Turner Columbia County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Turner

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Turner

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

Name Description
Turner Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Turner

References to Turner that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

TURNER, a town in the central part of Columbia County, was named for B. M. Turner, who owned the land and filed the plat of the townsite on January 17, 1902, when the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company had extended its line from Dayton to that point. (History of Southeastern Washington, page 376.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-02