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| building address = [http://www.clallam.net/ Clallam County Courthouse]<br>223 E 4th Street PO Box 863<br> Port Angeles, WA 98362-3025<br>Phone: 360.417.2508<br>[http://www.Clallamcounty.us/ '''Clallam County Website'''] }} | | building address = [http://www.clallam.net/ Clallam County Courthouse]<br>223 E 4th Street PO Box 863<br> Port Angeles, WA 98362-3025<br>Phone: 360.417.2508<br>[http://www.Clallamcounty.us/ '''Clallam County Website'''] }} | ||
=== Historical Facts === | === Historical Facts === | ||
*Originally spelled Clalm. Named for the lands of the Klallam (Makah and Quileute tribes.) | *'''Parent County:''' Clallam County was created 26 April 1854 from [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] County. | ||
* | *'''County Seat:''' Port Angeles | ||
* | *Originally spelled Clalm. Named for the lands of the Klallam (Makah and Quileute tribes.) | ||
*Includes the Olympic Peninsula, home of the Olympic National Park, the Rain Forest of the Pacific Northwest. | |||
*Permament settlement by non-Indians occurred after 1850. | |||
*Port Angeles has been the county seat since 1890 when it was incorporated as a city. | *Port Angeles has been the county seat since 1890 when it was incorporated as a city. | ||
*Additional history of Clallam County at Washington's [http://www.historylink.org/Index.cfm?searchField=file_title%2Cabstract%2Cauthor%2Cfile_id%2Ckeywords%2Ccounty%2Csector&search_library=Cyberpedia%2CLandmark%2CMuseum%2CCybertour%2Cslide+show%2CTimeline%2CPeoples+History&keyword=Clallam&DisplayPage=results.cfm&Submit2=Go HistoryLink.org] | *Additional history of Clallam County at Washington's [http://www.historylink.org/Index.cfm?searchField=file_title%2Cabstract%2Cauthor%2Cfile_id%2Ckeywords%2Ccounty%2Csector&search_library=Cyberpedia%2CLandmark%2CMuseum%2CCybertour%2Cslide+show%2CTimeline%2CPeoples+History&keyword=Clallam&DisplayPage=results.cfm&Submit2=Go HistoryLink.org] | ||
<ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> | |||
*'''Neighboring Counties:''' [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] | |||
==== Boundary Changes ==== | ==== Boundary Changes ==== | ||
*29 January 1868, Quillehute County was created, but it | *29 January 1868, Quillehute County was created, but it reverted back to Clallam and Jefferson counties in 1870. Records created in both counties. | ||
==== Record Loss | ==== Record Loss ==== | ||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||