About Ilwaco
Ilwaco is a small town in southwestern Washington counting 1,112 people who proudly call it home.
Ilwaco holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 2.05 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 542 residents per square mile.
📰 Ilwaco News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Ilwaco Unique
- The only place in America named Ilwaco — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- Positioned in southwestern Washington, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Washington — one of 639 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Ilwaco
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🍽️ Where to Eat in Ilwaco
- 42nd Street Cafe (café)
- Rod s Lamplighter
- Seaview Biscuit Company
- Serious Pizza — pizza
- The DEPOT Restaurant — seafood
- The Salt Hotel & Pub — regional
- Barbe-Queen Kitchen — polynesian
- Ilwaco Bakery & Cafe (café)
- Olde Towne Trading Post — breakfast (café)
- Roots — juice (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum · Museum
- Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ilwaco
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Ilwaco
- Hilltop Elementary School
- Ilwaco High School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Ocean Beach Hospital ★★ (2/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.