Clarkston Heights Asotin County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Clarkston Heights

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Clarkston Heights

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

Name Description
Clarkston Heights Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Clarkston Heights

References to Clarkston Heights that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

CLARKSTON, a town in Asotin County, on the opposite bank of the Snake River from Lewiston, Idaho. It is named in honor of Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806. It is a fine honor for the two leaders of that great expedition to have their names thus borne by thriving cities connected by an interstate bridge. Clarkston was begun with the name of "Concord," as some of the promoters of the irrigation plans had their homes in Concord, Massachusetts. By petition of the citizens the name was changed to Clarkston on January 1, 1900.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-01