Orondo Douglas County, Washington
Mapped Location
Orondo: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Orondo
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Orondo
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Orondo | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Orondo
References to Orondo that document the origin of its place name
ORONDO, a town on the Columbia River in the western part of Douglas County, named by J. B. Smith about 1886 after the supposed superintendent of the ancient Lake Superior copper mines. Orondo's people are thought to have been the ancestors of the mound builders 'from Lake Superior to the Isthmus where their Atlantis joined America." (J. B. Smith, in Names MSS. Letter 352).
Douglas County
- Alstown
- Appledale
- Baird (historical)
- Beebe
- Brandts Landing
- City of Bridgeport
- Broadway
- Crown Point Vista
- Douglas
- Downing
- Dyer
- City of East Wenatchee
- Fairview
- Farmer
- Howard
- Jameson (historical)
- Lamoine
- Leahy
- Town of Mansfield
- Matthiesen (historical)
- McCarteney
- McLeans Orchard (historical)
- Mold
- Mud Spring
- Nilles Corner
- Okanogan City (historical)
- Orondo
- Osborne Corner
- Palisades
- Patterson (historical)
- City of Rock Island
- Rocky Butte
- Saint Andrews
- Saint Hubert (historical)
- Sims Corner
- Sunny Hill
- Supplee
- Terrace Park
- Touhey
- Voltage
- Town of Waterville
- Withrow
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Last updated: 2017-07-02