Maryhill

History

Maryhill is named after the wife and daughter of regional icon Sam Hill, who purchased land and envisioned a community there shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Earlier the area was known as "Columbia" In 1909, the Klickitat County commissioners had accepted the town's name as "Maryland" - proposed by Sam Hill and Associates who had laid out the town. However, this name was rejected by postal authorities as they would not accept a name corresponding to a state, so it was renamed "Maryhill". Hill used his Maryhill property to build the first paved roads in the Pacific Northwest, the Maryhill Museum of Art (originally intended as a grand residence for the Hills), Maryhill Stonehenge, a monument to the World War I casualties of Klickitat County in the form of a Stonehenge replica, and a planned community. Born a Quaker, Hill hoped to attract a Quaker community to eastern Washington. His plans never materialized and the town buildings he constructed burned down several years later. Hill intended the Stonehenge replica to express that modern warfare was a form of needless human sacrifice, referencing the contemporary belief that Stonehenge was a sacrificial site.

Geography

Maryhill is located along the southern edge of Klickitat County and the state of Washington at (45.685649, -120.817232). It sits on the north bank of the Columbia River, by river upstream from its mouth at Astoria, upstream from Portland, and upstream from The Dalles Dam. U.S. Route 97 (US 97) crosses the Columbia at Maryhill via the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge. US 97 travels north towards Goldendale and south across the river to Wasco, Oregon. State Route 14 travels east–west through the area along the Columbia River, connecting Maryhill to White Salmon and Interstate 82 at Plymouth. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Maryhill CDP has a total area of , all land. The community is home to Maryhill State Park along the Columbia.

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Largest nearby schools

• Washington Connections Academy Goldendale
  Other · Goldendale · 2,115 students
• Goldendale High School
  High · GOLDENDALE · 299 students · 23:1 ratio
• Goldendale Primary School
  Elementary · GOLDENDALE · 291 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Goldendale Middle School
  Middle · GOLDENDALE · 262 students · 16.4:1 ratio
• Centerville Elementary
  Elementary · Centerville · 97 students · 19.4:1 ratio
• Wishram High And Elementary Schl
  Other · Wishram · 68 students · 7.6:1 ratio
• Goldendale Support Service Center
  Other · GOLDENDALE · 9 students