Port of Kennewick Benton County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Port of Kennewick

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Port of Kennewick

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

Name Description
Port of Kennewick Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Port of Kennewick

References to Port of Kennewick that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

KENNEWICK, a town in the southeastern part of Benton County, opposite Pasco, on the Columbia River. It was named in 1883. by H. S. Huson of the Northern Pacific Irrigation Company. The word is Indian and means "grassy place." (A. R. Gardner, editor of the Kennewick Courier-Reporter, in Names MSS., Letter 6.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-01