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This is a list of Washington county name etymologies.
- Adams County, Washington: John Adams, the second president of the United States.
- Asotin County, Washington: The Nez Percé name for Eel Creek.
- Benton County, Washington: Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri U. S. senator.
- Chelan County, Washington: A Native American word meaning deep water, probably a reference to Lake Chelan.
- Clallam County, Washington: A Klallam word meaning the strong people.
- Clark County, Washington: William Clark, the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- Columbia County, Washington: The Columbia River.
- Cowlitz County, Washington: A Cowlitz word meaning seeker (in the spiritual sense).
- Douglas County, Washington: Stephen Arnold Douglas, the statesman and rival of Abraham Lincoln.
- Ferry County, Washington: Elisha P. Ferry, the first governor of Washington.
- Franklin County, Washington: Benjamin Franklin, the famous Founding Father, statesman, printer, and scientist.
- Garfield County, Washington: James Abram Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States.
- Grant County, Washington: Ulysses Simpson Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States.
- Grays Harbor County, Washington: Grays Harbor on the county's Pacific Ocean coastline.
- Island County, Washington: After the fact that it consists of just two islands, Whidbey Island and Camano Island.
- Jefferson County, Washington: Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
- King County, Washington: William Rufus de Vane King, the thirteenth vice president of the United States. (The county was "renamed" in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1986.)
- Kitsap County, Washington: Kitsap, a chief of the Suquamish tribe.
- Kittitas County, Washington: A Native American word of uncertain meaning.
- Klickitat County, Washington: The Klickitat tribe of the Yakama Nation.
- Lewis County, Washington: Meriwether Lewis, the co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- Lincoln County, Washington: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.
- Mason County, Washington: C. H. Mason, the first secretary of the Washington Territory.
- Okanogan County, Washington: A Salish Native American word meaning rendezvous.
- Pacific County, Washington: The Pacific Ocean.
- Pend Oreille County, Washington: The Pend d'Oreille Native American tribe.
- Pierce County, Washington: Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States.
- San Juan County, Washington: San Juan Island.
- Skagit County, Washington: The Skagit Native American tribe.
- Skamania County, Washington: A Chinookan word meaning swift water.
- Snohomish County, Washington: The Snohomish Native American tribe.
- Spokane County, Washington: The Spokane Native American tribe.
- Stevens County, Washington: Isaac Ingalls Stevens, the first governor of the Washington Territory.
- Thurston County, Washington: Samuel Royal Thurston, Oregon Territory's first delegate to the United States Congress.
- Wahkiakum County, Washington: Chief Wahkiakum of the Chinook Native American tribe.
- Walla Walla County, Washington: The Walla Walla Native American tribe.
- Whatcom County, Washington: Chief Whatcom of the Nooksack Native American tribe.
- Whitman County, Washington: Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian missionary who was killed by members of the Cayuse Native American tribe.
- Yakima County, Washington: The Yakama Native American tribe.
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