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=== Historical Facts  ===
=== Historical Facts  ===


*'''Parent County:''' Clallam County was created 26 April 1854 from [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] County.
*'''Parent County:''' Clallam County was created 26 April 1854 from [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] County.<ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
*'''County Seat:''' Port Angeles
*'''County Seat:''' Port Angeles  
*Originally spelled Clalm. Named for the lands of the Klallam (Makah and Quileute tribes.)  
*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.  
*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.  
*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]]
*'''Neighboring Counties:''' [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]]


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