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Washington Counties
 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. |
Okanogan County, WashingtonOkanogan County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameA Salish Native American word meaning rendezvous. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryOkanogan 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. GeographyAccording 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:
It also shares its northern border with British Columbia, Canada.
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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." |
