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 === County Overview  ===
-*'''County Seat:''' Port Orchard <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>. For Courthouse, see [[{{PAGENAME}}#Archives.2C_Libraries.2C_etc.|Archives, libraries, etc.]]
+{{Tip|Before 1888—and perhaps until the newly-formed county was fully operational—search records of the parent county(s).}}
-==== County Formation  ====
+==== Parent County(s)  ====
 Kitsap County, Washington was created 16 January 1847.<ref>The Evolution of Washington Counties by Newton Carl Abbott, Fred E. Carver, 1979. Published by the Yakima Valley Genealogical Society and Klickitat County Genealogical Society.</ref>
-{{Tip|Before 1888—and perhaps until the newly-formed county was fully operational—search records of the parent county(s).}} <br>
+'''County Seat:''' Port Orchard <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>. For Courthouse, see [[{{PAGENAME}}#Archives.2C_Libraries.2C_etc.|Archives, libraries, etc.]]
-*'''Parent Counties:''' created 16 Jan 1847 as Slaughter County from [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] and [[King County, Washington|King]] Counties. Renamed 13 July 1857 from Slaughter County.
+'''Parent Counties:''' created 16 Jan 1847 as Slaughter County from [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] and [[King County, Washington|King]] Counties. Renamed 13 July 1857 from Slaughter County.
-===== Boundary Changes  =====
+==== Neighboring Counties  ====
-[http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OKANOGAN Historical County Boundaries] from Newberry Library<ref>John H. Long, ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries'' (Chicago: Newberry Library, 2006) [http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ online].</ref><br><br>
+{{PAGENAME}} is surrounded by:  [[Island County, Washington|Island]] | [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] | [[King County, Washington|King]] | [[Mason County, Washington|Mason]] | [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce]] | [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]]
+==== Boundary Changes  ====
-==== Neighboring Counties  ====
-*'''Neighboring Counties:''' [[Island County, Washington|Island]] | [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] | [[King County, Washington|King]] | [[Mason County, Washington|Mason]] | [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce]] | [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]]
+*[http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OKANOGAN Historical County Boundaries] from Newberry Library<ref>John H. Long, ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries'' (Chicago: Newberry Library, 2006) [http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ online].</ref><br><br>
 ==== Dates of Major County Records  ====
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 === Topics  ===