Brief
History:
Island County is a county
located in the U.S. state of
Washington. Its county seat is
Coupeville, while its largest
city is Oak Harbor. The county's
name reflects the fact that it is composed
entirely of islands. It contains two large
islands, Whidbey and Camano, and
seven smaller islands (Baby, Ben Ure,
Deception, Kalamut, Minor, Smith, and
Strawberry). Island County was
created out of Thurston County on December
22, 1852, by the legislature of
Oregon Territory, and is the
eighth-oldest county in Washington. It
originally encompassed what are now
Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and San
Juan Counties.
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