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Ocean Shores is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,836 at the 2000 census.

The City of Ocean Shores had its beginnings before recorded history, when the area now known as the Point Brown peninsula was used by the various local tribes for trading and other purposes. The Chinook, Chehalis, and Quinalt Tribes used the area, as well as others that now make up the Quinalt Indian Nation.

Pat Boone became a local resident in 1967 as a stockholder in the Ocean Shores Estates Incorporated and promotion of the development was speeded along by the famous Celebrity Golf tournaments hosted by Boone.

By 1969 Ocean Shores was declared the "Richest Little City" with an assessed evaluation of $35 million and 900 permanent residents. The following year the city was incorporated with a planning commission formed to zone the city and codify streets. The city's first school opened in 1971 and road paving on streets began in earnest.

During the 1980s, the town struggled through many setbacks brought on mainly by the state's economic recession. By the 1990s, the slump was over and construction of homes and businesses increased.

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