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* Adams County, Washington: John Adams, the second president of the United States. * Asotin County, Washington: The Nez Percé name for Eel Creek. * Benton County, Washington: Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri U. S. senator. * Chelan County, Washington: A Native American word meaning deep water, probably a reference to Lake Chelan. * Clallam County, Washington: A Klallam word meaning the strong people. * Clark County, Washington: William Clark, the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. * Columbia County, Washington: The Columbia River. * Cowlitz County, Washington: A Cowlitz word meaning seeker (in the spiritual sense). * Douglas County, Washington: Stephen Arnold Douglas, the statesman and rival of Abraham Lincoln. * Ferry County, Washington: Elisha P. Ferry, the first governor of Washington. * Franklin County, Washington: Benjamin Franklin, the famous Founding Father, statesman, printer, and scientist. * Garfield County, Washington: James Abram Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States. * Grant County, Washington: Ulysses Simpson Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States. * Grays Harbor County, Washington: Grays Harbor on the county's Pacific Ocean coastline. * Island County, Washington: After the fact that it consists of just two islands, Whidbey Island and Camano Island. * Jefferson County, Washington: Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. * King County, Washington: William Rufus de Vane King, the thirteenth vice president of the United States. (The county was "renamed" in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1986.) * Kitsap County, Washington: Kitsap, a chief of the Suquamish tribe. * Kittitas County, Washington: A Native American word of uncertain meaning. * Klickitat County, Washington: The Klickitat tribe of the Yakama Nation. * Lewis County, Washington: Meriwether Lewis, the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. * Lincoln County, Washington: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. * Mason County, Washington: C. H. Mason, the first secretary of the Washington Territory. * Okanogan County, Washington: A Salish Native American word meaning rendezvous. * Pacific County, Washington: The Pacific Ocean. * Pend Oreille County, Washington: The Pend d'Oreille Native American tribe. * Pierce County, Washington: Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States. * San Juan County, Washington: San Juan Island. * Skagit County, Washington: The Skagit Native American tribe. * Skamania County, Washington: A Chinookan word meaning swift water. * Snohomish County, Washington: The Snohomish Native American tribe. * Spokane County, Washington: The Spokane Native American tribe. * Stevens County, Washington: Isaac Ingalls Stevens, the first governor of the Washington Territory. * Thurston County, Washington: Samuel Royal Thurston, Oregon Territory's first delegate to the United States Congress. * Wahkiakum County, Washington: Chief Wahkiakum of the Chinook Native American tribe. * Walla Walla County, Washington: The Walla Walla Native American tribe. * Whatcom County, Washington: Chief Whatcom of the Nooksack Native American tribe. * Whitman County, Washington: Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian missionary who was killed by members of the Cayuse Native American tribe. * Yakima County, Washington: The Yakama Native American tribe.

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