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Washington Counties
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Washington Counties
There are 39 counties in the U.S. state of Washington. Washington was
carved out of the western part of Washington Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. The
first counties were created from unorganized territory in 1845.
Certain residents of Snohomish County consider themselves to be part of Freedom County. Freedom County has elected
county officials, but is not officially recognized by Snohomish County, the state of Washington, or the federal
government.
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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Penn Foster High School
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