Maxwelton Island County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Maxwelton

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Maxwelton

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

Name Description
Maxwelton Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Maxwelton

References to Maxwelton that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

MAXWELTON, a village on the southern shore of Whidby Island, in Island County, named by the MacKee brothers "in honor of the bonny braes of Scotland." (J. E. Montgomery, in Names MSS. Letter 436.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-03