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Welcome to Pacific
County Washington Genealogy Research
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I created this
website to provide genealogy
information and links to genealogy
information to assist people in
researching
their Pacific County Washington
ancestors.
I would appreciate any
contribution that you would like to
make to this site:
biographies, obituaries, birth,
marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc
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County Data
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Brief
History:
Pacific County is a county in
the U.S. state of Washington. Its
county seat is South Bend, and its largest
city is
Raymond. The county was formed by
the government of Oregon Territory in
February 1851 and is named for the
Pacific Ocean.
Pacific County is centered on
Willapa Bay, a region that provides
twenty-five percent of the United States
oyster
harvest, although forestry, fishing,
and tourism are also significant elements
of the county's economy.
The area that is now Pacific County
was part of Oregon Territory in the first
part of the nineteenth century. On
December 19, 1845, the Provisional
Government of Oregon created two counties
(Vancouver and Clark) in its
northern portion (which is now the
state of Washington). In 1849, the name of
Vancouver County was changed to
Lewis County, and on February 4,
1851, a portion of Lewis County was
partitioned off to become Pacific County.
The county's boundaries have not
changed since its creation. The
unincorporated community of Oysterville,
established in 1852, was the first
county seat. The county records were
stolen from Oysterville and ferried across
Willapa Harbor by residents of South
Bend, resulting in that town becoming the
new county seat in 1893.
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