Asotin
Asotin, a county, a town and a
creek in the southeastern corner of the State. The names is from the Nez Perce
language and means "eel creek" from the abundance of eels caught there. The town
at the mouth of the creek, where it flows into Snake River, took the same name
in 1878, as did the County when it was organized under the law of October 27,
1883. -
Origin of Washington Geographic Names 1923
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