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Kosmos

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท WASHINGTON

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

Location Record

Name
Kosmos
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Washington
County
Lewis County
USGS Map
Vanson Peak
Coordinates
46.4978879, -122.1878774
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GNIS Feature ID
1521766

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS historical note

Community inundated around 1968 by the waters of Riffe Lake.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1521766. 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. 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.
  • 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#.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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