Spanaway is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 27,227 at the 2010 census. Spanaway is an unincorporated area near Tacoma, and is often identified together with the more urban, less wealthy Parkland.
Spanaway’s main business thoroughfare is Pacific Avenue South, which is a north-south road that coincides with State Route 7 through the Spanaway area.
The song “The Needle Has Landed” from Neko Case’s CD Fox Confessor Brings the Flood mentions Spanaway in passing. Tacoma alternative pop/rock band Seaweed also released an album entitled Spanaway. Long Island, New York band The Movielife also has a song called “Spanaway”.
Etymology: The Hudson’s Bay Company, headquartered at Fort Nisqually, had control of this region until 1863. Company maps and journals show the company’s subsidiary, the Pugets Sound Agricultural Company, raised cattle, grain, and sheep at “Spanueh Station” on the south and east shores of “Spanueh Lake.” Local…
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