City of Sultan Snohomish County, Washington


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

 

Information

General information on City of Sultan

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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

Name Description
City of Sultan Official
Sultan Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Sultan

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

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

SULTAN, the name of a river and a town near its mouth, in the central part of Snohomish County. The river derived its name from Tseul-tud, a local Indian chief. (Dr. Charles M. Buchanan, in Names MSS. Letter 155.) The first settler on the site of the town of Sultan was John Nailor, who with his Indian wife obtained a home there in 1880. Placer gold diggings brought people and Mr. Nailor became the first postmaster, the name of the town being taken from that of the river. (History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, pages 366-368.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Snohomish County


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Last updated: 2017-02-25