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Coordinates: 46°34′33″N 117°17′20″W / 46.57583°N 117.28889°W / 46.57583; -117.28889
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Whitman
Established	1913
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Bishop is an extinct town in Whitman County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

A post office called Bishop was established in 1913, and remained in operation until 1925. The community was named after the Bishop brothers, local settlers.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bishop, Washington
2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
3. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 19.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Whitman County, Washington, United States
County seat: Colfax
Cities	Colfax Palouse Pullman Tekoa
Towns	Albion Colton Endicott Farmington Garfield La Crosse Lamont Malden Oakesdale Pine City Rosalia St. John Uniontown
CDP	Steptoe
Other communities	Belmont Dusty Ewan Glenwood Hay Hooper Johnson Thornton
Ghost towns	Almota Bishop Canyon Elberton Interior Riparia Wawawai Wilcox
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