Asotin County, Washington

Founding: 1883
Parent county: Garfield

Namesake: Asotin Creek
Seat: Asotin (1883–)

Land area: 636 square miles

Population (2020): 22,285

Population (historic): 1,580 (1890); 5,831 (1910); 8,136 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; two CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,288 (12.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 55.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,287
Average outbuilding value (1930): $942
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 578
Average farm size (1920): 166.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Washington, Missouri, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, and Germany
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Asotin

Namesake: Asotin Creek

Founding: 1878 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1890 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,204

Population (historic): 200 (1890); 820 (1910); 697 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1940–1960; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 170 (30.9%)
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