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Wahkiakum County Courthouse

"Wahkiakum County is 269 square miles and was created by the Legislature in 1854. It was named after an Indian Chief. There were barely enough people to form a county government as an 1853 census of the area found only 52 people, and 20 of these were under 21 years of age. For the first tweny years the county did not have a courthouse, and was built at the cost of $540 and it provided only jail space and a courtroom overhead. In 1895 a county auditor's office was added and the first complete courthouse was built in 1891. The county courthouse pictured above was constructed in 1922 following a fire in September 1921, destroying the previous courthouse."

 

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