Tukey Jefferson County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Tukey

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Tukey

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

Name Description
Tukey Official
Tukeys Landing Historical

 

Origin Notes and History of Tukey

References to Tukey that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

TUKEYS LANDING, on the east shore of Port Discovery, in the northeastern part of Jefferson County, was named for John F. Tukey, who settled on a farm there is 1852. He was a native of Maine. He died in 1913. (Postmaster at Port Discovery, in Names MSS. Letter 253.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2025-02-03