Ocosta Grays Harbor County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Ocosta

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ocosta

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

Name Description
Ocosta Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ocosta

References to Ocosta that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

OCOSTA, a town near the Pacific Ocean on the south shore of Grays Harbor, in the southwestern part of Grays Harbor County. The Indian name of the place was "Nushiatska." The present name was chosen about 1891 while George E. Filley was Trustee of the land company owning the site. Mrs. Filley and Hon. William H. Calkins of Tacoma in discussing the matter took the Spanish La costa meaning "the coast" and prefixed the "O" for the sake of euphony. (C. J. Coglan, of Ocosta in Names MSS. Letter 605.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-06-29