Oysterville Pacific County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Oysterville

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Oysterville

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

Name Description
Oysterville Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Oysterville

References to Oysterville that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

OYSTERVILLE, a town on the west shore of Willapa Bay, in the west central part of Pacific County, formerly the county seat. Isaac Alonzo Clark and R. H. Espey settled there in the summer of 1854, Mr. Clark taking up a donation land claim adjacent to a large bed of native oysters. He platted and named the town of Oysterville. (Julian Hawthorne: History of Washington, Volume II., pages 530-533).

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-06-30