Gig Harbor calls itself The Maritime City for good reason. Its history, views, and image are linked to its idyllic location on Puget Sound, complete with a lighthouse marking the harbor entrance and the bonus of Mount Rainier in the distance. The city was named long before gigabytes and gig economies became a thing. Gig Harbor was named by surveyors from the Wilkes Expedition who, in 1841, entered the harbor in a survey “gig,” or longboat. They noted the narrow mouth of the harbor and labeled it “Gig Harbor” on chart No. 155, published as a result of the expedition, according to the Harbor History Museum.
City Snapshot
Incorporated: 1946
(City of Gig Harbor)
Land area 5.9 square miles…