Galvin, Washington

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Galvin, also known as Lincoln or Lincoln's Creek, is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States,[1] near Lincoln Creek and the Chehalis River. The town is four miles (6.4 km) northwest of Centralia.

Galvin was platted on June 3, 1910, as a logging settlement. Originally named Lincoln, it was renamed the next year for John Galvin, its founder.[2] A span over the Chehalis River, known as the Galvin Bridge, was built in 1913. The original Script error: No such module "convert". thoroughfare was dismantled and rebuilt beginning in 1968.[3]

The city is noted for the Busek Auto Museum, a collection of a variety of vintage vehicles, which was featured in a 2007 independent film, Rain in the Mountains.[4]

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