Wahkiakum County

Wahkiakum County Courthouse in Cathlamet
administration
US state :	Washington
Administrative headquarters :	Cathlamet
Foundation :	1854
Demographics
Residents :	3978  (2010)
Population density :	5.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	743 km²
Water surface :	58 km²
map
Website : www.co.wahkiakum.wa.us

Wahkiakum County is a county in the state of Washington in the United States . It has 3,824 inhabitants. The county seat is Cathlamet .

geography

Wahkiakum County is mostly located on the north bank of the Columbia River , the border river between Washington and Oregon . The inhabited river island of Puget Island and several other, smaller islands also belong to the county . Two rivers, the Grays River and the Elochoman River , flow through the county and flow into the Columbia.

The county covers an area of ​​743 square kilometers, of which 684 square kilometers are land and 58 square kilometers (7.83 percent) are water. The county is the smallest county in Washington and in the lower third by population density.

Wahkiakum County is bordered on the land side from west to east by Pacific Counties , Lewis Counties, and Cowlitz Counties . On the other side of the Columbia are Columbia and Clatsop Counties .

history

The county was formed in 1854. The name goes back to a Chinook strain, the Wahkiakum , which were first described by Lewis and Clark in 1805 .

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	42		-
1870	270		542.9%
1880	1598		491.9%
1890	2526		58.1%
1900	2819		11.6%
1910	3285		16.5%
1920	3472		5.7%
1930	3862		11.2%
1940	4286		11%
1950	3835		-10.5%
1960	3426		-10.7%
1970	3592		4.8%
1980	3832		6.7%
1990	3327		-13.2%
2000	3824		14.9%
2010	3978		4%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Cities and towns

City ( Town )

• Cathlamet

Census-designated places

• Altoona
• Deep river
• East Cathlamet
• Grays River
• Lower Elochoman
• Puget Island
• Rosburg
• Skamokawa Valley
• Upper Elochoman

Infrastructure

Washington State Route 4 runs through the county in an east-west direction . From Cathlamet you can cross the Columbia via Washington State Route 409 and a ferry .

gallery

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  Forest workers on the Deep River, 1904

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  The Deep River Pioneer Lutheran Church in Deep River , listed on NRHP No. 74001983

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  Ferry across the Columbia between Puget Island and Westport

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  Skamokawa

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  The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge on Washington State Route 409

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  View of Puget Island (front) and Cathlamet

Web links

Commons : Wahkiakum County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Entry in the Washington encyclopedia HistoryLink (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wahkiakum County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ Robert H. Ruby, John Arthur Brown: A guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest , University of Oklahoma Press 1992, p. 257.
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

Coordinates: 46 ° 17 ′  N , 123 ° 26 ′  W