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This page also includes historical towns and post offices
Alameda "Alameda, a postoffice
in Douglas County. In 1907 the people petitioned for a postoffice
and three names
Alstown
Appledale "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 Baird "Baird, a town in
Douglas county. It was named in honor of James Baird, a Scotchman,
on whose Barry "Barry, a postoffice
in Douglas County. It was named in 1893 in honor of A.J. Berry,
who was postmaster at the time. The name was retained, through the
office was moved to Stenson Ferry and Mrs. R.C. Stevenson became
postmistress." Beebe "Beebe, a postoffice
in Douglas County. It was named in honor of James Beebe of
Wakefield, Bonita "Bonita, a town in
Douglas County. It was named in 1902 by Lieutenant Edward Nasler
from a
Brandts Landing Bridgeport Broadway
Buckeye "Buckeye, a town in
Spokane County. It was formerly known as 'Hoch Spur' but was changed
by the Buckeye Lumber Company, which operated a sawmill there." Columbia River "Columbia River, a
town in the southeastern corner of Douglas County. It is on the bank
Coulee Dam Crown Point Vista
Delrio "Delrio, a town in
Douglas. The first postmaster was Mrs. A.C. Earl. Her granddaughter,
Violet Bailey, gave a new name to the place on September 27, 1904.
It was first written Del Rio, Spanish for 'Of the River' but the
postoffice authorities ran the two words together. One of the former
postmasters had called the place 'Lella' in honor of his wife." Douglas "..In the Western part
of the county is a town which was named Douglas in 1884 by Ole Rudd
in honor of the new county's name."
Downing Dry Falls Junction Dyer East Wenatchee East Wenatchee Bench Fairview Farmer Howard
Jameson "Jameson, a town in
the central part of Douglas County, named in honor of an old settler
who lived near a lake, which was also given his name." Lamoine "Lamoine, a townsite
and former postoffice about six miles northwest of Withrow, Douglas
County. It was originally called 'Arupp.' When a postoffice was
being secured, a permanent name was under discussion in a small
store. A man named Bragg reached to the shelf and took down a can of
sardines labeled 'Lamoine,' asking: 'What is the matter with that as
a name for the town?' The suggestion was approved. In 1909 or 1910,
on the completion of the Great Northern branch line across the
Douglas County plateau, Lamoine was missed by about six miles and
Withrow supplanted it. The old postoffice was discontinued. There
remain two or three residences, a schoolhouse and a large public
hall belonging to the Farmer's Educational and Cooperative Union.
Aside from these Lamoine is a memory."
Leahy
Mansfield "Mansfield, a town in
the northern part of Douglas County, named about 1905 by R.E.
Darling in honor of his home town in Ohio. The Ohio town was named
for Colonel Jared Mansfield, at one time surveyor-general of the
United States."
Matthiesen McCarteney McLeans Orchard Milles Corner
Mold "Mold, a town in the
eastern part of Douglas county. On April 11, 1899, the postmaster
Marshall McLean, chose that name as being different from any other
in the state and as being descriptive of the rich soil in that
vicinity."
Mud Spring Okanogan City
Orondo "Orondo, a town on the
Columbia River in the western part of Douglas County, named by J.B.
Smith about 1886 after the supposed superintendent of the ancient
Lake Superior copper mines. Orondo's people are thought to have been
the ancestors of the mound builders 'from Lake Superior to the
Isthmus where their Atlantis joined America.'"
Osborne Corner
Palisades "Palisades, a town on
the Great Northern Railway, in the southern part of Douglas county.
The name has reference to the sharp pointed basaltic rocks so
characteristically a part of the walls of Moses Coulee, and was
bestowed in 1906 by George A. Virtue of Seattle. The same region at
the mouth of Douglas Canyon was formerly known as Beulah Land. " Patterson
"Port Columbia, a
postoffice on the Columbia River in the northwestern part of Douglas
County, named by a Chicago salesman who enjoyed his vacation there
in 1888."
"Rex, a post office in
Douglas County, said to have been named by the Postoffice
Department. The name has no local meaning."
Rock Island Rocky Butte Saint Andrews
"Saint Germain, a town
in the central part of Douglas County, named in honor of A.L. St.
Germain"
Saint Hubert
Sanderson "Sanderson, a town in
the northeastern part of Douglas County, was named for Thomas
Sanderson, the first postmaster at that place."
Sims Corner Sunny Hill Supplee Terrace Park Souhey Voltage Waterville
Withrow "Withrow, a town in
the central part of Douglas County, was named for J.J. Withrow, a
rancher of prominence and influence who was growing wheat there
before a town was even though of."
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