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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. |
Snohomish County, WashingtonSnohomish County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe Snohomish Native American tribe. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistorySnohomish County was created 14 January 1861 from Island County Snohomish County, formed on January 14, 1861, was originally part of Island County. It covers 2,098 square miles,
ranging from the Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound. It is bordered by Skagit County to the north, King County to the
south and Chelan County to the east. Forest constitutes 68 percent of the county's land, and Mt. Baker National Forest
and 10,436-foot Glacier Peak lie within its boundaries. Two major river systems flow through the land: the Stillaguamish
River, with its north and south forks, and the Snohomish River, formed from the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers. For
thousands of years the Snohomish and related tribes inhabited the area that presently comprises Snohomish County, Hat,
Whidbey, and Camano islands. Following the 1855 Point Elliott Treaty, most of the Snohomish were relocated to a
reservation established at Tulalip. Early white settlers arrived to take advantage of the area's agricultural, logging,
mining, and industrial potential. By the 1920s, logging, lumbering, and agriculture dominated the economy, but in recent
years, the largest county employers are aerospace, technology, service industries, tourism, and the building trades.
Snohomish County is presently one of the fastest growing counties in the region with a population of 671,800 (2006).
Everett is its largest city and the county seat. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,196 square miles (5,689 kmē), of which,
2,089 square miles (5,411 kmē) of it is land and 107 square miles (278 kmē) of it (4.89%) is water. The highest
point in the county is volcanic Glacier Peak at 10,541 feet (3,213 meters) above sea level. 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." |
