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See an interactive outline map of Washington Historical Counties at Newberry Library site[1] (Free) Enter a year, Refresh Map, select zoom in, then click on the map to enlarge it. |
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Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights. |
| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Adams | 1883 Nov 28 | Details | Whitman | none |
| Asotin | 1883 Oct 27 | Details | Garfield | none |
| Benton | 1905 Mar 08 | Details | Yakima, Klickitat | none |
| Chehalis | 1854 Apr 14 | Details | Washington Territory | renamed Gray’s Harbor 1915 |
| Chelan | 1899 Mar 13 | Details | Kittitas, Okanogan | none |
| Clallam | 1854 Apr 26 | Details | Jefferson | none |
| Clark | 1849 Sep 03 | Details | renamed from Vancouver | Skamania 1854 |
| Columbia | 1875 Nov 11 | Details | Walla Walla | Garfield 1881 |
| Cowlitz | 1854 Apr 21 | Details | Lewis | none |
| Douglas | 1883 Nov 28 | Details | Lincoln | Grant 1909 |
| Ferry | 1899 Feb 21 | Details | Stevens | none |
| Franklin | 1883 Nov 28 | Details | Whitman | none |
| Garfield | 1881 Nov 29 | Details | Columbia | Asotin 1883 |
| Grant | 1909 Feb 24 | Details | Grant | none |
| Grays Harbor | 1915 Mar 15 | Details | renamed from Chehalis | none |
| Island | 1853 Jan 06 | Details | Washington Territory | Snohomish 1861 |
| Jefferson | 1852 Dec 22 | Details | Washington Territory | Clallam 1854 |
| King | 1852 Dec 22 | Details | Washington Territory | Kitsap 1857 |
| Kitsap | 1857 Jul 13 | Details | renamed from Slaughter 1857 | none |
| Kittitas | 1883 Nov 24 | Details | Yakima | Chelan 1899 |
| Klickitat | 1859 Dec 20 | Details | Walla walla | Benton 1905 |
| Lewis | 1845 Dec 21 | Details | Oregon Territory | Cowlitz 1854, Wahkiakum 1854 |
| Lincoln | 1883 Nov 24 | Details | Spokane | Douglas 1883 |
| Mason | 1864 Jan 08 | Details | renamed from Sawamish | none |
| Okanogan | 1888 Feb 02 | Details | Stevens | Chelan 1899 |
| Pacific | 1851 Feb 04 | Details | Washington Territory | none |
| Pend Oreille | 1911 Mar 01 | Details | Stevens | none |
| Pierce | 1852 Dec 22 | Details | Washington Territory | none |
| San Juan | 1873 Oct 31 | Details | Whatcom | none |
| Sawamish | 1852 Dec 22 | Details | Thurston | renamed Mason 1864 |
| Skagit | 1883 Nov 28 | Details | Whatcom | none |
| Skamania | 1854 Mar 09 | Details | Clark | none |
| Slaughter | 1857 Jan 16 | Details | King | renamed Kitsap 1857 |
| Snohomish | 1861 Jan 14 | Details | Island | none |
| Spokane | 1858 Jan 29 | Details | Walla Walla | Lincoln 1883 |
| Stevens | 1863 Jan 20 | Details | Walla Walla | Ferry 1899, Okanogan 1888, Pend Oreille 1911, Whitman 1871 |
| Thurston | 1852 Jan 12 | Details | Washington Territory | Sawamish 1852 |
| Vancouver | 1845 Dec 21 | Details | Oregon Territory | renamed Clark 1849 |
| Wahkiakum | 1854 Apr 26 | Details | Lewis | none |
| Walla Walla | 1854 Apr 25 | Details | Washington Territory | Columbia 1875, Klickitat 1859, Spokane 1859, Stevens 1863, Yakima 1865 |
| Whatcom | 1854 Mar 09 | Details | Washington Territory | San Juan 1873, Skagit 1883 |
| Whitman | 1871 Nov 29 | Details | Stevens | Adams 1883, Franklin 1883 |
| Yakima | 1865 Jan 21 | Details | Walla Walla | Benton 1905, Kittitas 1883 |
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Washington/viewer.htm Washington Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.