Tokeland Pacific County, Washington
TOKELAND: A bay resort community on Toke Point peninsula south of the junction of Highway 105 and the Tokeland road. Tokeland was named for an Indian chief who lived there when the first white settlers entered the bay. Toke was a man of great importance among the local Indians during his youth. In old age he and his wife Suis were good friends of James G. Swan, who learned a great deal about tribal life on the bay from him. The George Brown family was the first white family to settle on the point (1858). The Tokeland Hotel, Rustic Hotel, an artesian mineral spring, and other resort facilities, made Tokeland a popular ocean resort, 1890-1940. A post office was established at Tokeland on Aug. 22, 1894. California developers created subdivisions in the 1910s with names reminiscent of Los Angeles communities: Venice, Santa Monica, and Hollywood. Tokeland is a resort community with a cannery, port facility and small crabbing and fishing fleet.
“A Name for Every Place Around Pacific County, from A to Z.” Chinook Observer, 13 May 2013, https://chinookobserver.com/2013/05/13/a-name-for-every-place-around-pacific-county-from-a-to-z/.
Mapped Location
Tokeland: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
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General information on Tokeland
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Tokeland
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Tokeland | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Tokeland
References to Tokeland that document the origin of its place name
TOKELAND, a town on the eastern shore of Toke Point, derives its name from the Point.
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