Wit man county (Washington)

Washington wit man county
Position in Washington of the county
Position in the United States of America of the state
The establishment	November 29, 1871
Origin of the county name	Marcus ホィットマン
County seat	Col fax
The most big city	Pullman
Area  - Total area  - The land  - Water	5,641 km2 (2,178 mi2) 5,592 km2 (2,159 mi2) 47 km2 (18 mi2), 0.84%
Population  - (2010)  - Density	44,776 people Eight /km2 (21 /mi2)
Standard time	Pacific time: -8/-7
Website	www.whitmancounty.org

A wit man county (British there are Whitman County, the notation called ホィットマン, too) is a county located in the southeastern part of United States of America Washington. The city of the population maximum that the county seat where the population in the national census is 44,776 people for 2,010 years [¹] is col fax (a population of 2,805 people) is Pullman whom two-thirds lives in of the county population (a population of 29,799 people). There is Washington State University where the public land of the state was given to to Pullman.

The wit man county separated from the Stevens county on November 29, 1871 and was established [²]. The county name was named for missionary Marcus ホィットマン of the Presbyterian Church church. ホィットマン contributed to the development of the Oregon trail with ナーシサ of the wife, but was murdered for a cayuse group Indian in 1847.

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Geography

 

パルース

If depend on the United States of America Bureau of the Census, the county area entire surface product is 2,178 square mile (5,640 km²);, of these, in the land, in 2,159 square mile (5,593 km²), area of the sea, area of the sea rate is 0.84% at 18 square mile (47 km²). There is it in パルース which is the topography such as the prairie that undulated widely in the basin out of the Columbia.

Characteristic topography

River

• Snake river
• パルース river
  • Union flat creek
  • Lock creek
  • Pine creek

A lake and reservoir

• The man-made lake where, wow, there were Herbert G waist lake, low by モニュメンタル dam (540 feet above sea level, 165m)
• The man-made lake which was done by Lake Brian, naming to be associated with Enoch A Brian, a little goose dam (640 feet above sea level, 195m)
• The man-made lake where, wow, wow, グラナイト lake, low had law by グラナイト dam (730 feet above sea level, 223m)
• Lake Locke (a position coordinate: 47 degrees 11'03"N 117 degrees 40'55"W, 1,729 feet above sea level, 523m)

Mountain

• Mt. テコア (a position coordinate: 47 degrees 15'30"N 117 degrees 05'23"W, 4,009 feet above sea level, 1,222m) - summit level
• Cami lye Butte (a position coordinate: 46 degrees 51'44"N 117 degrees 10'00"W, 3,641 feet above sea level, 1,110m)
• Step toe Butte (a position coordinate: 47 degrees 01'56"N 117 degrees 17'49"W, 3,612 feet above sea level, 1,101m)
• Boldface Butte (a position coordinate: 46 degrees 38'00"N 117 degrees 05'16"W, 3,369 feet above sea level, 1,027m)

Well-known park

• Step toe Butte park (a position coordinate: 47 degrees 01'56"N 117 degrees 17'54"W, 3,573 feet above sea level, 1,089m)
• Cami lye Butte 郡立公園 (a position coordinate: 46 degrees 51'55"N 117 degrees 09'48"W, 3,150 feet above sea level, 960m)
• Palous fall State Park (a position coordinate: 46 degrees 40'00"N 118 degrees 13'25"W, 925 feet above sea level, 282m)
• Central ferry State Park (a position coordinate: 46 degrees 37'46"N 117 degrees 48'32"W, 650 feet above sea level, 198m)

Adjacent county

 

Thompson hall of Washington State University

• The スポケーン county - north
• ベネワ county (Idaho) - The northeast
• レイタ county (Idaho) - The east
• Needle juniper Perth county (Idaho) - Southeast
• The アソティン county - south, southeast
• The Garfield county - south
• The county - south of Colombia
• Franklin county - southwest
• The Adams county - west
• Lincoln county - northwest

Main highly specified road

- American National highway No. 195   - Washington way Route 23   - Washington way Route 26   - Washington way Route 27

- Washington way Route 127   - Washington way Route 270   - Washington way Route 271   - Washington way Route 272

Population dynamics

Year	Population		%±
1880	7,014		—
1890	19,109		172.4%
1900	25,360		32.7%
1910	33,280		31.2%
1920	31,323		−5.9%
1930	28,014		−10.6%
1940	27,221		−2.8%
1950	32,469		19.3%
1960	31,263		−3.7%
1970	37,900		21.2%
1980	40,103		5.8%
1990	38,775		−3.3%
2000	40,740		5.1%
2010	44,776		9.9%
sources: [3] [4]

It is the population statistics data by the national census of 2000 as follows.

Basic data Population: 40,740 people The number of the households: 15,257 households The number of the families: 8,055 families Population density: Seven /km2 (19 /mi2) The number of the houses: 16,676 houses House density: Three /km2 (8/mi2) Population composition according to the race White: 88.07% An African is American: 1.53% A native is American: 0.73% Asian: 5.55% Pacific Islands system: 0.27% Other races: 1.22% Mixed blood: 2.63% Hispanic Latin system: 2.99% Constitution by ancestors German: 21.9% British: 9.8% Irish: 8.6% An American: 8.3% A Norwegian: 6.6% Age-specific population composition Under 18 years old: 18.1% 18-24 years old: 32.6% 25-44 years old: 24.0% 45-64 years old: 16.0% 65 years old or older: 9.2% Median age: 25 years old Sex ratio (population of the man per 100 women) Total population: 102.5 18 years old or older: 101.9

A household and family (the number of the households) There is a child younger than 18 years: 24.6% Marriage, the couple who lives together: 44.2% A single divorce, bereavement woman is family nurturer: 6.2% A nonfamily household: 47.2% It is a household alone: 29.4% An old man alone living 65 years or older: 7.1% The mean constitution number of people A household: 2.31 people A family: 2.91 people Income An income and the family budget Median income A household: 28,584The U.S. dollar A family: 44,830 U.S. dollars Sex A man: 33,381 U.S. dollars A woman: 27,046 U.S. dollars An income per a population of one: 15,298 U.S. dollars Lower than poverty line Anti-population: 25.6% The number of the anti-families: 11.0% Under 18 years old: 16.5% 65 years old or older: 5.5%

Agriculture and business

The farm productivity of the wit man county is high. I produce most about barley, wheat, dry beans and the Ren till bean than which county of the United States of America if it depends on "heart of Washington".

There is Schweitzer engineering laboratory in the Pullman city.

The local government that collects the statistics, and is handled

 

Farm in the county

It is all the city of less than a population of 1,000 people or a town other than col fax and Pullman by the following list.

Albion Col fax - county seat Colton エンディコット Farmington Garfield Lacrosse Lamont Circle den

Oaks Dale Palous City of the Pullman - population maximum Rosalia Saint John Step toe テコア Uniontown

Other town

Belmont Diamond ダスティ E one Hey

Hooper Johnson Sohnton Winona

Ghost town

• L Burton

Political

The wit man county is regarded as the republican ground traditionally. I belong to the Washington fifth electoral district in the American United States House of Representatives and send a representative from Republican Party out. It was one of 3 counties in the state where republican Barry Goldwatar won against in United States of America presidential election in 1964. I continue choosing the candidate who was elected all except election of 1976 after this election. Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, all George W. Bush won twice. Barack Obama got 51.57% of total votes in the election of 2008 [⁵].

Footnote

1. ^ American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. February 4, 2011.
2. ^ Milestones for Washington State History — Part 2:1,851 to 1900, HistoryLink.org, (March 6, 2003), http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5380 September 3, 2011 reading. 
3. ^ census.gov Washington population by county, 1900-90, accessed 2009-05-25.
4. ^ Whitman County QuickFacts, United States Census Bureau, 2009-02-20, accessed 2009-05-25.
5. ^ David Leip's Presidential Atlas (Maps for Washington by election)

Outside link

Wiki media Commons has the category in conjunction with the wit man county (Washington).

• Whitman County official website - official site
• Whitman County Genealogical Society
• Whitman County Historical Society
• Whitman County Library with branches in 14 communities throughout Whitman County.
• Whitman County Heritage A collection of historic materials from the Whitman County Library and local partners.
• Port of Whitman County and Green IT Alliance (GITA)

Coordinate: 46°53'N 117°31'W / 46.89 degrees N 117.52 degrees W / 46.89, -117.52

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