Wahkiakum County
Founded: April 25, 1854 |
Wahkiakum County
Sheriff's Office
64 Main Street
Cathlamet, WA 98612
Phone: 360.795.3242
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Wahkiakum County is named after Chief Wahkiakum ("Tall
Timber") of the Chinook. It is the smallest county (by total
area) in the state, and has the third-smallest land area
(behind San Juan County and Island County). As of 2017, the
estimated population was 4,264. The county seat is the town of
Cathlamet, which is also the county's largest and only
incorporated community. The County operates the Wahkiakum
County Ferry, which connects Cathlamet to Westport, Oregon
across the Columbia River.
Wahkiakum County was formed out of Cowlitz County on April
25, 1854.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total
area of 287 square miles, of which, 264 square miles of it
is land and 22 square miles of it (7.83%) is water. The
population density is 16 per square mile.
Principal Communities: |
- Altoona
- Brookfield
- Cathlamet (County Seat)
- Dahlia
- Deep River-Grays River-Roseburg
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- East Cathlamet
- Elochoman Valley
- Pillar Rock
- Puget Island
- Skamokawa
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