City of Napavine, Lewis County, Washington

City of Napavine Lewis County, Washington

Mapped Location

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Information

General information on City of Napavine

Feature Type: Incorporated

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

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

Name	Description
City of Napavine	Official
Napavine	Official

Origin Notes and History of City of Napavine

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

NAPAVINE, a town in the west central part of Lewis County, named by James Urquhart on December 17, 1883. The name is derived from the Indian word "Napavoon," meaning small prairie. Mr. Urquhart, a native of Scotland, who came to New York in 1851 and migrated to Oregon in 1852, settled first on Eden Prairie. When his family came by way of Cape Horn, he settled at Napavine in 1855. (History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington, Volume II., page 611.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 183 | Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Lewis County

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Last updated: 2017-07-01