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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. |
Skamania County, WashingtonSkamania County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameA Chinookan word meaning swift water. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistorySkamania County was created 9 March 1854 from Clark County Skamania County on the Columbia River in Southwest Washington is home to several of the state's most famous features
including Mount St. Helens in the northwest and Bonneville Dam in the southeast. It has the distinction of having been
created by the Washington Territorial Legislature, abolished, then recreated. The county's story was shaped by the river
and particularly by the rapids called The Cascades B that divided the lower from the middle Columbia. Skamania has
always been tied to the economy and politics of Oregon and of Portland, the principal seaport on the Columbia. In the
last years of the twentieth century, the economy shifted away from logging, and tourism became the dominant industry.
Half of Skamania County's workers are employed outside the county. In 2005, the estimated population was 10,664. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,684 square miles (4,361 kmē), of which,
1,656 square miles (4,290 kmē) of it is land and 27 square miles (71 kmē) of it (1.63%) is water. 90% of Skamania is
forested and 80% is a part of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 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." |
