Spokane County is a

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located in the

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 539,339, making it the fourth-most populous county in Washington. The largest city and

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Spokane Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Ca ...

, the second largest city in the state after

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. The county is named after the

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. Spokane County is part of the Spokane-Spokane Valley

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, which is also part of the greater Spokane-Coeur d'Alene

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that includes nearby

Kootenai County, Idaho Kootenai County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. In 2020, the United States Census Bureau estimated the county's population at 171,362, making it the third-most populous county in Idaho and by far the largest in North Idaho, the cou ...

History

The first humans to arrive in what is now Spokane County arrived between 12,000 and 8,000 years ago and were

hunter-gatherer A traditional hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living an ancestrally derived lifestyle in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local sources, especially edible wild plants but also insects, fung ...

societies who lived off the plentiful game in the area. Initially, the settlers hunted predominantly

bison Bison are large bovines in the genus ''Bison'' (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini. Two extant and numerous extinct species are recognised. Of the two surviving species, the American bison, ''B. bison'', found only in North A ...

and

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, but after the game migrated out of the region, the native people became dependent on gathering various roots, berries, and nuts, and harvesting fish.Ruby et al. (2006) pp. 5–6 The Spokane tribe, after which the county is named, means "Children of the Sun" or "sun people" in

Salishan The Salishan (also Salish) languages are a family of languages of the Pacific Northwest in North America (the Canadian province of British Columbia and the American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). They are characterised by ...

Phillips (1971), pp. 134–135 Explorer-geographer David Thompson, working as head of the

North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what is present-day Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great weal ...

's Columbia Department, became the first European to explore what is now the Inland Northwest.Stratton (2005), p. 19 After establishing the Kullyspell House and

Saleesh House Saleesh House, also known as Flathead Post, was a North West Company fur trading post built near present-day Thompson Falls, Montana in 1809 by David Thompson and James McMillan of the North West Company. It became a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) ...

fur trading posts in what are now Idaho and Montana, Thompson then attempted to expand further west. He sent out two trappers, Jacques Raphael Finlay and Finan McDonald, to construct a fur-trading post on the Spokane River in Washington and trade with the local Indians. This post was established in 1810, at the confluence of the Little Spokane and

Spokane River The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the Spokane Valley and the city of ...

s, becoming the first enduring European settlement of significance in Washington. Known as the

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, or simply "Spokane", it was in operation from 1810 to 1826. Spokane County was established by the Washington legislature effective January 29, 1858. It was annexed by Stevens County on January 19, 1864, and recreated on October 30, 1879. The first post office in the county was located at Spokane Bridge. The current Spokane county seat holder, Spokane, wrested the seat from Cheney in 1886.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which (0.9%) are covered by water. The lowest point in the county is the Spokane River behind

Long Lake Dam Long Lake Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Spokane River, between Lincoln County and Stevens County about northwest of Spokane in eastern Washington. It forms Long Lake (Washington), a long reservoir, and has a hydroelectric generating cap ...

(boundary of Stevens County) at

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. (Virtually no change in

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occurs between the dam and the mouth of the Little Spokane River inside

Riverside State Park Riverside State Park is a Washington state park located northwest of Spokane in the community of Nine Mile Falls. The park protects of Okanagan dry forest along the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers. It is the second largest state park in Was ...

.) The highest point in the county is the summit of Mount Spokane at . Spokane County has a complex geologic history and varied topography. To the west is the barren landscape of the Columbia Basin and to the east are the foothills of the Rockies—the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, which rise to the east in northern Idaho. Spokane County lies in a transition area between the eastern edge of the basaltic

Channeled Scablands The Channeled Scablands are a relatively barren and soil-free region of interconnected relict and dry flood channels, coulees and cataracts eroded into Palouse loess and the typically flat-lying basalt flows that remain after cataclysmic floods ...

steppe plains to the west and the rugged, timbered Rocky Mountain foothills to the east. The area exhibits signs of the prehistoric geologic events that shaped the area and region such as the Missoula Floods, which ended 12,000 to 15,000 years ago. The geography to the southeast, such as the Saltese Flats and Saltese Uplands is characterized as a shrub–steppe landscape with grassy hills and ravines. In ecology, as with the topography, the county is also in a transition area, roughly split between the Columbia Plateau ecoregion in the southwest portion, where it is at the eastern edge of the basaltic

steppe plain and the Northern Rockies ecoregion in the northwest portion, which is the rugged and forested

Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica ...

Rivers

* Little Spokane River * Latah Creek * Deep Creek * Cable Creek *

Saltese Creek Saltese Creek is an approximately long stream in Spokane County, Washington, United States. Originally only , the lower of the stream, along with around of drainage canals were dug to drain Saltese Lake. The stream now functions as one of two ...

Lakes and reservoirs

* Medical Lake * West Medical Lake * Liberty Lake *

Newman Lake Newman Lake—historically and alternatively known as Moab—is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, Spokane County, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, United States. Newman Lake, which took its name fro ...

* Shelley Lake

Notable summits and peaks

* Mount Spokane *

Mount Kit Carson Mount Kit Carson is a mountain in the northwest United States, located in Spokane County, Washington, northeast of Spokane, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is in Mount Spokane State Park, the largest of Washington's State Parks ...

* Mica Peak * Krell Hill

Notable parks

* Dishman Hills Natural Conservation Area *

* Riverfront Park * Manito Park *

Mount Spokane State Park Mount Spokane State Park is a public recreation area in the northwest United States,located in the Selkirk Mountains, northeast of the city of Spokane, Washington. The state park surrounds Mount Spokane and other peaks including Mount Kit Car ...

National protected area

* Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

Major highways

Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...

* U.S. Route 2 *

U.S. Route 195 U.S. Route 195 (US 195) is a north–south United States Highway, of which all but 0.65 miles of its 94.02 miles (1.05 of 151.95 km) are within the state of Washington. The highway starts in rural Idaho north of the city ...

U.S. Route 395 U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a U.S. Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia. The northern terminus is at the Canada–US border near Laurier, where the road ...

* State Route 27 * State Route 206 * State Route 290 * State Route 291 * State Route 902 * State Route 904

Adjacent counties

* Stevens County – northwest * Pend Oreille County – north *

Bonner County, Idaho Bonner County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,110. The county seat and largest city is Sandpoint. Partitioned from Kootenai County and established in 1907, it was name ...

– northeast *

– east *

Benewah County, Idaho Benewah County () is a county located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census the county had a population of 9,530. The county seat and largest city is St. Maries, which has some area inside the C ...

– southeast * Whitman County – south * Lincoln County – west

Demographics

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, 417,939 people, 163,611 households, and 106,019 families were in the county. The

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was . The 175,005 housing units had an average density of . The

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of the county was 88.62% White, 2.00% African American, 1.40% Native American, 1.88% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 0.82% from other races, and 2.76% from two or more races; 2.77% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. About 22.0% were of

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, 10.7% Irish, 9.9%

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, 7.6% American, and 6.4%

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ancestry. Of the 163,611 households, 32.4% had children under 18 living with them, 49.9% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were not families. About 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.46, and the average family size was 3.02. In the county, the age distribution was 25.7% under 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females. there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $37,308, and for a family was $46,463. Males had a median income of $35,097 versus $25,526 for females. The

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for the county was $19,233. About 8.30% of families and 12.30% of the population were below the

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, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 8.10% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, 471,221 people, 187,167 households, and 118,212 families were residing in the county. The population density was . The 201,434 housing units had an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 89.2% White, 2.1% Asian, 1.7% African American, 1.5% American Indian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.5% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 27.0% were German, 15.4% were Irish, 13.5% were English, 6.9% were Norwegian, and 4.4% were

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. Of the 187,167 households, 30.9% had children under 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were not families; 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.44, and the average family size was 2.99. The median age was 36.8 years. The median income for a household in the county was $47,250 and for a family was $59,999. Males had a median income of $44,000 versus $33,878 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,127. About 9.1% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the

, including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

Law and government

Spokane County is governed by a partisan board of county commissioners, one from each of three districts. They run in a partisan

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within their own district, then compete countywide in the

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. Other elected officials include the

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(who is also responsible for elections),

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, and

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, which are also partisan offices. Spokane County has an appointed

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. The current, as of October 2018, commissioners for Spokane County are Josh Kerns, Mary Kuney, and Al French, from the first, second, and third county districts, respectively. The current

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is Ozzie D. Knezovich, who was appointed on April, 11th 2006. Transportation planning within the county is handled by the Spokane Regional Transportation Council, a

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that was created in 1962. It distributes federal and state funds for transportation projects and updaties the long-range transportation plan for Spokane County. The county has voted Republican all but three times since 1948.

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was the last Democrat to win a majority of the county's vote. It gave a plurality of votes to

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in both elections. Democratic strength is concentrated in Spokane itself and in Cheney, which is home to

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, while the suburban areas are heavily Republican.

Communities

Cities

Airway Heights Airway Heights is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, just west of Spokane. The population was 10,757 at the 2020 census. The city's name was taken from its close proximity to the runways at Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane ...

* Cheney * Deer Park * Liberty Lake * Medical Lake * Millwood * Spangle *

(county seat) *

Spokane Valley The Spokane Valley is a valley of the Spokane River through the southern Selkirk Mountains in the U.S. state of Washington. The valley is home to the cities of Spokane and its suburbs Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, and Millwood. The valley i ...

Towns

* Fairfield * Latah * Rockford * Waverly

Census-designated places

* Country Homes *

Fairchild Air Force Base Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base, located in the northwest United States in eastern Washington, approximately southwest of Spokane. The host unit at Fairchild is the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (92 ARW) assigned ...

* Fairwood * Four Lakes *

Mead Mead () is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% ABV to more than 20%. The defining characte ...

* Otis Orchards-East Farms * Town and Country

Unincorporated communities

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* Buckeye * Chattaroy * Colbert * Deep Creek * Denison *

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* Elk * Espanola *

Freeman Freeman, free men, or variant, may refer to: * a member of the Third Estate in medieval society (commoners), see estates of the realm * Freeman, an apprentice who has been granted freedom of the company, was a rank within Livery companies * Free ...

* Garden Springs * Geiger Heights * Glenrose *

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* Green Bluff *

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* Manito * Marshall *

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Moab Moab ''Mōáb''; Assyrian: 𒈬𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 ''Mu'abâ'', 𒈠𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 ''Ma'bâ'', 𒈠𒀪𒀊 ''Ma'ab''; Egyptian: 𓈗𓇋𓃀𓅱𓈉 ''Mū'ībū'', name=, group= () is the name of an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territ ...

* Mount Hope *

* Nine Mile Falls * Orchard Prairie * Peone *

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* Riverside * Seven Mile * Silver Lake * Spokane Bridge * Spring Valley * Stringtown * Tyler * Valleyford

Ghost towns/neighborhoods

Babb Babb is surname of mostly English origin which has been documented as far back as 1322 in Devon County, England. While the name appears to have originated in the Devon area, Y-DNA Genetic testing has revealed a number of distinct lineages througho ...

* Coey * Darknell *

Dragoon Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat w ...

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving one ...

* Geib *

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Lyons Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

* Mock *

North Pine North Pine Sports Club is an Australian football (soccer) club from Dakabin, a suburb of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The club currently play in the Capital League 1 after relegation from Brisbane Premier League in 2016. History Nor ...

* Rahm *

Rodna Rodna (formerly ''Rodna Veche''; hu, Óradna, Radna; german: Altrodenau) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Rodna and Valea Vinului (''Radnaborberek''). Its name is derived from a Sl ...

* Saxby * Scribner * Wallner

Education

School districts include:
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Central Valley School District Central Valley School District No. 356 is a K–12 public school district located in Spokane Valley, Washington, Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake, Washington. Over 14,100 students attend one of the twenty-one schools within the district. Histo ...

Cheney School District Cheney School District No. 360 is a public school district in Spokane County, Washington and serves the towns of Cheney, Airway Heights, and the surrounding area. The district offers classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12. As of 2018, the dist ...

* Deer Park School District *

East Valley School District (Spokane) East Valley School District encompasses approximately in the City of Spokane Valley, Washington, Spokane Valley and areas of unincorporated Spokane County, Washington, Spokane County. The district boundaries extend from Butler Road in Spokane V ...

Freeman School District Freeman, free men, or variant, may refer to: * a member of the Third Estate in medieval society (commoners), see estates of the realm * Freeman, an apprentice who has been granted freedom of the company, was a rank within Livery companies * Free ...

* Great Northern School District *

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Mead School District Mead School District No. 354 is a public School district serving Mead and North Spokane communities for over 100 years. Over 10,000 students attend the 15 schools in the district which consists of two high schools, an alternative high school, a ST ...

Medical Lake School District Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

* Newport School District * Nine Mile Falls School District * Orchard Prairie School District * Reardan-Edwall School District * Riverside School District * Rosalia School District *

Spokane Public Schools Spokane Public Schools (District No. 81) is a public school district in Spokane County, Washington, and serves the city of Spokane. The district includes oversight and administration of seven high schools, six middle schools, and 34 elementary sc ...

* St. John School District *

Tekoa School District Tekoa or Tekoah may refer to: * Tekoa, Washington, a town in the United States * Tekoa Mountain (Washington), a mountain near the town in Washington State * Tekoa Mountain, a ridge in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, United States * Tekoa, Gush Et ...

West Valley School District (Spokane) West Valley School District (WVSD) is located in the city of Spokane Valley, Washington. The District has five Elementary School, elementary schools, two middle schools, and Three high schools, which include two non-traditional high schools. The g ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spokane, Washington 1858 establishments in Washington Territory Populated places established in 1858 Eastern Washington