City of Langley Island County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on City of Langley

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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

Name Description
City of Langley Official
Langley Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Langley

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

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

LANGLEY, a town on the southeastern shore of Whidbey Island, Island County. Jacob Anthes, after nine years of logging and other enterprises in the .vicinity platted a townsite in 1890 and organized a company which acquired title to the surrounding acreage. It was named in honor of Judge J .W. Langley, of Seattle, one of the members of the company. (The Islander, in Names MSS., Letter 344.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Related Catalog Titles

A Bibliography for City of Langley, Island County, Washington

South Whidbey and its people Volume 3: Langley, The Village by the Sea by Lorna Cherry, South Whidbey Historical Society

Langley, The Village by the Sea: A gleam in the eye of a teen-age German boy becomes a South Whidbey village. The village becomes a town and the town becomes a city

volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm

CIRC [ 1 ]

 


South Whidbey and its people Volume 2 by Lorna Cherry, South Whidbey Historical Society

Towns are begun. Immigrants and pioneers gouge a living from pristine Whidbey forests. Roads are built, and civilization creates a unified society

volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm

CIRC [ 1 ]

 


 

Last updated: 2017-07-03