Tanglewood Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Hale Passage (Puget Sound) |
| Coordinates | 47°16′05″N 122°38′31″W / 47.268°N 122.642°W |
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United States | |
Tanglewood Island is a small island in Hale Passage off the northern shore of Fox Island in Pierce County, Washington.
The island was a summer home of Conrad L. Hoska (1856–1910), a prominent figure in the nearby city of Tacoma.[3][4] From 1945 it hosted a boys' camp, and in the following year the lighthouse structure (pictured) was completed.[5]
The Geographic Names Information System lists several alternative names: Ellens Isle, Grant Island, Grave Island, and Hoska Island.[6] The name Tanglewood was inspired by the heavy undergrowth and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales.[1] It was chosen as the official name of the island by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1947.[6]
In the 2010 United States Census, the island was included as part of the Fox Island census-designated place. The census block encompassing just Tanglewood Island showed a population of 8 with 5 housing units.[7]
References
- ^ a b Newell, Bernice E. (October 19, 1913). "Tanglewood Island: A Real Fairy Land" (PDF). The Tacoma Tribune.
- ^ a b "U.S. Recommends Change in Names of State Places". Spokane Daily Chronicle. AP. June 26, 1947.
- ^ "Conrad L. Hoska Dead at Tacoma". The Spokane Chronicle. June 29, 1910. p. 8.
- ^ Hunt, Herbert; Kaylor, Floyd C. (1917). Washington, West of the Cascades. S. J. Clarke. pp. 364–367. A section devoted to Hoska's biography.
- ^ "Richards Studio Collection Series: A51432-1 and A51432-2". Tacoma Public Library. Descriptions of images of the island from the 1950s. Search for "Tanglewood Island" (TPL-8495, TPL-9190).
- ^ a b "Tanglewood Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - Block 1002, Block Group 1, Census Tract 724.10, Pierce County, Washington". 2010 Census Summary File 1. United States Census Bureau.
External links
- Tanglewood Island at FoxIslandWA.net
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