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Welcome to Lincoln County, Washington

Photo of Wheat Harvester near Davenport Washington, 1906, submitted by Gabe Gants

 

-LINCOLN COUNTY is located in the Big Bend region of Eastern Washington. 

-Honoring President Abraham Lincoln,  it was created by the Territorial Legislature  

  on November 24,1883.

-The center of a large agricultural area, the county seat is Davenport. 

-Ranked 7th in size in the state, land area is 2,311.2 square miles with 1,479,168  

  acres. 1,465,788 acres is farmland. 

-It's number one in the state(1996) in grass seed production, with Winter Wheat  

   and Barley, ranking number two. 

-Spring wheat, potatoes and other grains follow.  It is also number three in the  

  state for raising beef cattle.  

-Lincoln County is bordered: on the EastSpokane County, 

    the South: Adams County ,on the West: Grant County,

   on the North: Ferry County, Okanogan County and  Stevens County,

   touching: Douglas County and Whitman County. 

   Not touching, but also in the Northeast corner is Pend Oreille County.

- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, named after the President whose administration  

   built the Grand Coulee Dam, creates the north boundary.  This lake is a 151 mile  

    long reservoir of water of the Columbia River.  Starting in Canada, the Columbia  

  crosses Washington state North to South and becomes the Washington/Oregon  

   border on it's way to the Pacific Ocean.
-Towns in Lincoln County are Almira, Creston,  Davenport, Edwall, Irby,

  HarringtonLamona, Lincoln, Mohler, Miles, Odessa, Reardon, Seven Bays,

 Sprague  and  Wilbur  

 (More under Lincoln County Resources, City governments)    

 

            

 

                       

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 -These Genweb files have been donated by other researchers, such as yourself.

 -If you have public domain records/documents, help other researchers by submitting them here.

 -Your contributions are what makes this project a success! Or volunteer to transcribe/type records.
 -We cannot accept anything copyrighted, unless you have written permission from the author.

 -Most things before Dec 31, 1922 are not under copyright.
 -Please contact me,
LIncoln County Co-ordinator if you have information to share.
 -Please contact our Lookup Volunteers for  a lookup,
I DO NOT have the resources to do lookups.

 -I have roots in Lincoln County, but I do not live in Lincoln County or Walla Walla County. 

 -I grew up in Walla Walla County and have added links and information here also.

 -I love cemeteries and recorded a few in Lincoln county& almost all in Walla Walla County. 
 -These pages are constantly growing thanks to our contributors....so check back soon.

 

                                            

 
map of Washington counties
Map courtesy of Mike Sweeney

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This page is maintained by Rella Gleaton, Lincoln County Coordinator,

and was last updated on June 8,2021.

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