SNO-ISLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

SNOHOMISH COUNTY LOCALITIES
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DAMSON - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) DARLINGTON - south of EVERETT, north of Payne Field; precinct 1926 District 2, precinct 1930 ED 31-014, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 3; populated place GNIS (metzmap, mapdlorm, thommap, pre1926, pre1930, pre1937; GNIS) DARRINGTON - city 30 miles east of ARLINGTON; S23; T32N; R9E; on Sauk River; early names-SAUK PORTAGE and THE BURN; post office established 28 Jan 1892; original name MAY have been BARRINGTON; railroad station at end of A and D Branch of S and I Ry; precinct 1910 ED 273, precinct 1920 ED 125, precinct 1926 district 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-015, precinct 2000; populated place GNIS (wagaz01, cdp2000, mapdlorm, metzmap, pmarkWA, tacpl, thommap, whithis, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) DAVIES - resort on Lake Stevens; precinct 2000; voting at LAKE STEVENS (interviewWT, LSMT, pre2000) DAYS - 1 mile northeast of Woodinville; flag station on S and I Railway in KingCo (wagaz01) DAYS CAMP - S5, T32N, R5E, north of PILCHUCK; flag station on S&I Ry in SnoCo; mail to McMurray (Skagit County) (wagaz01, metz42) DEAD MAN'S POINT - see SKIOU POINT DEAN - 3 miles east of MONROE; S3/4; T27N; R7E; post office established 20 Jan 1888; discontinued 31 Jan 1894, mail to SULTAN CITY (pmarkWA, wagaz01) DELTA JUNCTION - populated place GNIS 480048N 1221115W (GNIS) DELTA STATION - post office in Delta District of EVERETT, established 1904; discontinued 1951 (pmarkWA) DENSMORE - precinct 2000; voting at MARYSVILLE (pre2000) DIFFLEY - locality south of SOBEY; S22, T30N, R6E (metz42) DOUGLAS FIR - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) DRY CREEK - precinct 2000; voting at MARYSVILLE (pre2000) DUBUQUE - S29; T29N; R6E east of LAKE STEVENS; platted by Calice Dubuque; plat vacated 1891; station on S and I Railway, mail to MACHIAS; precinct 2000, voting at SNOHOMISH (tacpl, wagaz01, whithis, pre2000) DUBUQUE CREEK - landform east of LAKE STEVENS (metzmap) DUMAS - precinct 2000; voting at MILL CREEK (pre2000) EARL STATION - train stop for West Coast Railway construction contractors Thomas Earle and James McLeod in Maltby area (LOSHO) EARLE - 9 miles south of SNOHOMISH; railroad station on S and I Ry; nearest post office at MALTBY (wagaz01) EAST ALDERWOOD - rural post office station 6 miles north of BOTHELL; S13; T27N; R4E; located Filbert Rd and North Rd; post office established 1922, discontinued 1925 (pmarkWA) EAST EVERETT - precinct 1920 ED 126, precinct 1926 district 2 west of Lake Stevens, precinct 1930 ED 31-016, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 3 east of WELANGDON precinct, precinct 2000 voting at LAKE STEVENS; district S23, 24, T29N, R5E; community of EAST EVERETT annexed to LAKE STEVENS in 1956 (metz42, pre1920, whithis, pre1930, pre1937, pre2000, LSMT) EAST SHORE - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) EAST STANWOOD - 1.5 miles east of STANWOOD; S19; T32N; R3E post office established 1913; po name changed to STANWOOD 1961; precinct 1920 ED 127, precinct 1930 ED 31-017; populated place GNIS (pmarkWA, mapdlorm, tacpl, pre1920, pre1930; kroll52, GNIS) EASTMONT - south Everett neighborhood across I-5 from present-day Everett Mall; precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (interviewDB, pre2000) EBEY - early settlement head of EBEY SLOUGH; precinct 2000 voting at MARYSVILLE (whithis, pre2000) EBEY ISLAND - landform (metzmap, thommap) EBEY SLOUGH - landform, T29, 30N; R5E, channel of Snohomish River at MARYSVILLE; precinct 1864 (tacpl, whithis) ECHO LAKE - east of MALTBY on King County Line; 2000 Census Designated Place; precinct 2000 voting at Snohomish; populated place GNIS (cdp2000, pre2000, GNIS) EDGECOMB - 3 miles south of ARLINGTON; S22; T22N; R5E; on Seattle, Lakeshore and Eastern Ry; named for John Edgecomb, logging camp operator; post office established 17 Mar 1899; discontinued 14 Nov 1953, mail to ARLINGTON; grange established 1910; railroad station on S&I Ry; precinct 1910 ED 274, precinct 1920 ED 128, precinct 1926 District 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-018, precinct 2000 voting in ARLINGTON; populated place GNIS (granges, mapdlorm, metzmap, pmarkWA, whithis, thommap, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) EDGEWATER - neighborhood E of MUKILTEO; populated place GNIS 475710N 1221646W (metzmap, thommap, GNIS) EDMONDS - city 18 miles southwest SW of EVERETT, 2 miles north of King Co line; S24; T27N; R3E; named 1876 by George Brackett; settled 1881, incorporated 1890; post office established 3 Apr 1884 ; populated place GNIS (pmarkWA, cdp2000, mapdlorm, tacpl, thommap, wagaz01, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) EDWARDS POINT - S26; T27N; R3E; EDMONDS waterfront landform on Possession Sound; original name POINT EDMUND; alternate name POINT EDWARDS (pnWA) EISENS CORNER - locality T27N R4E; Hwy 99, across from Middleton's Store in SEATTLE HEIGHTS (kroll52; interview LM) ELFIN - precinct 2000; voting at MILL CREEK (pre2000) ELWOOD - precinct 2000; voting at BOTHELL (pre2000) EMANDER - station stop of Seattle-Everett Interurban, 7 stops south of EVERETT; S25; T28N; R4E; post office established 1922, located at M and R siding of Merle and Ring Lumber Co; post office discontinued 1930, mail to EVERETT; precinct 1937 Commissioner District 2; precinct 2000, voting at EVERTTT (AMHPk, pmarkWA, pre1937, pre2000) EMERALD - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) ENGLISH - S19; T31N; R5E; 13 miles north of EVERETT; GN railroad station named for Ed English of English Logging Company; post office established 1908, rescinded 1909; flag station on GN Ry; early name for LAKEWOOD; populated place GNIS (tacpl, wagaz01, pmarkWA, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) ENGLISH STATION - railroad station, with LAKEWOOD post office (whithis) ESPERANCE - south of SEATTLE HEIGHTS; station stop on Seattle-Everett Interurban, 15 stops south of EVERETT; mentioned as part of EDMONDS School District; Census Designated Place in 2000; populated place GNIS (thommap, whithis, cdp2000, ALHPk, kroll52, GNIS) ESTATES - precinct 2000; voting at MARYSVILLE (pre2000) EVERETT - city 30 miles north of Seattle on Port Gardner Bay at mouth of Snohomish River; T29N; R4, 5E; named 1890 for Everett Colby, son of Charles Colby of Everett Land Company; post office established 11 Jun 1891; northern terminus of Seattle-Everett Interurban; populated place GNIS (AMHPk , pmarkWA, mapdlorm, tacpl, thommap, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) EVERETT AIR BASE BRANCH - 4 miles southeast of MUKILTEO; S22; T28N; R4E; post office established 11 Aug 1941; renamed PAINE FIELD BRANCH 1 Sep 1941 (pmarkWA) EVERETT JUNCTION - 3 miles north of EVERETT, junction of 2 branches of GN Ry ; populated place GNIS (wagaz01, GNIS) EVERGREEN - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) FAIRMOUNT - district in south EVERETT; populated place GNIS; S23, T28N, R4E (metz42, mapdlorm, thommap, GNIS) FAIRVIEW - precinct 2000; voting at SNOHOMISH (pre2000) FAIRVIEW RURAL STATION - post office 2.5 miles south of EVERETT, Hwy 99/Berkshire Dr; S6; T28N; R5E; post office established 2 Jun 1941; discontinued 2 Aug 1941 (pmarkWA) FAIRWOOD - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) FALLS - precinct 2000, vote by mail (pre2000) FERN - precinct 2000; voting at SULTAN (pre2000) FERN BLUFF - community west of SULTAN; grange established 1909, mailing address-MONROE (granges, whithis) FERNWOOD - west of ALDERWOOD MANOR; precinct 1900 ED 210, precinct 1910 ED 269, precinct 1920 ED 119, precinct 1926 District 2, precinct 1930 ED 31-069, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 3, precinct 2000 voting at BOTHELL (whithis) FERRY - community; S4; T29N; R6E; proposed name for HARTFORD; townsite plat (tacpl, whithis) FIELD - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) FILBERT - precinct 2000; voting at BOTHELL (pre2000) FIR - precinct 1937 commissioner district 3, SE of MACHIAS; precinct 2000, voting at SNOHOMISH (pre1937, pre2000) FIR ISLAND - landform T32, 33N; R3E; south part of island in SnoCo, north part in Skagit (metzmap, thommap) FIRCREST - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) FIRDALE - neighborhood in Edmonds; populated place GNIS (thommap, GNIS) FIRGROVE - precinct 2000; voting in EVERETT (pre2000) FIRTREE - precinct 2000; voting in ARLINGTON (pre2000) FIVE CORNERS - locality (kroll52) FLORENCE - community S31; T32N; R4E 2.5 miles southeast of STANWOOD; school built 1884; post office established 1894, discontinued 1904, mail to CEDARHOME; reestablished 1904, discontinued 1949; railroad station is HALS on GN Ry; precinct 1900 ED 212, precinct 1910 ED 290, precinct 1920 ED 170, precinct 1926 District 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-070, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 1, precinct 2000 voting at STANWOOD; populated place GNIS (tacpl, thommap, wagaz01, whithis, pre1900, pre1910, pre1920, pre1926, pre1930, pre1937, pre2000, nameon, kroll52, GNIS) FOBES - community mentioned in Whitfield re: new high school district; MAY have been named for Rev J. F. Fobes of Syracuse NY first teacher at Fobes School (1887); another source for name is for Warren Fobes, who donated land for school (nameon, whithis) FOBES HILL - north of SNOHOMISH; populated place GNIS (GNIS) FONTAL - townsite; Lot 4, sec 5, twp 27 townsite plat; vacated (whithis) FOREST - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) FOREST GLADE - community? S24; T29N; R6E; grange established 1946, mailing address SNOHOMISH; populated place GNIS (east of LAKE STEVENS) (granges, mapdlorm, metzmap, thommap, GNIS) FORKS - “district” (whithis) FORT EBEY - S4; T28N; R5E; on EBEY ISLAND, 1 mile south of LOWELL; established 1855, named for Isaac Ebey; liquor license issued 1872 (pnWA, whithis) FORTSON - 8 miles northwest of DARRINGTON S11; T32N; R8E; established 1896, named for Capt George H Fortson; post office established 8 Dec 1902; disc continued 31 May 1954, mail to ARLINGTON; White Horse Grange established 1923; precinct 1926, district 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-071, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 1; populated place GNIS (granges, mapdlorm, pmarkWA, tacpl, whithis, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) FORTSON PONDS - landform S11, 12; T32N; R8E (metzmap, thommap) FOUR CORNERS - S26; T29N; R6E, Dubuque Road; precinct 2000 voting at SNOHOMISH (metzmap, thommap, pre2000) FOURTNER'S HOMESTEAD - homesite plats S25; T27N; R3E (whithis) FREEBORN - precinct 2000; voting at STANWOOD (pre2000) FREEWAY - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) FRENCH CREEK - T32N; R8E ; 2 miles east of HAZEL to North Fork of Stillaguamish River; named for Peter Voisard, Peter Ladebush and John Richards, early settlers, all of French origin; grange established 1910 (pnWA, granges) FRONTIER - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) FRYBERG LAKE - landform (metzmap) FRYELANDS - district S34; T28N; R6E; populated place GNIS; alternate spelling FRYLANDS (mapdlorm, thommap, GNIS) GALENA - 8 miles northeast of INDEX; S19; T28N; R11E; North Fork of Stillaguamish River; boom town during Monte Cristo gold rush, plat filed 1891; post office established 1891, discontinued 1894, mail to INDEX; precinct 1890, precinct 1900 ED 209, mining camp; precinct 1910 ED 291; populated place GNIS (tacpl, thommap, pmarkWA, pre1900, wagaz01, whithis, kroll52, metz42, pnWA, GNIS) GALENA CITY - junction of Skykomish River and Silver Creek; townsite plat; partly vacated (whithis) GARDEN - precinct 2000; voting at MARYSVILLE (pre2000) GARLAND HOT SPRINGS - S25; T28N; R11E; east of GALENA, 12 miles northeast of INDEX; named for early prospector A H Garland; alternate names SODA SPRINGS, STARR HOT SPRINGS and GARLAND MINERAL SPRINGS; populated place GNIS (mapdlorm, thommap, tacpl, metz42, pnWA, GNIS) GATEWAY - precinct 2000; voting at SNOHOMISH (pre2000) GEBBOTT - rail siding near Squire Creek between Arlington and Darrington (interviewWT) GEDNEY ISLAND - landform, T29N; R4E; in Port Gardner Bay; named 1841 by Cmr Wilkes for Jonathan Gedney; alternate name is HAT ISLAND (tacpl, thommap, pnWA) GERMAN LAKE - S19, 20; T32N; R7E; 2 miles south of OSO at head of JIM CREEK; alternate name for LAKE RILEY (pnWA) GETCHELL - 12 miles north of SNOHOMISH; S24; T30N; R5E; original name SPRINGFIELD, changed 1894; named for L. W. Getchell who filed plat 1890; post office established 19 December 1890, discontinued 30 April 1918, mail to ARLINGTON; flag stop on S and I Ry, “shingle mill town“, precinct 1900 ED 216, precinct 1910 ED 292, precinct 1920 ED 171, precinct 1926 District 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-072, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 1, precinct 2000 voting at ARLINGTON ; populated place GNIS (Tacpl, mparkWA, wagaz01, whithis, kroll52, mapdlorm, pnWA, GNIS) GETCHELL HILL - landform, S23; T30N; R5E, west of Hwy 9 (thommap) GIBSON - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) GISSBERG TWIN LAKES - landform (metzmap) GLENDALE - 6+ miles northeast of ARLINGTON; S21; T32N; R6E; settled 1883; post office established 10 Mar 1887; name changed to TRAFTON 20 Mar 1889 (pmarkWA, tacpl, wagaz01, whithis) GLENRIDGE - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) GLENWILD - on Pilchuck River, proposed town near Bennett and Witter Mill (whithis) GLENWOOD - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) GOAT LAKE - site of Penn Mining Company camp (emcry) GOLD BAR - 13 miles east of MONROE on Hwy 2; S6; T27N; R9E; named in 1879 by Alonzo Low and partner Hooverson, prospectors, town of Gold Bar platted 1900; post office established as GOLDBAR 1899, name changed to GOLD BAR 1951; precinct 1889, precinct 1910 ED 293, precinct 1920 ED 172, precinct 1930 ED 31-073, precinct 2000; flag station on GN Ry; populated place GNIS (tacpl, cdp2000, GNIS, mapdlorm, pmarkWA, thommap, whithis, wagaz01, pnWA, kroll52) GOLD BASIN 7 miles southeast of ROBE; S19; T30N; R9E; flag station on Everett and Monte Cristo Railroad; post office established 8 Jun 1895; discontinued 15 Feb 1913, mail to ROBE; alternate spelling GOLDBASIN; precinct 1920 ED 173 (pmarkWA, wagaz01, pre1920, tacpl, whithis; metz36, pnWA) GOLF CLUB Seattle-Evt Interurban 2 stops south of EVERETT (AMHPk) GOODWIN LAKE - see LAKE GOODWIN GRACE - community north of Woodinville on Bear Creek; S34; T27N; R5E; post office established 1 May 1909, discontinued 31 Oct 1911, mail to Woodinville; station on S and I Ry; populated place GNIS (mapdlorm, pmark WA, thommap, wagaz01, kroll52, GNIS) GRAND FIRS - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) GRANITE FALLS - city; T30N; R6, 7 E, 16 miles east of MARYSVILLE; early name PORTAGE; post office established 27 Feb 1891; station on Everett and Monte Cristo Ry; precinct 1900 ED 217, precinct 1910 ED 294, precinct 1920 ED 174, precinct 1930 31-074, precinct 2000 ; populated place GNIS (emcry; tacpl, thommap, wagaz01, cdp2000, mapdlorm, pmarkWA, pre1900, pre1910, pre1920, pre1930, pre2000, pnWA, kroll52) GRANNIS - precinct 2000; voting at BOTHELL (pre2000) GREENWOOD - precinct 2000; voting at LAKE STEVENS (pre2000) GREGORY - precinct east of GRANITE FALLS; precinct 1910 ED 295, precinct 1920 ED 174, precinct 1926 District 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-075; precinct 1937 Commissioner District 1, precinct 2000 voting at GRANITE FALLS (pre1910, pre1920, pre1926, pre1930, pre1937, pre2000) GROVE - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) GUNNY SACK HILL - neighborhood north of LYNNWOOD (kroll52) GYPO CITY - logging camp north of DARRINGTON on Suiattle River; "gypo" was an independent logger (interviewDCH, TH) HABOLUM - one of the earliest settlements on EBEY SLOUGH (whithis) HAINES precinct 2000; voting at SNOHOMISH pre2000 HALFORD - S34, T27N, R19E; north of Baring on Hwy 2; source of rock for EVERETT sea wall 1907-1911; on GN Ry; populated place GNIS (mapdlorm, thommap, whithis, metz42, kroll52, GNIS) HALLER CITY .5 mile north of ARLINGTON; S2; T31N; R5E; post office established as SLOMAN 1887; po name changed to HALLER CITY 1890; discontinued 1894; reestablished as HALLER 14 Jun 1895, discontinued 18 Nov 1896, mail to ARLINGTON; platted 4 April 1890, named for Granville Haller, joined in 1903 to ARLINGTON (pmarkWA, tacpl, wagaz01, pnWA, whithis) HALLS LAKE - S20, T27N, R4E; grange established 1909, later renamed CEDAR VALLEY Grange; mailing address EDMONDS (granges, metz36, kroll52) HALS - 21 mi N of EVERETT; S4, T32N, R5E; flag station Cascade Division of GN Ry; associated post office FLORENCE; named for John Hals, local property owner (wagaz01, metz42) HALTERMAN - locality east of OSO; populated place GNIS (mapdlorm, kroll52, GNIS) HAMPTON - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) HAPPY VALLEY - precinct 2000; voting at STANWOOD (pre2000) HARBOUR POINTE - populated place GNIS (GNIS) HARMONY - S11; T32N; R6E; early name for CICERO (tacpl) HARNETT - on Washington-Western RR from Woodruff to Machias 1913 (interviewWT) HARTFORD - community 10 miles east of EVERETT; S4; T29N; R6E; earlier proposed names CLINTON and FERRY; post office established 1890, discontinued 1953, mail to LAKE STEVENS; platted 23 Jun 1891 by James and Kate VanHorn, named for her former home Hartford SD; flag station on S and I Ry; precinct 1910 ED 296, precinct 1920 ED 175; precinct 1926 District 3; precinct 1930 ED 31-076, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 2; precinct 2000 voting at LAKE STEVENS; populated place GNIS (tacpl, mapdlorm, metzmap, pmarkWA, pre1910, pre1920, pre1926, pre1930, pre1937, pre2000, thommap, wagaz01, whithis, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) HARTFORD JUNCTION - railroad station at junction of Everett aned Monte Cristo Ry and S and I Ry, 15 mi from EVERETT (wagaz01) HAT ISLAND - T29N; R4E; in Port Gardner Bay; precinct 2000, vote by mail; alt name is GEDNEY ISLAND (tacpl, thommap, pre2000) HAVEN - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) HAZEL - community 8 miles east of ARLINGTON; S8; T32N; R8E; early name PACKARD; platted and renamed 1903 by P D McMartin for first child; post office established 27 June 1903, discontinued 30 April 1927, mail to ARLINGTON; precinct 1910 ED 273, precinct 1920 ED 125, precinct 1926 District 1, precinct 1930 ED 31-077, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 1, precinct 2000 voting at DARRINGTON was platted and named; populated place GNIS (whithis, mapdlorm, metzmap, pmarkWA, tacpl, thommap, whithis, pre1910, pre1920, pre1926, pre1930, pre1937, pre2000, kroll52, pnWA, GNIS) HEARTHSTONE - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) HEATHERWOOD - precinct 2000; voting at MILL CREEK (pre2000) HEIGHTS - precinct 2000; voting at ARLINGTON (pre2000) HEMLOCK - precinct 2000; voting at EDMONDS (pre2000) HEYBROOK - post office 2.5 miles southeast of INDEX on Stevens Pass Hwy; S28; T27N; R10E; established 1912 at Heybrook Lumber Company, discontinued 1920, mail to INDEX; on GN Ry (pmarkWA, metz42) HIGH BRIDGE - locality south of Monroe ; precinct 2000 voting at MONROE (thommap, pre2000) HIGH ROCK - locality south of MONROE; precinct 2000, voting at MONROE; populated place GNIS (mapdlorm, thommap, pre2000, kroll52, GNIS) HIGHLAND - precinct 1889, precinct 1900 ED 218, precinct 1937 Commissioner District 2, precinct 2000 voting at MONROE; reference in Whitman’s history to “Colonel Eddy of Highland” (whithis, pre1900, pre1937, pre 2000) HILDEBRAND - S11; T32N; R6E; early name for CICERO (tacpl) HILDEBRANDT - location of bridge (whithis) HILL - precinct 2000; voting at BOTHELL (pre2000) HILLCREST - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) HILLMAN - precinct 2000; voting at EDMONDS (pre2000) HILLSIDE - precinct 2000; voting at LAKE STEVENS (pre2000) HILLTOP - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) HILTONS LAKE - precinct 2000; voting at EVERETT (pre2000) HIPOINT - precinct 2000; voting at LYNNWOOD (pre2000) HIWAY - north of EMANDER; precinct 1937 Commissioner District 2; precinct 2000, vote by mail (pre1937, pre 2000) HOLIDAY - precinct 2000; voting at MILL CREEK (pre2000) HOLLY - precinct 2000; voting at EDMONDS (pre2000) HOME - 6 miles east E of OSO; S 7, T32N; R8E; on ARLINGTON to DARRINGTON postal run; post office established 1894 at site of later post office of HAZEL; discontinued 1895, mail to OSO (pmarkWA, whithis) HOME ACRES - S33, T29N, R5E; east of LOWELL on EBEY ISLAND; grange established 1913, mailing address EVERETT (metzmap, thommap, granges, metz42) HOMELAND - populated place GNIS; east of EVERETT, across Snohomish River (GNIS) HOWELL - precinct 2000; voting at MARYSVILLE (pre2000) HUCKLEBERRY - precinct 2000; voting at ARLINGTON (pre2000) HULBERT LOGGING CAMP - 1 mile from MACHIAS (whithis) HUNT - precinct 2000, vote by mail (pre2000) HYLAND - locality S4; T29N; R6E ; populated place GNIS; alternate name HYLANDS (metzmap, thommap, GNIS)