Ketron Island
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Ketron Island is an island in southern Puget Sound in Pierce County in the state of Washington, USA. It lies between the mainland near the city of Steilacoom and Anderson Island near the extreme south end of Puget Sound. The island has a land area of 0.893 km² (220.67 acres) and had a population of 24 persons as of the 2000 census.
Ketron Island was named by Charles Wilkes, but misspelled by his cartographers, during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor William Kittson, who supervised the construction of Fort Nisqually for the Hudson's Bay Company.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-95158-3.
[edit] External links
- Ketron Island: Blocks 1043 thru 1046, Census Tract 721.09, Pierce County, Washington United States Census Bureau
