Official Name: | Pomona, Washington |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Washington |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Yakima |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 354 |
Elevation Ft: | 1161 |
Coordinates: | 46.6904°N -120.4873°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 98901 |
Area Code: | 509 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1511235 |
Pomona is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located immediately northeast of Selah.
In 1885 the train station on the Northern Pacific Railway was called Selah. The name was changed to Pomona in 1908 because the Wenas station was commonly called Selah. Edmund Stevens, an agent for the Northern Pacific Railway, suggested the name Pomona in honor of the mythical Roman patron goddess of gardens and fruits.[2]