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North Kitsap
Kitsap County is located in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 275,611. Its county seat is Port Orchard, Washington, Port Orchard, and its largest city is Bremerton, Washington, Bremerton. The county was formed out of King County, Washington, King County and Jefferson County, Washington, Jefferson County on January 16, 1857, and is named for Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish Tribe. Originally named Slaughter County, it was soon renamed. Kitsap County comprises the Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington, Silverdale, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, WA Seattle metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. The United States Navy is the largest employer in the county, with installations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport, Washington, Keyport, and Naval Base Kitsap (which comprises former NSB Bangor and NS Breme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Kitsap
Kitsap or Ktsap (died April 18, 1860) was a war chief of the Suquamish Native American tribe. One source says that he was the most powerful chief on Puget Sound from 1790 to 1845. Kitsap County, Washington and the Kitsap Peninsula are named for him. He was an ancestor of Johnny Kitsap, 1908, also known as Chief Kitsap. Having been prominent before white settlement of Puget Sound began, oral history is the only basis for most of what can be said about Kitsap, and many reports offer conflicting information. He may have been one of the Indians who was welcomed aboard HMS ''Discovery'' by Captain George Vancouver during his exploration of Puget Sound. Some sources indicate that it was Kitsap who had Old Man House, Puget Sound's largest longhouse, built on Agate Pass, though other sources debate this. Aside from being one of the best-known war chiefs of the Suquamish, at one point Kitsap was acknowledged as the head of the largest intertribal coalition which the Puget Sound had e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |