Klipsan Beach Pacific County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Klipsan Beach

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Klipsan Beach

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

Name Description
Klipsan Beach Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Klipsan Beach

References to Klipsan Beach that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

KLIPSAN BEACH, on the Pacific Ocean, in Pacific County. In 1912, the place was named by Captain Theodore Conick, of the Coast Guard Station there, and Captain A. T. Stream. The word is Indian and is said to mean "Sunset." (V. O. Stream, in Names MSS., Letter 424.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-06-29