Beach Whatcom County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Beach

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Beach

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

Name Description
Beach Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Beach

References to Beach that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BEACH, a town on the eastern, shore of Lummi Island, Whatcom County. It was named in honor of Wade H. Beach, who filed on his land claim there on November 20, 1884. (Mrs. Pauline A. Buchholz, in Names MSS., Letter 507.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-03-04