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Feature Details

Feature ID

1511974

Name

Auburn

Class

Populated Place

Feature Code

Unincorporated Place

Location

King County - Washington

Citation

Source Type	Map
Reference	US
Originator	U.S. Geological Survey
Notes	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. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date	December 31, 1981
Title
Edition
Original Citation	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.

Entry Date

September 10, 1979

*Elevation

25 meters / 82 feet

Designations

History

The community was named Slaughter in 1884, in honor of local Army officer William Slaughter (b.1829), who was killed in 1855 in an Indian uprising. The name was changed shortly thereafter due to its negative connotations.DeWitt C. Francis in "Description of Washington State Town Names" states that the town name was changed by petition to the legislature in 1893.

Description

Census Code	Class Code	GSA Code	OPM Code
03180	P1	0100	100

Variant Names

Name	In Part	Originator	Reference	Series Name	Publication Date	Source URL	Title	Edition	Notes	Additional Information
Slaughter	No	-	WA	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington. State Historical Society, 1985. ISBN 0-917048-57-1.

Decisions

Name	Date	Authority	Type

Decision Cards

Filename

Coordinates

Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	47.3073228, -122.2284532 / 47° 18' 26.36" N, 122° 13' 42.43" W	Auburn	WA
2	47.3003783, -122.2542873 / 47° 18' 1.36" N, 122° 15' 15.43" W	Poverty Bay	WA