City of Wapato Yakima County, Washington


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Information

General information on City of Wapato

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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

Name Description
City of Wapato Official
Wapato Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Wapato

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

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

WAPATO, a town in the central part of Yakima County, was named October 24, 1902. (Postmaster at Wapato, in Names MSS. Letter 549.) The word in the Chinook Jargon means "potato."

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-03