Whitman County, Washington
Whitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, the population was 44,776. The county seat is Colfax, and its largest city is Pullman. The county was formed out of Stevens County on November 29, 1871. It is named after Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian missionary who, with his wife Narcissa, was killed in 1847 by members of the Cayuse tribe.
Whitman County comprises the Pullman, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,178 square miles (5,640 km2), of which 2,159 square miles (5,590 km2) is land and 19 square miles (49 km2) (0.9%) is water. Whitman County is part of the Palouse, a wide and rolling prairie-like region of the middle Columbia basin.
Rivers
Snake River
Palouse River
Union Flat Creek
Rock Creek
Pine Creek
Lakes and reservoirs
Lake Herbert G. West, formed from Lower Monumental Dam
Lake Bryan, named for Dr. Enoch A. Bryan, behind the Little Goose Dam