Nahcotta Pacific County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Nahcotta

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Nahcotta

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

Name Description
Nahcotta Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Nahcotta

References to Nahcotta that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

NAHCOTTA, a town on the west shore of Willapa Bay in the west central part of Pacific County. It was named by John P. Paul in the eighties after an Indian Chief who was camped in front of Mr. Paul's residence. (Julian Hawthorne, History of Washington, Volume II., pages 581-582.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-06-30