Waller: SR 167 at MP 3.6: Clarks Creek
The Puyallup River valley defines the setting of Waller — this lowland Pierce County community spreads across developed ground between Tacoma and Puyallup, where major roads lend it a strongly connected metropolitan character. State Route 167 passes through the area as part of an important route between Tacoma and the Green River Valley, while local avenues serve homes, businesses and daily travel. Waller is a census-designated place rather than an incorporated city, helping explain its mix of residential streets and roadside development. The wider valley is the ancestral homeland of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, whose name is closely associated with the river and the region. Wooded margins and open lowland terrain still shape this urbanizing corner of western Washington.
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Waller is best known within Washington as a census-designated community in Pierce County. Rather than an incorporated city, it forms part of the residential belt between Tacoma and Puyallup in the Puget Sound lowlands. This settled landscape was shaped by glacial processes and lies within the network of waterways that drain toward Puget Sound. Pierce County was organized in 1852 and named for President Franklin Pierce, linking Waller to the early administrative history of Washington Territory. Move on to other webcams in Pierce County to compare landscapes and settings around the Puget Sound lowlands.
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