Lindberg, Washington

The community was first known as Glenavon, after the Tacoma Eastern Railroad established a station at the crossing of East Fork Tilton River after the completion of a rail line from Ashford to Morton in 1910.^[1][2][3][4]

The Lindberg community began as a logging camp and company town under the Linco Log and Lumber Company in 1911 and was known at first as Coal Canyon.^[1] Containing a sawmill and shingle factory,^[2] a post office was established in 1911 under the Coal Canyon name but after the town burned down in a 1918 fire, the community was rebuilt and then renamed after Coal Canyon's original founder, Gustaf (Gus) Lindberg.^[1][5][6] The post office remained in operation until either 1923^[5] or 1925.^[7] Lindberg had a peak population of approximately 200 in the 1920s.^[1]

Due to financial difficulties, Lindberg lost his property in the mid 1920s, but the camp continued under the name of Millberg^[1] but remained known under the Lindberg moniker, via the Lindberg & Hoby Logging Camp, into the 1940s.^[2]

Many homes in Lindberg were made of brick, a rarity in the usual mill towns of the era.^[5] The area shows few signs of the logging operation, but both sides of the road through this section are dotted with houses and businesses, all of which bear a Morton address, though they are outside the limits of the town proper.

Lindberg was located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Morton. By 1928, there were two train stops bracketing Lindberg, East Fork (formerly Glenavon) to the north and Coal Canyon to the south.^[8][9] In the 21st century, Lindberg is considered a neighborhood located on State Route 7.^[1]

The GNIS lists location as unknown,^[10] however period maps (1920-1930 census districts) show Lindberg on State Route 7, about three miles north of the U.S. Route 12 junction, where the East Fork Tilton River joins Tilton River.^[8]