Stevens County County
The county was created in 1863 and named after Isaac Stevens, the first governor of Washington Territory.
Mapped Location
Stevens County: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Stevens County
- Feature Type: County
- County Seat: City of Colville
- Established: Tuesday, January 20, 1863
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Stevens County
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Stevens County | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Stevens County
References to Stevens County that document the origin of its place name
STEVENS COUNTY, organized by act of the Legislature dated January 20, 1863, and named in honor of General Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who had been the first Governor of Washington Territory and who was killed while leading an assault on the Confederates at the Battle of Chantilly, September 1, 1862.
A Selected Bibliography of Stevens County, County
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Mapping the frontier Charles Wilson's diary of the survey of the 49th parallel, 1858-1862, while secretary of the British Boundary Commission by Charles William Wilson
Mapping the frontier Charles Wilson's diary of the survey of the 49th parallel, 1858-1862 examines the grueling imperial cartography and immense logistical struggle situated across the profoundly rugged, trans-mountain macro-geography of the US-British Columbia borderlands. Wilson details how the region's formidable topography—specifically the impenetrable, old-growth temperate rainforests of the coastal slope, the sheer, glaciated alpine barricades of the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, and the deep, turbulent river chasms cutting perpendicular to the border—strictly dictated the margins of early scientific reconnaissance, precarious overland supply chains, and the immense physical labor required to physically mark the wilderness. By mapping the Boundary Commission's arduous effort to impose a rigid, abstract political line across violently fractured terrain—requiring the literal chopping of massive forest swaths, precarious high-altitude ascents, and constant battles with severe winter isolation—the narrative highlights how this specific unforgiving, mountainous geography anchored a profoundly grueling, highly isolated feat of imperial engineering. Ultimately, this diaristic and cartographic record serves as a macro-level spatial history, demonstrating how the immense alpine barricades, severe botanical density, and unrelenting climatic extremes of this Pacific Northwest landscape fundamentally shaped the highly arduous, geographically defiant character of the 49th parallel boundary survey.
182 pages : maps, portrait ; 22 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
An illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington by Western Historical Publishing Company
Published in 1904 by the Western Historical Publishing Company, this comprehensive volume chronicles the pioneer settlement, civic foundation, and industrial emergence of four rugged counties in northern Washington state. A keen insight drawn from the text is how the sudden, controversial opening of former Native American reservation lands (such as the Colville Reservation) to white prospectors triggered explosive mining booms, acting as the primary catalyst that rapidly transformed this isolated northern frontier into permanent communities. The narrative details the distinct economic drivers across the region, from the rich mineral districts of Ferry and Stevens to the vast cattle ranges and early orchard irrigation projects of Okanogan and Chelan counties. Furthermore, the book preserves the area's pioneer legacy by featuring hundreds of detailed biographical sketches of the resilient prospectors, ranchers, and civic leaders who built these foundational settlements.
xxii, 867 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm
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Stevens County
- Addy
- Aladdin
- Arden
- Arzina
- Bear
- Bingville
- Bissel
- Blue Town (historical)
- Bluecreek
- Bossburg
- Camas
- Carrs Corner
- Cedonia
- City of Chewelah
- Clayton
- City of Colville
- Cozy Nook
- Daisy
- Deer Trail
- East Marcus
- Echo
- Edendale (historical)
- Enterprise
- Evans
- Fairview
- Ford
- Frontier
- Fruitland
- Gifford
- Godfrey (historical)
- Goldfield Mill
- Grays
- Greenwood
- Harvey (historical)
- Hunters
- City of Kettle Falls
- Kulzer
- Leadpoint
- Little Dalles (historical)
- Loon Lake
- Marble
- Town of Marcus
- Maud
- Mobile Ranch Park
- Town of Northport
- Onion Creek
- Orin
- Park Rapids
- Paterson
- Pinkney City
- Powell
- Rice
- Ryan
- Schmidt (historical)
- Spirit
- Town of Springdale
- Tumtum
- Turk
- Valley
- Velvet
- Waits
- Ward
- Waterloo
- Wellpinit
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-06-29