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== Former county names == Four counties changed their name between 1849 and 1925. * Chehalis County, originally named for the [[Lower Chehalis people|Chehalis people]], was renamed [[Grays Harbor County, Washington|Grays Harbor County]] in 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8645 |title=Chehalis β Thumbnail History |first=Jennifer |last=Ott |date=July 1, 2008 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNmwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA250 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |page=250 |chapter=Chapter 77 (S.B. 297), Changing Name of Chehalis County |year=1915|access-date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> * Sawamish County, originally named for the [[Sahewamish]] Native American tribe, was renamed [[Mason County, Washington|Mason County]] in 1864.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7731 |title=Washington Territorial Legislature creates Sawamish (Mason) County on April 15, 1854 |work=HistoryLink |first=David |last=Wilma |date=April 19, 2006 |access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> * Slaughter County, originally named for Lieutenant William A. Slaughter who was killed during the Indian Wars, was renamed [[Kitsap County, Washington|Kitsap County]] shortly after its formation in 1857.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7867 |title=Slaughter County is renamed Kitsap County on July 13, 1857 |work=HistoryLink |first=David |last=Wilma |date=July 27, 2006 |access-date=March 16, 2012}}</ref> The initial proposals for this county called it Madison County or Kitsap County.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|1913|pp=7β8}}</ref> * Vancouver County, originally named for [[George Vancouver]], was renamed [[Clark County, Washington|Clarke County]] in 1849<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|1913|pp=1β2}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Holman|1910|pp=3β5}}</ref> and corrected to Clark in 1925.<ref name="hanable">{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5644|title=Clark County — Thumbnail History|last=Hanable|first=William S.|date=February 4, 2004|work=HistoryLink|access-date=June 12, 2020}}</ref>
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