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Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...
Everett is the largest city in Snohomish County and the seventh largest in Washington state by population, ranking between Kent and Renton. [213] It had a population of 110,629 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census .
Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' rain shadow. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of 46.87 centimetres (18.45 inches) of precipitation per year, [ 1 ] whereas the average place in Western Washington ...
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The official History of the Washington State Legislature states "As had been the case in 1882, in Thurston County, Democrats and anti-administration Republicans joined to form the People’s Party". [13] However a Washington local newspaper in 1865 listed the People's Party as one of the main competing parties in an election. [17]
Mount Vernon is the county seat of and the most populous city in Skagit County, Washington, United States.A central location in the Skagit River Valley, the city is located 51 miles (82 km) south of the U.S.–Canada border and 60 miles [97 km] north of Seattle.
Historically, construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal drastically changed the inflow and outflow of the lake. Before construction of the canal in 1916, Lake Washington's outlet was the Black River, which joined the Duwamish River and emptied into Elliott Bay. When the canal was opened the level of the lake dropped nearly nine feet (2.7 m ...