Asotin County, Washington

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Asotin County, Washington is a rural county in the southeastern corner of the state, known for its rugged terrain along the Snake River and its county seat, the city of Asotin.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Asotin County, Washington canonical 10
Asotin County 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county of Washington State ⓘ
adjacentTo Latah County, Idaho ⓘ
Nez Perce County, Idaho ⓘ
linked to: Nez Perce County
areaLand approximately 635 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal approximately 636 square miles ⓘ
areaWater approximately 1 square mile ⓘ
borderFeature Snake River forms eastern boundary ⓘ
borders Garfield County, Washington ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Wallowa County, Oregon ⓘ
Whitman County, Washington ⓘ
characteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
climate semi-arid to Mediterranean-influenced ⓘ
congressionalDistrict Washington's 5th congressional district ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Asotin, Washington ⓘ
dateEstablished 1883-10-27 ⓘ
elevationRange from Snake River canyon floor to surrounding plateaus ⓘ
feature Hells Canyon ⓘ
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (part) ⓘ
linked to: Hells Canyon
FIPSCode 53003 ⓘ
formedFrom Garfield County, Washington ⓘ
GNISID 1530705 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasCity Asotin, Washington ⓘ
Clarkston, Washington ⓘ
hasTown Anatone, Washington ⓘ
includedIn Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area ⓘ
largestCity Clarkston, Washington ⓘ
locatedIn Palouse region (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Palouse region

Washington ⓘ
southeastern Washington ⓘ
linked to: eastern Washington
namedAfter Asotin Creek ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from a Nez Perce word meaning "place of the eel" ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.co.asotin.wa.us/ ⓘ
partOf Inland Northwest ⓘ
population approximately 22,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
populationDensity low ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
river Grande Ronde River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
stateLegislativeDistrict Washington's 9th legislative district ⓘ
terrain canyons ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nez Perce County → borders → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Whitman County, Washington → borders → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Clarkston, Washington → county → Asotin County ⓘ
linked to: Asotin County, Washington
Lower Granite Dam → locatedInCounty → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Grande Ronde River → flowsThrough → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Lewis–Clark Valley → locatedIn → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Whitman County → borders → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Washington State Route 129 → county → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area → containsCounty → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Garfield County, Washington → borders → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ
Snake River, Washington → flowsThrough → Asotin County, Washington ⓘ