Farrington Franklin County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Farrington

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Farrington

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

Name Description
Farrington Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Farrington

References to Farrington that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

FARRINGTON, a town in Franklin County, originally known as Windust after the name of a ferry and its owner at that place. The name was changed to its present form in honor of R. I. Farrington, comptroller of the Great Northern Railway Company. (L. C. Gilman, in Names MSS., Letter 590.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-03