| 词条 | Jerry, Washington |
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Jerry is an unincorporated community in Asotin County, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1] "JERRY, a town in the northeastern part of Asotin County, named by John Knight, on August 1, 1906, in honor -of Jerry McGuire, a stock rancher who owned land there since 1875. The former name was Grand Junction, because Asotin and George Creeks joined there." (James Buchan, in Names MSS., Letter 317.)[2] HistoryA post office called Jerry was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1918.[3] The community was named after Jerry McGuire, a local cattleman.[4] References1. ^{{GNIS|1511059}} {{Asotin County, Washington}}{{coord|46|19|28|N|117|06|31|W|type:city_region:US-WA_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}{{AsotinCountyWA-geo-stub}}2. ^a book called Origin of Washington Geographic Names 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=13 August 2016}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=139|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=123}} 2 : Unincorporated communities in Asotin County, Washington|Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) |
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