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Mason City

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท WASHINGTON

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

Location Record

Name
Mason City
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Washington
County
Okanogan County
USGS Map
Grand Coulee Dam
Coordinates
47.9512635, -118.9677982
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GNIS Feature ID
1514921

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS historical note

Named September, 1934, at the suggestion of George H. Atkinson, for Silas Mason, a contractor in the Grand Coulee Dam Project.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1514921. 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.

  • Text Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington. State Historical Society, 1985. ISBN 0-917048-57-1.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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