Penn Cove Park Island County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Penn Cove Park

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Penn Cove Park

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

Name Description
Penn Cove Park Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Penn Cove Park

References to Penn Cove Park that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

PENN COVE, on the eastern shore of Whidbey Island, in Island County. It was named by Vancouver in 1792, who says he named it "in honor of a particular friend." He may have referred to one of two grandsons of William Penn, who were then living in England. (Edmond S. Meany in Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound, page 165, note.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-03