Holman, Washington

Holman[1] was a stop on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company's narrow gauge line that ran on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, USA from 1889 to 1930.[2] Development in the area began when James Duval Holman. received a donation land claim on the west side of what is now Ilwaco.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Holman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Weathers, Larry, "Place Names of Pacific County," The Sou'wester, Vol. 24, page 34, Pacific County Historical Society, South Bend, WA (1989) ISSN 0038-4984
  3. ↑ Hobbs, Nancy L., and Lucero, Donella J., The Long Beach Peninsula, at page 13, Arcadia Publishing 2005 ISBN 0-7385-2995-8

Coordinates: 46°19′37.7″N 124°3′18.1″W / 46.327139°N 124.055028°W / 46.327139; -124.055028


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