City of South Bend, Pacific County, Washington

City of South Bend Pacific County, Washington

Mapped Location

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

Information

General information on City of South Bend

Feature Type: Incorporated

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of South Bend

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

Name	Description
City of South Bend	Official
South Bend	Official

Origin Notes and History of City of South Bend

References to City of South Bend that document the origin of its place name

SEAHAVEN, in Pacific County. "The town of Seahaven, at mouth of the Willapa River, was founded about 1889 and was located on a tract of tide land belonging to Thomas Potter. The moving spirits in the townsite proposition were Herman Trott of Saint Paul, Minn., John Dobson, Frank Donahue, N. B. Coffman and others of Chehalis, Wash. In 1890, it had a bank, a newspaper, a large hotel and several buildings. All of them have long ago disappeared or have been moved to South Bend and the place is again a fine dairy farm." (F. A. Hazeltine, of South Bend, in Names MSS. Letter 91)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 261 | Origin of Washington Geographic Names

SOUTH BEND, county seat of Pacific County. The Willapa River takes a bend to the south in what is now the city. A sawmill was located there as early as 1860 and in 1890 the South Bend Land Company was organized with George U. Holcomb, L. M. Eklund nd P. W. Swett as the prime movers. Since then the growth has been steady. (F. A. Hazeltine, in Names MSS. Letter 91.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 281 | Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Pacific County

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2017-06-29