Town of Metaline Pend Oreille County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Town of Metaline

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Town of Metaline

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

Name Description
Town of Metaline Official
Metaline Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Town of Metaline

References to Town of Metaline that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

METALINE FALLS, a town on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the south central part of Pend Oreille County. The original town was across the Pend Oreille River and was named by miners in the golden days of 1849 because they thought the entire district was covered with minerals. The noise of the falls in the river can be heard in the town which is some distance south of the falls. (B. O. Dressel, in Names MSS. Letter 51.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-01-14