City of Sunnyside Yakima County, Washington
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General information on City of Sunnyside
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Sunnyside
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Sunnyside | Official |
| Sunnyside | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Sunnyside
References to City of Sunnyside that document the origin of its place name
SUNNYSIDE, a town in the eastern part of Yakima County. Mr. E. F. Blaine writes that the town "was laid out by Walter N. Granger in 1893. Before the establishment of this townsite the big canal, known as the Sunnyside Canal, had been started. As the land under the Sunnyside Canal slopes toward the midday sun, the canal and district were named Sunnyside and Mr. Granger, believing that Sunnyside would be the principal town of the new district, called the town Sunnyside." (In Names MSS. Letter 354.) Another version of the origin of the name for the district is given by S. J. Lowe who says that in 1882, he, with Joe Stephenson, Andy McDaniels and one of the Nelsons, went exploring for bunch-grass hay in October, 1882. Lowe says that he, on that trip, conferred the name Sunnyside. On returning, they met J. M. Adams, publisher of the Signal, who at that time recorded the new name in his newspaper. (Yakima Herald, copied in the Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume XIII, page 120.)
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