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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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Lincoln County, Washington
Lincoln County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Davenport
Year Organized: 1883
Square Miles: 2,311 |
Court House: PO Box 68
County Courthouse
Davenport, WA 99122-0068
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Lincoln County was created 24 November 1883 from Spokane County.
Lincoln County, formed in 1883, is located in northeast Washington in the region historically known as Big Bend
Country. The county measures 2311.2 square miles, ranking it seventh in size among Washington's 39 counties. As of 2005,
Lincoln County has 10,100 residents. It is bordered to the west by Grant County, to the south by Adams County and
Whitman County, to the east by Spokane County, and to the north by the Spokane River/Stevens County, Franklin D.
Roosevelt Lake/Ferry County, and a small part of Okanogan County. Davenport is the county seat. Lincoln is an
agricultural county, with orchards, cattle raising, and especially wheat predominating.
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Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,340 square miles (6,060 kmē), of which,
2,311 square miles (5,986 kmē) of it is land and 29 square miles (74 kmē) of it (1.22%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Ferry County, Washington - north
- Stevens County, Washington - northeast
- Spokane County, Washington - east
- Whitman County, Washington - southeast
- Adams County, Washington - south
- Grant County, Washington - west
- Okanogan County, Washington - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Almira |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Creston |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Davenport
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Harrington |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Odessa |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Reardan |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sprague |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wilbur |
town |
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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