Ohop Pierce County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Ohop

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ohop

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

Name Description
Ohop Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ohop

References to Ohop that document the origin of its place name

OHOP, Henry Sicade, a local Puyallup Indian tribal leader, wrote that Ohop meant "water suddenly breaking away." Another definition for the term was that it was an Indian name meaning "pleasant." is the name for a valley in central Pierce County and a village forty miles southeast of Tacoma. Ohop Lake empties into Lake Kapowsin. SEE: Holz.

Gary Fuller Reese in Origin of geographic names of Tacoma/Pierce County, Washington

 

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Last updated: 2024-06-01