Quillehuyte County, Washington
Quillehuyte County was a Washington Territory List of counties in Washington, county from January 29, 1868, to 1869. It and Yakima County, Washington#History, Ferguson County are the only two counties of the territory (now the State of Washington) that dissolved, although the Washington Territorial Legislature attempted to dissolve Skamania County, Washington, Skamania County in January 1865, but was overruled by the United States Congress. Additionally, some Washington counties have been renamed since their formation; Mason County, Washington, Sawamish County (from a Salish people's name) was renamed to Mason in 1864 for example. The county was probably named for the Quileute people, also taken for the Quillayute River, airport, etc. with varying spellings due to transliteration of their name from the Chimakuan language. Creation of the county from the western half of Jefferson County, Washington, Jefferson and a portion of Clallam County, Washington, Clallam county (also formed f ...
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