Chelan County
Founded: March 13, 1899 |
Chelan County
Sheriff's Office
401 Washington Street, Ste 1
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Phone: 509.667.6875
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Chelan County is Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan
Statistical Area. As of 2007 the estimated population was
71,200. The county seat is at Wenatchee, which is also the
county's largest city. "Chelan" derives from a Chelan Indian
word meaning "deep water," likely a reference to
55-mile-long Lake Chelan, which reaches a maximum depth of
1,486 feet.
Chelan County was created out of Okanogan and Kittitas
Counties on March 13, 1899.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total
area of 2,994 square miles, of which, 2,921 square miles of
it is land and 72 square miles of it (2.41%) is water. The
population density is 23 per square mile.
| Principal Communities: |
- Cashmere
- Chelan
- Wenatchee (County Seat)
- Entiat
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- Leavenworth
- South Wenatchee
- Sunnyslope
- West Wenatchee
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