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Vashon may refer to:
Places
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Vashon Island
Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,6 ...
, an island in Puget Sound.
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Vashon Municipal Airport on Vashon Island.
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Vashon High School
Vashon High School is a high school of the St. Louis Public Schools in St. Louis, Missouri. When it opened in 1927, it was the second high school for black students in St. Louis.
History
Designed by Rockwell M. Milligan, the school opened on Sep ...
, a high school in St. Louis, Missouri
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Vashon, Washington
Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10, ...
, the community on Vashon Island.
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Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, representatives of Vashon and Maury Islands to the King County Council, Washington.
People
Given name
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Vashone Adams
Vashone LaRay Adams (born September 12, 1973) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football ...
(born 1973), American football player
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Vashon Eagleson, American football coach
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Vashon Neufville (born 1999), English footballer
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Vashon James Wheeler (1898–1944), British airman during World War II
Surname
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George Boyer Vashon
George Boyer Vashon (July 25, 1824 – October 5, 1878) was an African American scholar, poet, lawyer, and abolitionist.
Biography
George Boyer Vashon was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the third child and only son of an abolitionist, John Be ...
(1824–1878), American scholar, poet and abolitionist
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James Vashon
Admiral James Vashon (9 August 1742 – 20 October 1827)Memorial plaque in St. Laurence Churchyard, Ludlow. Find a Grave memorial I160048028/ref> was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American ...
(1742–1827), British naval officer and namesake of
Vashon Island
Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,6 ...
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Mary Frances Vashon (1818–1854), American journalist and abolitionist
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Susan Paul Vashon (1838–1912), American educator, abolitionist, and clubwoman
Other
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Vashon, a commercial vessel acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II
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Vashon Glaciation
The Vashon Glaciation, Vashon Stadial or Vashon Stade is a local term for the most recent period of very cold climate in which during its peak, glaciers covered the entire Salish Sea as well as present day Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and other surro ...
during the
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...
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Vashon (steamboat 1905)
See also
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Vashan (disambiguation), various places in Iran and Tajikistan
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