

State
  
Time zone
  
Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)

Zip code
  
99005

Area code
  
509

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Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 91% Humidity

Colbert (pronounced Cole-bert) is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The town is on U.S. Route 2, north of the city of Spokane.

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Map of Colbert, WA, USA

History

Colbert was originally called Drygoon; the present name is for Harry Colbert, an early postmaster.

A post office was established as Drygoon in 1890, and the name was changed to Colbert in 1902.

Education

Children who live in Colbert attend either Colbert Elementary School on Greenbluff Road or Midway Elementary School, both of which, along with Shiloh Hills Elementary and Meadow Ridge Elementary, feed into the newly formed Mountainside Middle School (previously Mead Middle School), which feeds into Mount Spokane High School. These schools are part of the Mead School District.

Colbert Elementary School has about 600 students enrolled, with 25 classroom teachers, 11 specialists, and 26 support staff.

Additionally, the K-12 private school Northwest Christian is located in Colbert. Northwest Christian was founded in 1949, and their men's basketball team has won the 2B High School tournament the past four years.

References

Colbert, Washington Wikipedia


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