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 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. |
Pacific County, WashingtonPacific County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe Pacific Ocean. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryPacific County was created 4 February 1851 from Lewis County Pacific County, named after the Pacific Ocean, is perched at the southwestern corner of Washington state. The ocean
forms its western border and the north shore of the Columbia River and Wahkiakum County form its southern border. Grays
Harbor County lies to the north and Lewis County to the east. A distinctive geographical feature is the 30-mile-long
Long Beach Peninsula, which meets the ocean on its western side and shelters Willapa Bay on its eastern side. In 1851
Pacific County was the third county created in what would become Washington Territory. The economic base of the area's
indigenous Chinook and Lower Chehalis peoples as well as of early-arriving settlers was oystering, especially in
Shoalwater (later Willapa) Bay, and fishing. Soon lumber became a predominant early industry, followed by cranberry
farming, dairy farming, and later, vacationing and tourism. Pacific County's area is nearly 1,000 square miles and the
2005 population was about 21,000 people. The county's four incorporated cities are Raymond, South Bend, Long Beach, and
Ilwaco. Of the 39 Washington counties, Pacific County ranks 28th in population and 30th in land area. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,224 square miles (3,169 kmē), of which, 933
square miles (2,416 kmē) of it is land and 291 square miles (752 kmē) of it (23.74%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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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." |
