Breakers Pacific County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Breakers

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Breakers

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

Name Description
Breakers Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Breakers

References to Breakers that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BREAKERS, a town in Pacific County. It was named by J. M. Arthur in December, 1900, on account of an excellent view of the surf from a prominent sand ridge covered with grass to the edge of the ocean beach. (Names MSS., Letter 419.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-06-16