Gettysburg was a town near the mouth of the Lyre River at the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Clallam County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

[1] The community was named after Robert N. Getty, a businessman in the lumber industry.

[2] The 30-year-old Getty settled in the area in 1887 and built several structures that served a local logging boom.

[4] In 1912, Gettysburg postmaster, Ida M. Simmons, was convicted of embezzling $814 from the US government and she served a "unique" sentence of one hour in prison.

[3] This Clallam County, Washington state location article is a stub.