Carson Skamania County, Washington
Mapped Location
Carson: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Carson
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Carson
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Carson | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Carson
References to Carson that document the origin of its place name
CARSON, a town in Skamania County. The town derived its name from a creek of the same name. It is said that the name is a corruption from the name of Katsner. (Postmaster, in Names MSS., Letter 406.) A former name was "Ash," as Lewis and Clark there found the first ash timber of the West. The place is becoming famous from the Carson Hot Springs. (L. C. Gilman, in Names MSS., Letter 590.)
Skamania County
- Carson
- Cook
- Cruzatt
- Ericson View Tracts
- Fort Rains
- Harmony Falls Landing (historical)
- Home Valley
- Hood
- Hood View Tracts
- Mill A
- Moffetts Hot Springs
- Molfait Tracts
- City of North Bonneville
- Northwoods
- Prindle
- Saint Cloud
- Saint Martins Hot Springs
- Skamania
- Stabler
- City of Stevenson
- Tire Junction
- Underwood
- Underwood Heights
- Willard
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-02-06