Blewett
A historical populated place in Chelan County, Washington, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
This place is a historical site and is no longer inhabited, according to information provided by Thomas Goodwin, Sr, in relation to the Blewett Pass-Swauk Pass Board on Geographic Names (BGN) case (1992)
GNIS historical note
Founded in 1860.
Also recorded as
- Blewett Arrastra
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1530758. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
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- Map U.S. Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, secondary base series ("visitors") maps at various scales, not including 1:24,000-scale maps, various edition dates; latest editions at the time of Phase IA data compilation (1990-1991). The forest name or a code representing the FS region (00 = HQ) followed by a two-digit forest number and the year of publication follow (if known):
- Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.