The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington (state)
Enough converts were baptized along the Lewis River in the southwest portion of the state that a congregation was created in that area.By 1930, nearly two thousand members lived within the state with chapels located in the Puget Sound Region and in Spokane.Washington saw many members move to the state after the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam and during World War II to work in defense industries.[6] List of LDS Church adherents in each county as of 2010 according to the Association of Religion Data Archives:[7] Note: Each county adherent count reflects meetinghouse location of congregation and not by location of residence.A fifth temple, the Tacoma Washington Temple, was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in his concluding talk of the Sunday afternoon session of the October 2022 General Conference on Sunday, October 2, 2022, to be built in Tacoma, Washington.
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