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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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Okanogan County, Washington
Okanogan County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Okanogan
Year Organized: 1888
Square Miles: 5,268 |
Court House: 123 5th Avenue North, Room 150
Okanogan, WA 98840-9436
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
A Salish Native American word meaning rendezvous.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Okanogan County was created 2 February 1888 from Stevens County
Okanogan County, often called The Okanogan, is home to 38,400 people including members of the Colville Federated
Tribes on the Colville Indian Reservation. The area was one of the last in Washington settled by whites because of its
remoteness, but it was an early thoroughfare for prospectors enroute to gold fields in British Columbia. In the
twenty-first century, the county earns its living from agriculture and forestry with tourism offering additional
opportunities. Grand Coulee Dam, the largest producer of electricity in the U.S., sits astride the Columbia River at the
county's southern boundary.
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Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,315 square miles (13,766 kmē), of which,
5,268 square miles (13,644 kmē) of it is land and 47 square miles (122 kmē) of it (0.89%) is water
Neighboring Counties:
- Ferry County, Washington - east
- Lincoln County, Washington - southeast
- Grant County, Washington - south
- Douglas County, Washington - south
- Chelan County, Washington - southwest
- Skagit County, Washington - west
- Whatcom County, Washington - west
It also shares its northern border with British Columbia, Canada.
- Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, British Columbia
- Kootenay Boundary Regional District, British Columbia
Cities and Towns:
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- Brewster |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Conconully |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Coulee Dam |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elmer City |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nespelem |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Okanogan
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Omak |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oroville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pateros |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Riverside |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tonasket |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Twisp |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Winthrop |
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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