Bow Skagit County, Washington

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Bow

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Bow

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

Name Description
Bow Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Bow

References to Bow that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BOW, a town in Skagit County. William J. Brown secured a homestead in 1869 and his place became locally known as Brownsville. When the railroad brought growth, a postoffice was secured in July, 1901, and E. E. Heusted, the postmaster, had it named Bow at the suggestion of Mr. Brown in honor of the great Bow railroad station of London, England. (History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, page 286.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 26  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Skagit County

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2017-04-01