Cougar is a former town, and
now unincorporated community, in
Cowlitz
County
, Washington
, United
States
. The population was 122 at the
1990 census; it was not measured
in
2000.
The town
is located on the Lewis
River, 24 miles northeast of Woodland
. Because it is situated only 11 miles
south-southwest of Mount St. Helens
, in 1980 the entire town was evacuated because of
the danger of volcanic eruption.
Cougar’s geographic location is 46.051N, -122.298W.
The town’s ZIP code is 98616 and its telephone area code is
360.
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