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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. |
Kitsap County, WashingtonKitsap County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameKitsap, a chief of the Suquamish tribe. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryOriginal named Slaughter County, changed to present name July 13, 1857. Kitsap County was created 16 January
1847 from Jefferson and King Counties. Kitsap County, named after a military leader of the Suquamish Tribe, occupies the northern end of the Kitsap
Peninsula between Hood Canal and Admiralty Strait. Loggers cleared the dense forests and fed sprawling mills and
thriving company towns. Even before the mills went out of business, the U.S. Navy founded the Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard at Bremerton, which became the centerpiece of the county's economy and the largest single employer. Water
transportation has dominated the county's culture and economy since before settlement. The Washington State Ferry
System carries more than half its 25 million passengers back and forth from the east side of Puget Sound to Kitsap
County. In 2005, an estimated 240,000 people lived there. The first few hardy pioneers were drawn to Kitsap County by the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 which promised that 320 acres of land (640 acres to a married couple) would be given away free if the land was improved upon and occupied for five years. When Washington Territory was organized in 1853, the Kitsap Peninsula was a part of two counties, King to the east and Jefferson to the west.
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