| LC control no. | n 82157679 |
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| Geographic heading | Algona (Wash.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Algona |
| Variant(s) | Algoma (Wash.) Valley City (Wash.) |
| Geographic class no. | 4284 A4 |
| Found in | Puget Sound Area Maps (Firm) Map of Auburn, Algona, & Pacific of Washington State, 1982 (subj.) map recto (Algona) Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1982 (Algona, King Co.) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 47°16ʹ44ʺN 122°15ʹ07ʺW) Wikipedia, Dec. 29, 2010 (Algona, Washington; city in King County; incorporated on Aug. 22, 1955; 47°16ʹ56ʺN 122°15ʹ15ʺW) Washington place names, via WWW, Dec. 29, 2010 (Algona. The town was named at a meeting of residents called by C.D. Hillman, a real estate promoter, in 1910. The meeting adopted the name Algoma, which Hillman suggested, and which was for a town in Wisconsin. The Indian name means valley of flowers. It was called Valley City, for a time but that name was dropped it when the post office confused it with Valley Grove in Walla Walla County. The misspelling of the town's present name was done either by error or intent by postal officials when a post office was established. Algona was incorporated Aug. 22, 1955; coordinates: 47.27879N, 122.2604W) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wa |
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