City of Mukilteo Snohomish County, Washington

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General information on City of Mukilteo

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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

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City of Mukilteo Official
Mukilteo Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Mukilteo

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

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

MUKILTEO, a town on the shore of Puget Sound in the west central part of Snohomish County. It is an old Indian place name. Gov. Isaac I. Stevens in making the Indian treaty of January 22, 1855, chose "Muckl-te-oh or Point Elliott" as the place. (Charles J. Kappler, Indian affairs, Laws and Treaties, Volume II., page 669.) "Date, origin, and original application unknown. I have never met an Indian who could give me the meaning of the word Mukilteo though I have made 21 years of inquiry and lived among them that long." (Charles M. Buchanan, Aboriginal Names Used at Tulalip, in Names MSS. Letter 155.) The founders of the town were J. D. Fowler and Morris H. Frost partners in a store. Mr. Fowler became postmaster in 1862. The place was known as Point Elliott but Mr. Fowler changed it to Mukilteo, local Indian word for "good camping ground." (History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, pages 369-370.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 181  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Snohomish County

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Last updated: 2017-06-29