Acme Whatcom County, Washington

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Acme

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Acme

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

Name Description
Acme Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Acme

References to Acme that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

ACME, town in Whatcom County. The word is Greek in origin and has come to mean the highest point of achievement or of excellence. Charles F. Elsbree (Names MSS., Letter 195) writes that Thomas Stephens and Samuel Parks sent East for a couple of Acme hymnals and were joked for so doing. About 1887 Parks was sent to Bellingham with a petition for a new postoffice. No name was in the petition. He asked if Acme would do and on receiving an affirmative answer that name was written into the records.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 1  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Whatcom County

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2016-12-25