Kittitas County
Founded: 1884 |
Kittitas County
Sheriff's Office
205 West 5th Avenue,
Suite 1
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone: 509.667.6875
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Kittitas County has numerous interpretations of the name,
which is from the language of the Kittitas American Indian
language. According to one source, it "has been said to mean
everything from 'white chalk' to 'shale rock' to 'shoal
people' to 'land of plenty'. Most anthropologists and
historians concede that each interpretation has some
validity depending upon the particular dialect spoken." As
of 2007, the estimated population was 38,300. Its county seat is
Ellensburg, which is also the county's largest city.
Kittitas County officially separated from Yakima County in
1884.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total
area of 2,333 square miles, of which, 2,297 square miles of
it is land and 36 square miles of it is water. The highest
point in the county is Mount Daniel at 2426 meters (7,959
feet) above sea level. The population density is 16 per
square mile.
| Principal Communities: |
- Cle Elum
- Easton
- Ellensburg (County Seat)
- Kittitas
- Ronald
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- Roslyn
- Snoqualmie Pass
- South Cle Elum
- Thorp
- Vantage
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