Sappho, Washington
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Sappho is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington. It is located in a largely forested area, and features parks and recreational facilities. Sappho is a former logging area. The town was founded by Martin Van Buren Lamoreux, who left St. John KS in 1889 with 8 of his 10 children, his second wife and her 3 children from the prior marriage. Arriving in Seattle, some of the party settled on Lake Union, but Lamoreux, thinking that land worthless, set out for the Olympic peninsula. Traveling by steamer from Seattle, they landed at an indian settlement called Pysht on the Straits of Juan de Fuca and hiked inland 20 miles through the rain forest to their claim. The town was named for the Greek poetess Lamoreux admired. The town was organized so all family members had a duty. Lamoreux was the postmaster and was called "Judge" because he had read law in his youth, and was appointed Justice of the Peace for that district.
It is located at the intersection of US-101 an WA-113.
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