Skamania County Cities

  

• Cities are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right •

NOTE: City Naming History adapted from the book Washington State Place Names (8th Printing, 1997)
with permission from the Publisher: University of Washington Press.
Skamania County
 Skamania County's Web Site
23rd Largest County by Area - County Seat: Stevenson
county map

Skamania County, located in the southwestern portion of the state, lies entirely within the Cascade Mountains and is bordered on the south by the Columbia River Gorge. Skamania a Native-American word meaning "swift river" and refers to the swift currents of the Columbia River. The county was created on March 5, 1854 by the Washington Territorial Legislature.