[9] The first recorded airplane flight in Swofford Valley was reported in 1920 and there were joking concerns that farmers would get stiff necks if more aircraft were flown overhead.

[12][13] Indigenous people, using horses, helped to deliver mail in the surrounding area over existing Native American trails[6] before a county road connecting to the communities of Ajlune and Riffe was built.

Once known as Swofford Valley Pond, it increased in size after the flooding of the surrounding region due to the creation of the Mossyrock Dam.

[31] In the early days of the Swofford community, a trip to Chehalis and other towns was accomplished by use of a dirt road and travel over a wooden bridge in Mayfield.

[2] By 1900, the main route to Chehalis was a 4 in (10 cm) thick, 8 foot (2.4 metres) wide plank road that also contained stretches of gravel and rock.

[32] A county road was built beginning in 1915, connecting Swofford to local communities, such as Ajlune and Riffe, and continuing on to Morton.

[34] Residents in Swofford undertook the construction of a 5,000 foot (1,500 metres) drainage ditch to siphon water off the valley for additional land for farming.

[35] Swofford Pond, beginning in 1966-1967, was originally a holding and rearing hatchery used to help offset fish losses due to difficulties in aquatic migration around the dams in the area.