Birdsview Skagit County, Washington

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

 

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General information on Birdsview

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Birdsview

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Name Description
Birdsview Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Birdsview

References to Birdsview that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BIRDSVIEW, a town in Skagit County on the Great Northern Railway. The postmaster (Names MSS., Letter 130) says the postoffice was named by George Savage in 1880. A different origin is given by the History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, page 119. There it is claimed that B. D. Minkler established the postoffice in 1880 and was the first postmaster. Continuing -- "The name of Birdsview was not derived, as might be supposed, from any ornithological connection, but from the fact that Mr. Minkler's first name, which was Birdsey, was commonly abbreviated to Bird, and from this the town took its name."

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 20  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Skagit County

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Last updated: 2017-04-01