Nicknames.

If your family is like mine, we hardly ever call each other by our first names... besides Mom, Dad, or Grandma. Family nicknames - like city nicknames - usually come to us out of love or a good teasing that stuck.

Here are the nicknames of ten cities in Washington State - and how they came about.

Aberdeen

Past nicknames include “Port of Missing Men” and "The Hellhole of the Pacific."

These somewhat frightening names were due to their high murder rate in the late 1800s & early 1900s (Source- Outlaw Tales of Washington )

Currently known as the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula"

-Due to Aberdeen being the Southern Highway 101 hub.

Notable people: The late Kurt Cobain & bassist Krist Novoselic of Nirvana. Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers also called it home.

Bellev

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