Town of Nespelem Okanogan County, Washington
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Information
General information on Town of Nespelem
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Town of Nespelem
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Town of Nespelem | Official |
| Nespelem | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Town of Nespelem
References to Town of Nespelem that document the origin of its place name
NESPELEM, the name of a tribe of Indians, a river, canyon, bar, rapid and a town on the Colville Indian Reservation in the southeastern part of Okanogan County. There have been many spellings of the word. The Wilkes Expedition, 1841, charted it as "Spillnin." (Hydrography, Volume XXIII., Atlas, chart 67.) Edward S. Curtis spells it "Nspilich" and says it refers to "a large, open meadow beside a stream, in particular the meadow just below the village of Nespilim." (The North American Indian, Volume VII., page 64.) The first vowel is nearly ignored in the Indian pronunciation and the word literally means, "it, the flat land." (Earl De Camp, postmaster, in Names MSS. Letter 367.)
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Last updated: 2017-07-01