Paha Adams County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Paha

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Paha

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

Name Description
Paha Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Paha

References to Paha that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

PAHA, a town in the central part of Adams County. There is a large spring there and Paha is supposed to be an Indian word meaning "big water." (Postmaster at Paha, in Names MSS. Letter 365.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-01