History of Lacey's Annexation Battles in the 1960s

W hen Lacey became a city as the result of a positive election in November 1966, that wasn't the last battle for the survival of the new city. Lace...

March 23, 2023
5:30 PM

W hen Lacey became a city as the result of a positive election in November 1966, that wasn't the last battle for the survival of the new city. Lacey as a community, if not an incorporated municipality, had been around since the late 1800s. But it wasn't until suburban developments began sprouting up after World War II that Lacey began feeling like anything other than a rural collection of houses. Somewhere in the 1950s the Lacey area surpassed Tumwater as Thurston County's second largest community.

Emmett O'Connell