Fort Casey Island County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Fort Casey

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Fort Casey

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

Name Description
Fort Casey Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Fort Casey

References to Fort Casey that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

FORT CASEY, opposite Port Townsend, on Whidbey Island, in Island County. Brigadier-General Silas Casey was a distinguished officer in the United States Army. In 1856-1857 he was in command on Puget Sound. His son, by the same name, was also distinguished in the United States Navy. The fort was named in honor of one of these.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-03