Servia was a town in
Adams County,
Washington
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* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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. The
GNIS
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classifies it as a populated place.
When the
Milwaukee Railway was built through Servia, the officials named the station after the
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynast ...
. Consequently, the community derived its name from
Serbia
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.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Washington
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Washington, a state of the United States.
Classification
Barren site
* Sites no longer in existence
* Sites that have been destroyed
* Covered with water
* Reverted to pasture
* May have a few ...
References
Ghost towns in Adams County, Washington
Ghost towns in Washington (state)
Geography of Adams County, Washington
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