Manchester is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,413 at the 2010 census.

Manchester was standard in the 1860s and was originally known as “Brooklyn”, after the borough in New York City. The make known was tainted to “Manchester” in 1892 in great compliment of the city of Manchester, England. Manchester was accessible by home via Shelton/Allyn/Belfair, but the main population middle in the region, Seattle, had only ship access. After a enduring dock was built in 1908, regular steamboat give support to connected Manchester to friendly communities later Colby, Southworth, and Harper, and to Seattle across the water.

From 1925 to 1936, a ferry route across Puget Sound similar Manchester as soon as Alki Point in West Seattle. When the Alki Point dock washed away in 1936, the Seattle terminus was shifted to Colman Dock on the Seattle central waterfront. Ferry promote was discontinued in 1949 and has never resumed.

In 1940, the US Navy built a pier understandable for refueling ships. The fuel pier axiom heavy use during World War II and still operates today.

In 1953, the library in Manchester was slated for destruction. The town pulled together and a supplementary library was build up in 1954. Today, Manchester has excellent views of Seattle, Mount Rainier, and Puget Sound, has a public boat launch, a boat parade upon the foundation day of boating season, and sponsors salmon bakes at the Manchester library.