Coppei Walla Walla County, Washington

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Coppei

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Coppei

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

Name Description
Coppei Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Coppei

References to Coppei that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

COPPEI. A town once flourished on the creek by this name in Walla Walla County. It was founded by Anderson Cox, a pioneer who came to Oregon in 1845. In 1861 he became one of the pioneers in the Inland Empire. His new town got a postoffice in January, 1868, and Luke Henshaw was the first postmaster. In 1865 Cox and others moved from Coppei to the new and thriving town of Waitsburg in the same vicinity. (Elwood Evans, History of the Pacific Northwest. Volume II., page 289.) The Stevens railroad map shows the creek's name as "Kap-y-o." (Pacific Railroad Reports, Volume XII., Book 1.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 56  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Walla Walla County

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Last updated: 2024-06-04