What are the most unusual, unique, funny, strange town names in your area?
The Native American place names make Washington a more colorful place, and you can always tell when the new anchorman is not local when he doesn’t know how to say these names. Skookumchuck means, “strong water,” and it is the name of a river and a town. Puyallup is an Indian tribe, and now the name of a small city. The Puyallup Indians have lived along the shores of Puget Sound for thousands of years. In our native language we were known as S’Puyalupubsh, meaning “generous and welcoming behavior to all people (friends and strangers) who enter our lands.” [from the Puyallup web site] Mukilteo either means “long goose neck” or “good camping grounds.” Translation is an inexact science. J.D. Fowler changed the town’s name from Point Elliot to Mukilteo. The name is a translation of the Indian word Muckl-Te-Oh. Some state it translates into long goose neck, possibly referring to the spit of land where the lighthouse
