Lewis County
Founded: December 19, 1845 |
Lewis County
Sheriff's Office
345 West Main Street
Chehalis, WA 98532
Phone: 360.748.9286
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Lewis County is named after Meriwether Lewis. As of 2007,
the estimated population was 74,100. The county seat is at Chehalis,
and its largest city is Centralia. Lewis County is known for
sharing many characteristics with eastern Washington instead
of western Washington, where it is located, especially
politically.
Lewis County was created on December 19, 1845 by the
provisional government of Oregon Territory.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total
area of 2,436 square miles, of which, 2,408 square miles of
it is land and 29 square miles of it (1.18%) is water. The
population density is 28 per square mile.
| Principal Communities: |
- Centralia
- Chehalis (County Seat)
- Fords Prairie
- Morton
- Mossyrock
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- Napavine
- Pe Ell
- Toledo
- Vader
- Winlock
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