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Bucoda (Wash.)

LC control no.no2008096671
Geographic headingBucoda (Wash.)
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Geographic subdivision usageWashington (State)--Bucoda
Variant(s)Town of Bucoda (Wash.)
Seatco (Wash.)
Found inStatistical profile, Town of Bucoda, [2006] (settled 1856 by Aaron Webster; first known as Seatco from Coastal Salish word "Tsi-at-co" meaning "devil" or "ghost place;" site of Washington Territory's first penitentiary 1878-1887; name officially changed to Bucoda 1890 from first two letters of last names of railroad executive J.M. Buckley, local businessman Sam Coulter, & Portland investor J.B. David; incorporated July 7, 1910)
GNIS, July 26, 2007 (Bucoda; populated place; Thurston [Co.] WA; 464756N 1225211W)
Geographic area coden-us-wa