| LC control no. | n 00027662 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Pomeroy (Wash.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Pomeroy |
| Geographic class no. | 4284 P48 |
| Beginning date | 1878 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (State) |
| Found in | Mahugh, Nona Lee Henriksen. Bacon, pills, and $5 bills, c2000: p. 5 (Pomeroy, Wash.) BGN, 10-04-00 (Pomeroy, Garfield Co., Wash.; 462830N; 1173606W; populated place) Wikipedia, July 3, 2019 (Pomeroy, Washington; the county seat of and only city in Garfield County; 46°28ʹ24ʺN 117°35ʹ53ʺW) Washington place names, via WWW, July 3, 2019 (Pomeroy is a community on Pataha Creek west of Clarkston in north central Garfield County. Some time before 1864, the land was claimed by Walter Sunderland, who established a stock ranch. On December 8, 1864, he sold out to Joseph M. Pomeroy, who had been a mechanic for Wells, Fargo & Company. On May 28, 1878, Pomeroy platted the area as a town site named for him the same year building the Pomeroy Hotel. At one time the place reportedly supported the extraordinary number of twenty saloons. It was incorporated February 3, 1886) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wa |
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