Sauk Skagit County, Washington

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Sauk

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Sauk

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

Name Description
Sauk Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Sauk

References to Sauk that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

SAUK, the name of a river, mountain and railway station in the central part of Skagit County. The name is from that of a tribe of Indians. (Postmaster at Sauk, in Names MSS. Letter 49.) The postoffice of that name was established in 1884. (History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, page 244.) George Gibbs writing on March 1, 1854, said the Indians had a portage from the north fork of the Stilaguamish to the "Sah-kee-me-hu" branch of the Skagit. (Pacific Railroad Reports, Volume I., page 472.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 258  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Skagit County

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Last updated: 2024-06-03