A Little History

For millennia, the S’Klallam people occupied the prairies and uplands throughout Eastern Clallam County. The Dungeness River and its watershed provided food, shelter, and cultural sustenance to the people now recognized as the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. 

After European settlement, the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, with its 100-mile system of irrigation ditches, functioned for 150 years as a vibrant agricultural community, at one point boasting the greatest number of dairy farms in the State of Washington. 

The land on which Jennie’s Meadow as a development lies was previously open meadow used for grazing livestock. The name “Jennie’s Meadow” reflects the legacy of George and Jennie Priest, who migrated to Sequim from Canada in the 1800s and whose descendants still reside in and provide leadership to the local community. Priest Rd, which fronts the development, was named for this important pioneer family. Every street in the Jennie’s Meadow neighborhood is named after the flowers found in the original meadow.  

Jennie’s Meadow was approved for development in 2005, and buildout of Phase A was completed in 2018. The entirety of Jennie’s Meadow lies within the boundary of the City of Sequim. However, the boundary is adjacent to unincorporated Clallam County on two sides:  Priest Ln to the north is the dividing line between the City and the County, while the western side of the undeveloped Phase B  property (“Ruth development”) is the western boundary between County and City.