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Washington Counties
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Washington Counties
There 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. |
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Lewis County, Washington
Lewis County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Chehalis
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 2,408 |
Court House: 360 NW North Street
County Courthouse
Chehalis, WA 98532-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Meriwether Lewis, the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Lewis County was created 21 December 1845 as an original county
Lewis County in southwest Washington can truly be called the "mother of counties." Half of present-day Washington and
of British Columbia were carved from its original borders. But the county's location astride the Cowlitz Trail between
the Columbia River and Puget Sound meant that communities with good water access would develop first. The construction
of the transcontinental railroad in the 1870s and innovations in logging technology were the major spurs to settlement.
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Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,436 square miles (6,310 kmē), of which,
2,408 square miles (6,236 kmē) of it is land and 29 square miles (74 kmē) of it (1.18%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Grays Harbor County, Washington - north/northwest
- Thurston County, Washington - north
- Pierce County, Washington - north/northeast
- Yakima County, Washington - east
- Skamania County, Washington - south/southeast
- Cowlitz County, Washington - south
- Wahkiakum County, Washington - south/southwest
- Pacific County, Washington - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Centralia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chehalis
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Morton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mossyrock |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Napavine |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pe Ell |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Toledo |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Vader |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Winlock |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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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,
act locally." |
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