List of counties in Washington
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There are 39 counties in the U.S. state of Washington.
Certain residents of Snohomish County consider themselves to be part of Freedom County. Freedom County has elected county officials, but is not officially recognized by Snohomish County, the state of Washington, or the federal government.
The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States.[1] The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Garfield County, Washington is number 023, Humboldt County, California and Grant County, Oregon also have the number 023. While Columbia County, Washington has number 013, Columbia County, Georgia has number 073. To uniquely identify Garfield County, Washington, you would need to use the state code of 53 plus the county code of 023. Thus the unique identifier for the entire United States for Columbia County, Washington would be 53013, for Garfield County, Washington would be 53023, etc.
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| County |
FIPS Code [1] |
County seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin [3] |
Etymology [3] |
Population [2] |
Area [2] |
Map |
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| Adams County | 001 | Ritzville | 1883 | Whitman County | John Adams (1735-1826), second President of the United States | 16,428 | 1,925 sq mi (4,986 km²) |
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| Asotin County | 003 | Asotin | 1883 | Garfield County | The Nez Percé name for Eel Creek | 20,551 | 636 sq mi (1,647 km²) |
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| Benton County | 005 | Prosser | 1905 | Yakima and Klickitat Counties | Thomas Hart Benton (1782 – 1858), a Missouri U.S. Senator | 142,475 | 1,703 sq mi (4,411 km²) |
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| Chelan County | 007 | Wenatchee | 1899 | Okanogan and Kittitas Counties | A Native American word meaning deep water, likely referring to Lake Chelan | 66,616 | 2,922 sq mi (7,568 km²) |
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| Clallam County | 009 | Port Angeles | 1854 | Jefferson County | A Klallam word meaning "the strong people" | 64,525 | 1,745 sq mi (4,520 km²) |
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| Clark County | 011 | Vancouver | 1845 | Original county | William Clark (1770 – 1838), the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition | 345,238 | 628 sq mi (1,627 km²) |
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| Columbia County | 013 | Dayton | 1875 | Walla Walla County | The Columbia River | 4,064 | 869 sq mi (2,251 km²) |
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| Cowlitz County | 015 | Kelso | 1854 | Original county | Cowlitz, an Indian tribe | 92,948 | 1,139 sq mi (2,950 km²) |
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| Douglas County | 017 | Waterville | 1883 | Lincoln County | Stephen A. Douglas (1813 - 1861), American statesman. | 32,603 | 1,821 sq mi (4,716 km²) |
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| Ferry County | 019 | Republic | 1899 | Stevens County | Elisha P. Ferry (1825 - 1895), first Governor of Washington State | 7,260 | 2,204 sq mi (5,708 km²) |
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| Franklin County | 021 | Pasco | 1883 | Whitman County | Benjamin Franklin | 49,347 | 1,242 sq mi (3,217 km²) |
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| Garfield County | 023 | Pomeroy | 1881 | Columbia County | James A. Garfield | 2,397 | 710 sq mi (1,839 km²) |
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| Grant County | 025 | Ephrata | 1909 | Douglas County | Ulysses S. Grant | 74,698 | 2,681 sq mi (6,944 km²) |
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| Grays Harbor County | 027 | Montesano | 1854 | Thurston County | Grays Harbor, a body of water named after Robert Gray | 67,194 | 1,917 sq mi (4,965 km²) |
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| Island County | 029 | Coupeville | 1853 | Thurston County | Whidbey, Camano, and the San Juan Islands | 71,558 | 209 sq mi (541 km²) |
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| Jefferson County | 031 | Port Townsend | 1852 | Thurston County | Thomas Jefferson | 25,953 | 1,809 sq mi (4,685 km²) |
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| King County | 033 | Seattle | 1852 | Thurston County | William Rufus King, vice president of the United States under Franklin Pierce; "renamed" in 1986 after Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1,737,034 | 2,126 sq mi (5,506 km²) |
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| Kitsap County | 035 | Port Orchard | 1857 | King and Jefferson Counties | Chief Kitsap | 231,969 | 396 sq mi (1,026 km²) |
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| Kittitas County | 037 | Ellensburg | 1883 | Klickitat County | Kittitas tribe word of uncertain meaning | 33,362 | 2,297 sq mi (5,949 km²) |
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| Klickitat County | 039 | Goldendale | 1859 | Walla Walla County | Klickitat Tribe | 19,161 | 1,872 sq mi (4,848 km²) |
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| Lewis County | 041 | Chehalis | 1845 | Original county | Meriwether Lewis (1774 – 1809), the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition | 68,600 | 2,408 sq mi (6,237 km²) |
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| Lincoln County | 043 | Davenport | 1883 | Whitman County | Abraham Lincoln | 10,184 | 2,311 sq mi (5,985 km²) |
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| Mason County | 045 | Shelton | 1854 | King County | C.H. Mason, first Secretary of Washington Territory | 49,405 | 961 sq mi (2,489 km²) |
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| Okanogan County | 047 | Okanogan | 1888 | Stevens County | A Salish Native American word meaning rendezvous | 39,564 | 5,268 sq mi (13,644 km²) |
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| Pacific County | 049 | South Bend | 1851 | Lewis County | The Pacific Ocean | 20,984 | 975 sq mi (2,525 km²) |
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| Pend Oreille County | 051 | Newport | 1911 | Stevens County | The Pend d'Oreille Native American tribe | 11,732 | 1,400 sq mi (3,626 km²) |
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| Pierce County | 053 | Tacoma | 1852 | Thurston County | Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States | 700,820 | 1,676 sq mi (4,341 km²) |
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| San Juan County | 055 | Friday Harbor | 1873 | Whatcom County | San Juan Island | 14,077 | 175 sq mi (453 km²) |
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| Skagit County | 057 | Mount Vernon | 1883 | Whatcom County | The Skagit Native American tribe | 102,979 | 1,735 sq mi (4,494 km²) |
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| Skamania County | 059 | Stevenson | 1854 | Clark County | A Chinookan word meaning "swift water" | 9,872 | 1,656 sq mi (4,289 km²) |
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| Snohomish County | 061 | Everett | 1861 | Island County | The Snohomish tribe | 606,024 | 2,090 sq mi (5,413 km²) |
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| Spokane County | 063 | Spokane | 1879 | Stevens County | The Spokane Native American tribe | 417,939 | 1,764 sq mi (4,569 km²) |
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| Stevens County | 065 | Colville | 1863 | Walla Walla County | Isaac Ingalls Stevens, the first governor of the Washington Territory. | 40,066 | 2,478 sq mi (6,418 km²) |
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| Thurston County | 067 | Olympia | 1852 | Lewis County | Isaac Ingalls Stevens, the first governor of the Washington Territory. | 207,355 | 727 sq mi (1,883 km²) |
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| Wahkiakum County | 069 | Cathlamet | 1854 | Cowlitz County | Leader of Wahkiakum ("Tall Timber"), Native American tribe | 3,824 | 264 sq mi (684 km²) |
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| Walla Walla County | 071 | Walla Walla | 1854 | Skamania County | The Walla Walla Native American tribe | 55,180 | 1,270 sq mi (3,289 km²) |
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| Whatcom County | 073 | Bellingham | 1854 | Island County | Nooksack word meaning "noisy water" | 166,814 | 2,120 sq mi (5,491 km²) |
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| Whitman County | 075 | Colfax | 1871 | Stevens County | Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian missionary killed by Cayuse 1847. | 40,740 | 2,159 sq mi (5,592 km²) |
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| Yakima County | 077 | Yakima | 1865 | Ferguson County (defunct) | The Yakima Native American tribe | 222,581 | 4,296 sq mi (11,127 km²) |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b EPA County FIPS Code Listing. US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ a b c d National Association of Counties. NACo - Find a county. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ a b Washington Counties. Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. HistoryLink.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
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