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 Click Image to Enlarge Washington CountiesThere are 39 counties in the 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. |
Asotin County, WashingtonAsotin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe Nez Percé name for Eel Creek. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryAsotin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of both Nez Perce County, Idaho, and Asotin County. As of 2000, the population was 20,551. The county seat is at Asotin, and its largest city is Clarkston. Asotin County, formed out of Garfield County in 1883, is located in extreme southeastern Washington. In the 2000
Census, the county population was 20,551, and the population of Clarkston, its largest town, was 7,337. The county
seat is the small town (pop. 1,095 in 2000) of Asotin, seven miles south of Clarkston. At 636 square miles, Asotin
County is the sixth-smallest county in the state. It has a fertile agricultural region in the north-central region,
while farther south, the terrain becomes more rugged and is marked by creeks and gullies. Elevations dip to as low
as 740 feet in the northeastern corner near Clarkston, and rise to exceed 6,000 feet in the extreme southwestern
region in the Blue Mountains. Asotin County's history has been primarily an agricultural one centered on farming and
fruit orchards. EconomicAsotin County is located at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers. The river system is home to a
thriving aluminum jet boat manufacturing industry and provides the wood processing and other industrial users direct
barge transportation to the West Coast.
GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 641 square miles (1,659 km²), of which, 635
square miles (1,646 km²) of it is land and 5 square miles (14 km²) of it (0.83%) is water. It is part of the Palouse,
a wide and rolling prairie-like region of the middle Columbia basin. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this 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, act locally." |
