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Spokane County History
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On January 29, 1868, the Washington Territorial Legislature created Spokane County from the northeastern part of Walla Walla County. In 1864 Spokane was reorganized as part of Stevens County. In 1879 Spokane County was disorganized, reorganized from Stevens County, and recreated as Spokane County.
Spokane County is the center of the "Inland Empire". It includes parts of the Spokane Valley plains, Okanogan, Selkirk Highlands, and Palouse Hills of Eastern Washington.
Spokane, an Indian word meaning "Children of the Sun" or "Sun People", was derived from the chief of the Middle Spokane Indians, Illim Spokanee.
The city of Spokane {spo-kan} is the County Seat. The city was originally called "Spokane Falls", but in 1891 a vote of the people changed it to "Spokane".
Washington became a state, November 11, 1889.
In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page.
The WAGenWeb Project is an extension of the KYGenWeb Project.
WAGenWeb State Coordinator is, Mike Sweeney
Spokane County, Washington, WAGenWeb Coordinator is, Tim "PITA" Harper
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