Douglas County
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county in the state of Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- Founded
- November 28, 1883
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Seat
- Waterville
- Largest city
- East Wenatchee
- Total
- 1,849 sq mi (4,790 km )
- Land
- 1,819 sq mi (4,710 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 46,473
- Density
- 22/sq mi (8.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 8th
- Website
- douglascountywa.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington
- Contains
- Waterville
- Capital
- Waterville
- Population
- 42938
- Area
- 4788
- Shares border with
- Chelan County
- Official website
- www.douglascountywa.net
- Image
- Waterville-Douglas-County Court House IMG 1832.jpg
- Households
- 15435
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- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Douglas County
- Commons category
- Douglas County, Washington
- topic's main category
- Category:Douglas County, Washington
- inception
- 1883-00-00
- per capita income
- 32709
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 42,938. The county seat is Waterville, while its largest settlement is East Wenatchee. The county was created out of Lincoln County on November 28, 1883 and is named for American statesman Stephen A. Douglas.
Douglas County is part of the Wenatchee, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.