A fair sized Chinatown existed in the U.S. city of Spokane, Washington, for years that started when the railroad came through in 1883.

Virtually all that remained of the Chinatown alleys were demolished as part of construction projects spurred by Spokane's Expo '74.

In the 1880s, immigrants from China who had come to work on the railroad established a "bustling Chinatown" in Spokane which was as big as three to four blocks "... stretching from Howard Street to Bernard Street ..." parallel to what is now Spokane Falls Boulevard.

[1][2] More sources said that the Chinatown swelled even more during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt era with the internment of Asian peoples due to the war against Japan.

[1] An old newspaper article shows that an annual convention for the Chinese Hip Sing organization was held in 1924.