City of Shelton Mason County, Washington
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General information on City of Shelton
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Shelton
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Shelton | Official |
| Shelton | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Shelton
References to City of Shelton that document the origin of its place name
SHELTON, county seat of Mason County, named for David Shelton, the pioneer who secured there a donation land claim and lived on it until his death in 1897. (Grant C. Angle, in Names MSS. Letter 261.) An arm of Hammersly Inlet is called Shelton Bay and a small stream there is known as Shelton Creek. The Indian name for the region was Sahawamish. (Grant C. Angle, in Names MSS. Letter 83.) David Shelton was an interesting figure in the pioneer history of Washington. He was born in North Carolina September 15, 1812, and with his parents moved to Missouri in 1819. Trapping, Indian fighting, hardships and farming were experienced until 1847 when he migrated to Oregon with the traditional ox-teams. Near Walla Walla, he met Marcus Whitman six weeks before the tragic death of that missionary. He left the family in Oregon while he joined the gold rush to California in 1849. Returning to Oregon he settled at East Portland until January, 1852, when he moved to Puget Sound. In April, 1853, he moved from Olympia to the place Which became Shelton. He was a member of the first Territorial Legislature in which he got his home section organized into Sawamish County. When a member of a later session he sponsored another bill, to change the name to Mason County in honor of Charles H. Mason, first Territorial Secretary under Governor Isaac I. Stevens. Mr. Shelton was honored with election to most of the important offices in Mason County and also served as Mayor of the city which bore his own name. His wife who had shared his pioneering died in 1887, aged seventy-one years, while he lived to attain the age of eighty-five years. (Rev. H. K. Hines: Illustrated History of the State of Washington, pages 575-576.)
Mason County
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- Ayock
- Ballow
- Bayshore
- Belfair
- Brockdale
- Carmill Station
- Dayton
- Deckerville
- Detroit (historical)
- Dewatto
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- Frisken Wye
- Graham Point
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- Marmac
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- Rose Point
- City of Shelton
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- Triton
- Union
- Victor
- Walkers Landing
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-06-28