Patit Columbia County, Washington
Mapped Location
Patit: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Patit
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Patit
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Patit | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Patit
References to Patit that document the origin of its place name
PATIT CREEK, a tributary of the Touchet River in the central part of Columbia County. Some maps show it as Palat Creek. The railroad surveyors called Pa-at-te-tah. (Map in Pacific Railroad Reports, Volume XII., book I.) It is from the Nez Perce Pat-tit-ta meaning "bark creek." (F. T. Gilbert in Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman and Garfield Counties, page 389.)
Columbia County
- Alto
- Baileysburg
- Covello
- City of Dayton
- Delaney
- Dumas
- Grange City (historical)
- Huntsville
- Jackson
- Long
- Marengo
- McKay
- Menoken
- Mountain Home Park
- Mountain Top
- Patit
- Powers
- Relief
- Ronan
- Town of Starbuck
- Tucannon
- Turner
- Varna
- Whetstone
- Wild Goose (historical)
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-07-02