Bangor Kitsap County, Washington


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

 

Information

General information on Bangor

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Bangor

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

Name Description
Bangor Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Bangor

References to Bangor that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BANGOR, on Hood Canal, in Kitsap County. The place was formerly called "Three Spits," as there are three spits adjacent to one another jutting out into Hood Canal. When a postoffice was being established there the postoffice department gave it the name of Bangor. (H. W. Goodwin, in Names MSS., Letter 412.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-03-04