Editing Country Homes, Washington (section)

==History==
What is now Country Homes was part of the traditional homeland of the [[Spokane people]] since prehistoric times. The tribe made great use of the nearby [[Little Spokane River]] which flows just north of the CDP.<ref name="TribeHistory">{{cite web |title=HISTORY — Spokane Tribe of Indians |url=https://www.spokanetribe.com/history/ |website=spokanetribe.com |publisher=Spokane Tribe of Indians |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> The first permanent European presence in the area near Country Homes came in 1810 with the construction of [[Spokane House]] by the [[North West Company]] of fur traders. The trading post was established where the Little Spokane meets the [[Spokane River]], approximately four-and-a-half miles northwest of the current CDP.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weadick |first1=Mark |title=A History of Spokane House 1810-26 |url=https://www.friendsofspokanehouse.com/_files/ugd/123866_458ed5fd85a34029aa590e3a59e274e9.pdf |website=www.friendsofspokanehouse.com |access-date=19 June 2024 |pages=7–8 |format=PDF}}</ref>

Whitworth University was established in 1890 on the west side of the state and moved to its current location in Country Homes in 1914.<ref name="AboutWhitworth">{{cite web |title=About Whitworth |url=https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/about/ |website=whitworth.edu |publisher=Whitworth University |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> [[Division Street (Spokane, Washington)|Division Street]], the main north–south thoroughfare through the north side of Spokane, which carries U.S. Highway 395 through Country Homes, was an unpaved road through the area until 1932 when pavement reached from downtown Spokane to north of "The Y" where U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 395 fork on the southeastern edge of Country Homes.<ref name="SRdivisionYhistory">{{cite news |last1=Deshais |first1=Nicholas |title=Getting There: The how of 'the Y' |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/19/getting-there-the-how-of-the-y/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |issue=August 19, 2019}}</ref> Further integration with the expanding city of Spokane to the south occurred in 1965 with the construction of Country Homes Boulevard which cuts diagonally across the CDP in a southwest–northeast direction. Country Homes Boulevard connected the expanding suburban areas of Country Homes and areas to the north and northeast of Spokane with the core of the city and the at-the-time new [[Maple Street Bridge (Spokane, Washington)|Maple Street Bridge]].<ref name="Deshais19">{{cite news |last1=Deshais |first1=Nicholas |title=Getting There: Country Homes was a ‘route through empty fields,’ now it’s major thoroughfare being repaired |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/29/getting-there-country-homes-was-a-route-through-em/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=29 July 2019}}</ref>

As the city of Spokane has grown and expanded north over the decades, Country Homes has remained an unincorporated area of Spokane County. This is despite the city of Spokane annexing areas to the east of Country Homes in 1967 and again in 1985. Areas to the west of Country Homes along the bluff of Five Mile Prairie were annexed in 1975 with additional annexations in 1984 and 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Annexation History |url=https://data-spokane.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/spokane::annexation-history/explore?location=47.671683%2C-117.453950%2C9.98 |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>