Swan Creek Library & Literacy Center
3828 Portland Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98404
(253) 594-7805

One of the questions everyone seems to ask us is, ‘who is Swan Creek named after?’ Well, according to the staff of the Main Library’s Northwest Room, when the Puyallup Indian Reservation was open for settlement by the United States government in 1893, John Swan, a Puyallup Indian, was given title to land along a small creek which flowed northward into the Puyallup River at the eastern limits of the City of Tacoma. The creek soon became known as Swan Creek.

Want to know more about the origins of place names in Tacoma, and the state of Washington? Follow this link to the Place Names Database in our Northwest Room.

Read more about the Swan Creek Library & Literacy Center

• About the Library & L:iteracy Center
• Programs and services
• May 5th community celebration

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