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Lewis County
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county in the state of Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- Founded
- December 19, 1845
- Named after
- Meriwether Lewis
- Seat
- Chehalis
- Largest city
- Centralia
- Total
- 2,436 sq mi (6,310 km )
- Land
- 2,403 sq mi (6,220 km )
- Water
- 33 sq mi (85 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 88,062
- Density
- 34.19/sq mi (13.20/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- lewiscountywa.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 82,149. The county seat is Chehalis, and its largest city is Centralia. Lewis County comprises the Centralia, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewis County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.