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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.

Snohomish County, Washington

Snohomish County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Everett
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 2,090

Court House:

3000 Rockefeller Avenue, MS 609
County Courthouse
Everett, WA 98201-4046

Etymology - Origin of County Name

The Snohomish Native American tribe.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Snohomish 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.
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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,196 square miles (5,689 km²), of which, 2,089 square miles (5,411 km²) of it is land and 107 square miles (278 km²) 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:

Skagit County, Washington North
Chelan County, Washington East
King County, Washington South

Cities and Towns:

- Arlington	city	Incorporated Area
- Bothell	city	Incorporated Area
- Brier	city	Incorporated Area
- Darrington	town	Incorporated Area
- Edmonds	city	Incorporated Area
- Everett (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Gold Bar	city	Incorporated Area
- Granite Falls	city	Incorporated Area
- Index	town	Incorporated Area
- Lake Stevens	city	Incorporated Area
- Lynnwood	city	Incorporated Area
- Marysville	city	Incorporated Area
- Mill Creek	city	Incorporated Area
- Monroe	city	Incorporated Area
- Mountlake Terrace	city	Incorporated Area
- Mukilteo	city	Incorporated Area
- Snohomish	city	Incorporated Area
- Stanwood	city	Incorporated Area
- Sultan	city	Incorporated Area
- Woodway	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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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