Servia was a town in Adams County, Washington. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]
Servia, Washington | |
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Coordinates: 46°55′23″N 118°45′17″W / 46.92306°N 118.75472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Adams |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
When the Milwaukee Railway was built through Servia, the officials named the station after the Kingdom of Serbia. Consequently, the community derived its name from Serbia.[1][2]
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Servia, Washington
- ^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 267.