Clark County
Founded: August 20, 1845 |
Clark County
Sheriff's Office
707 West 13th Street
P.O. Box 410
Vancouver, WA 98666
Phone: 360.397.2211
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Clark County is a county located across the Columbia
River from Portland, Oregon. Clark County was the first
county of Washington, named after William Clark of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition. In 2007, Clark County's population was
estimated to be 415,000.
It was created by the provisional government of Oregon
Territory on August 20, 1845, and at that time covered the
entire present-day state.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total
area of 656 square miles, of which, 628 square miles of it
is land and 28 square miles of it (4.27%) is water. The
population density is 549 per square mile.
| Principal Communities: |
- Battle Ground
- Camas
- La Center
- Ridgefield
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- Vancouver (County Seat)
- Washougal
- Woodland (split with Cowlitz County)
- Yacolt
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