Monticello, Washington
"Monticello, a former town on the
west bank of the Cowlitz River, about a mile from its mouth, in the southern
part of Cowlitz County. It had been a landing place for some years before H.D.
Huntington in 1849 affixed the name of Monticello in honor of Thomas Jefferson's
home. The pioneers held a convention there in November, 1852, and
succe[s]sfully petitioned Congress for the creation of a new territorial
government, which received the name of Washington. The old town is gone and the
property belongs to Wallace Huntington." Origin of Washington Geographic Names,
1923