Place names come about to satisfy the needs of the Postmaster General in Washington, DC. Most people know about Joplin, MO, but there are at least two other Joplin's, perhaps three or four, ( I forget how many). In 1939 my folks moved to Joplin, VA where we got our mail at the general store PO. When the store owner agreed/wanted to be the local PO, he was asked what name he wanted to use. He said "Since I grew up in Joplin, MO let's call it Joplin, VA." The general store & PO are gone now, but our old house is still there. There's a web site URL to find place names and Joplin, VA is still listed. Sorry, I don't have it handy. Fred, do you know it? On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Fred Pflugrath wrote: > Doty, Washington, according to "Washington State Place Names" by James > W. Phillips, University of Washington Press, 1971 - > > Doty, (Lewis) - Named for C.A. Doty, who established a sawmill there in > 1900. > > According to the Tacoma Public Library > > Doty is a town on the Chehalis River 19 miles west of Chehalis in west > central Lewis County. Once it was a busy sawmill town, but has been > inactive since the largest sawmill moved out in 1929. It was named for > Chauncey Albert Doty, owner of Doty Lumber and Shingle Company, who > built a sawmill and shingle mill in the late 1890s. > > Fred Pflugrath > Peshastin, WA > Happy to help anytime, John *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* # John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # # =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # # I have Ancestors, Aunts, Cousins, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters. # # Some are very good, some are very bad, but they're all mine. # *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*