Whitman County
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county in the state of Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- Founded
- November 29, 1871
- Named after
- Marcus Whitman
- Seat
- Colfax
- Largest city
- Pullman
- Total
- 2,178 sq mi (5,640 km )
- Land
- 2,159 sq mi (5,590 km )
- Water
- 19 sq mi (49 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 48,512
- Density
- 22/sq mi (8.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- whitmancounty.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Marcus Whitman
- Official name
- Whitman County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington
- Contains
- Colfax
- Capital
- Colfax
- Population
- 47973
- Area
- 5641
- Shares border with
- Lincoln County
- Official website
- www.whitmancounty.org
- Image
- Colfax Post Office.jpg
- Households
- 18485
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- Commons category
- Whitman County, Washington
- topic's main category
- Category:Whitman County, Washington
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Whitman County, Washington
- topic has template
- Template:Whitman County, Washington
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Whitman County
- per capita income
- 24396
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Encyclopedic overview
Whitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,973. The county seat is Colfax, and its largest city is Pullman.
The county was formed from Stevens County in 1871. It is named after Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian missionary who, with his wife Narcissa, was killed in 1847 by members of the Cayuse tribe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whitman County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.