Cathlapotle
A historical populated place in Clark 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
Located within the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge; Coordinates approximate.
GNIS historical note
Town site occupied by the Cathlapotle People of the Chinook Tribe until the 1840's
Also recorded as
- Cath-lah-poh-tle
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1940328. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Map Moulton, Gary E., ed. Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Contains 52 new maps of the expedition of Lewis & Clark, most of which are produced in facsimile at their full original size. This well indexed volume is an excellent source of historic variants of Missouri River place names.
- Text The American Guide Series, Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration. A state by state guide series published by various publishers, in the late 1930's and 1940's. Each book studies and describes each state's history, natural endowments, and special interests. Use code US-T125/Name/YYYY/p#.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.