Skagit County Washington Genealogy and History
Town Histories Alexander Beach Alger Allen Anacortes Anacortes, a city in Skagit County. The place was settled about 1860 and received the name of "Ship Harbor." In 1876, Amos Bowman, a civil engineer, bought the site and platted a town. He sought to give it the maiden name of his wife-Anna Curtis-but the spelling was purposely changed in order to give a Spanish tone as the city is on Fidalgo Island. (James White, in Names MSS., Letter 598) [Source: "Origin of Washington Geographic Names", 1923] Atlanta Avon Baker Heights Bay View Belfast Big Lake Birdsview Blanchard Bow Burlington Cap Sante Cedardale Chuckanut Junction Clear Lake Cokedale Concrete Conway Corkindale Day Creek Dewey Edison Equality Fish Town Fredonia Gibraltar Grassmere Guemes Hamilton Hoogdal Howards Corner Indian Village La Conner Lake Cavanaugh Leary Lyman Mansford Marblemount McMurray Milltown Minkler Montborne Mount Vernon Nestos North Beach Portage Prairie Rexville Rockport Rosario Beach Samish Sauk Sedro-Woolley Sharpes Corner Shelter Bay Similk Beach Skagit City Snee Oosh Sterling Sunset Swinomish Village Thornwood Urban Van Horn West Shore Whitmarsh Junction Whitney Yokeko Point
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