City of Colville, Stevens County, Washington

City of Colville Stevens County, Washington

Mapped Location

City of Colville: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

Information

General information on City of Colville

Feature Type: Incorporated

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Colville

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name	Description
City of Colville	Official
Colville	Official

Origin Notes and History of City of Colville

References to City of Colville that document the origin of its place name

COLVILLE, a city in Stevens County. The name is derived from that of Andrew Colville, who succeeded Sir John Henry Pelly as Governor in London of the Hudson's Bay Company. The name is sometimes spelled "Colvile." John Work, of the Hudson's Bay Company, indicates the actual beginning dates of old Fort Colville as Thursday, September 1, 1825, and Thursday, April 13, 1826. (Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V., pages 113 and 284.) On the first date men were cutting timbers and on the second were departing from Spokane House to establish the new place near Kettle Falls which was later to receive the name of Fort Colville. It became one of the important trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company. A few miles to the east, the United States established a little fort in command of Major Pinkney Lougenbeel, and in his honor the place was called "Pinkney City." Close by was a small settlement known as Colville. When Stevens County was organized, the name of "Pinkney City" was changed to Colville and that became the county seat.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 54 | Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Stevens County

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2017-06-29