Editing Bucoda, Washington (section)

==Etymology==
The community was first known as Seatco, an indigenous word meaning evil spirit or devil; the town name became official in 1887 when the community was platted by an early founder, Oliver Shead (Shed). People in the town voiced a dislike of the name and the community was renamed Bucoda in 1890 by act of the [[Washington State Legislature|state legislature]]. An accepted theory of the origination of the moniker of Bucoda comes from the taking of the first two letters of the last name of three prominent members of the early town, William Buckley (Buckner), a man recorded with the last name of Coulter, and J.E. Davis (David).<ref name="FBSWO">{{cite news |title=First Bucoda Settler Was on Scene in 1854 |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1953/06-06/page-88 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |work=[[The Chronicle (Centralia, Washington)|The Daily Chronicle]] |date=June 6, 1953 |page=28C}}</ref>