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Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 17 of those are found in Okanogan County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025.
English: This is a locator map showing Okanogan County in Washington. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
Chesaw is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington. Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman. [2] The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900. [2] Chesaw now hosts an annual rodeo held every 4th of July.
Okanogan County (/ ˌ oʊ k ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən /) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,104. [2] The county seat is Okanogan, [3] while the most populous city is Omak. Its area is the largest in the state. [4]
Okanogan (/ ˌ oʊ k ə ˈ n ɒ ɡ ən / OH-kə-NOG-ən; derived from Syilx'tsn: "rendezvous" or "meeting place") is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,379 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] down from 2,552 at the 2010 census , within the Greater Omak Area . [ 5 ]
Wauconda is located on a plateau about 23 miles (37 km) east of Tonasket, Washington, near Wauconda Pass and the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. State Route 20 travels through the settlement. [11] It is near the headwaters of a fork of Granite Creek, which empties into the Sanpoil River at nearby Republic, Washington. [12]
Ellisford (or Ellisforde) is an unincorporated small rural village in Okanogan County, Washington. [1] Ellisford is located along U.S. Route 97 to the east of the Okanogan River. There is an organic fertilizer plant at Ellisforde. The Lucky Knock Mine is located near the village. [2]
The Okanogan River at Riverside According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.99 square miles (2.56 km 2 ), of which, 0.97 square miles (2.51 km 2 ) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2 ) is water. [ 6 ]