Yakima County
Founded: January 23, 1863 |
Yakima County
Sheriff's Office
1822 South 1st Street
Yakima, WA 98903
Phone: 509.574.2600
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Yakima County is named after the Yakama tribe of Native
Americans. In 2007, the estimated population was 234,200. The county
seat is Yakima, which is also its largest city. The highest
point in the county is Mount Adams at 12,277 feet (3,742
meters) above sea level.
Yakima County was formed out of Ferguson County on January
21, 1865. Ferguson County, no longer in existence, had been
formed out of Walla Walla County on January 23, 1863.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total
area of 4,312 square miles, of which, 4,296 square miles of
it is land and 15 square miles of it (0.36%) is water. The
population density is 52 per square mile.
| Principal Communities: |
- Grandview
- Granger
- Harrah
- Mabton
- Moxee
- Naches
- Selah
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- Sunnyside
- Tieton
- Toppenish
- Union Gap
- Wapato
- Yakima (County Seat)
- Zillah
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