City of Omak Okanogan County, Washington


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Information

General information on City of Omak

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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

Name Description
City of Omak Official
Omak Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Omak

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

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

OMAK, a town near the central part of Okanogan County, named for a lake about eight miles east of the town. It is claimed that the Indian word "Omache" means great medicine, referring to the supposed curative qualities of those waters. (Postmaster at Omak, in Names MSS. Letter 568).

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-01