Moore Chelan County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Moore

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Moore

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

Name Description
Moore Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Moore

References to Moore that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

MOORE, a postoffice on the east shore of Lake Chelan in the north central part of Chelan County. It was named for J. Robert Moore who homesteaded Moores Point and operated a summer hotel there for more than twenty years. He was also postmaster until his death on August 31, 1909. The entire property was sold to H Frank Hubbard on June 17, 1912. (Postmaster at Moore, in Names MSS., Letter 293.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-02