Amber Spokane County, Washington

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Amber

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Amber

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

Name Description
Amber Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Amber

References to Amber that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

AMBER, in Spokane County. The place was originally called Calvert, after an old settler by that name. The name was changed to Amber to conform to the name of a postoffice already established on the homestead of Mr. Costello. (L. C. Gilman, in Names MSS., Letter 590.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 6  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Spokane County

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Last updated: 2017-02-05