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Holden

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท WASHINGTON

A historical populated place in Chelan County, Washington, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Holden
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Washington
County
Chelan County
USGS Map
Holden
Coordinates
48.1993350, -120.7740780
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GNIS Feature ID
1520853

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS historical note

Former townsite; abandoned after the mine closed following World War II. Reestablished as Holden Village, a Lutheran Christian retreat.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1520853. 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 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.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.