Appledale Douglas County, Washington


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

 

Information

General information on Appledale

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Appledale

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

Name Description
Appledale Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Appledale

References to Appledale that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

APPLEDALE, a town in Douglas County. "In 1909, the Great Northern Railway Company built a branch line from the Columbia River to Mansfield, Douglas County. This place was then called Appledale on account of the many apple orchards there." (Julius Hollenbeck, in Names MSS., Letter 478.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-02-16