Wahkiakum County, Washington
Founding: 1854 Parent county: Cowlitz Namesake: Wahkiakum, Chinook chief Seat: Cathlamet (1854–) Land area: 263 square miles Population (2020): 4,422 Population (historic): 270 (1870); 2,526 (1890); 3,285 (1910); 3,862 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1860–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: One town; nine CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 323 (15%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,356 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,069 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 373 Average farm size (1920): 23 acres Sources of settlement: Oregon, Sweden, Finland, and Norway _________________________________________________________________________________ Cathlamet Namesake: The Cathlamet peo...