Jamestown Clallam County, Washington


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

 

Information

General information on Jamestown

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Jamestown

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

Name Description
Jamestown Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Jamestown

References to Jamestown that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

JAMESTOWN, a Clallam Indian village five miles east of Dungeness, in Clallam County. It was named for Chief James of the Clallam tribe. (J. M. Ward, Port Williams, in Names MSS., Letter 206.) The Handbook of American Indians, Volume I., page 575, says the Indian name of the village was Huiauulch.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-02