Washington cities & towns with 3-word names

Last month I posted a list of Washington counties with two word names. Today I thought I'd showcase even the even longer named cities and towns.

• Beaux Arts Village, King County
• Lake Forest Park, King County
• South Cle Elum, Kittitas County

Counties with two-word names

Here's one of those meaningless lists. Of the 39 counties in Washington, four require two words to identify them. Walla Walla, of course, using the same word twice. It's county seat, also Walla Walla, doubles even that, producing a remarkable "address": Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington.

• Grays Harbor
• Pend Oreille
• San Juan
• Walla Walla

Washington places appropriate for the holiday

As we break for the Thanksgiving holiday, I scrounged around for a list of feast-related Washington place names. Some were familiar to me already -- including my sixth grade campground! Others took a little searching. But that's not surprising considering this area was settled 250 years and 2500 miles away from the site of the first Thanksgiving. It was, in many ways, a world apart.

• Plymouth. A small settlement in Benton County across from Umatilla, Oregon.
• Pilgrim Firs. A campground near Port Orchard in Kitsap County.
• Mayflower Park Hotel. Luxury accomodations in Seattle.
• Gobbler's Knob. A small peak in Mount Rainier National Park.
• Cranberry Lake. I found four of them: one in Mason County, one in Skagit County, and two in Island County. A second helping of cranberries, I suppose!
• Cranberry Slough. In King County near Black Diamond.
• Home. A community in Pierce County.

That's probably enough. If I was desperate, I'd reach into Oregon place names and bring out the Yam[hill], too.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.