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Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–US border. At the 2020 census, its population was 46,445. [1] As of July 2023, the population was estimated to be 48,837. The county seat and largest city is Colville. [2]
City tradition says that Colville was founded by John U. Hofstetter. [12] It was officially incorporated as a city on June 7, 1890. In the 1950s, the Colville Air Force Station was developed and operated 14.7 miles north and east of Colville as part of the Air Defense Command's network of radar stations. A few buildings remain at the site today.
Location of Stevens County in Washington. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Stevens County, Washington, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
The trade center Fort Colvile (also Fort Colville [1]) was built by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Kettle Falls on the Columbia River in 1825 and operated in the Columbia fur district of the company. Named for Andrew Colvile, [2] a London governor of the HBC, the fort was a few miles west of the present site of Colville, Washington.
Fort Colville was a U.S. Army post in the Washington Territory located three miles (5 km) north of current Colville, Washington.During its existence from 1859 to 1882, it was called "Harney's Depot" and "Colville Depot" during the first two years, and finally "Fort Colville".
Jul. 23—Two growing wildfires on the Colville Indian Reservation in Ferry County have led to road closures and evacuation warnings for the town of Keller. The Swawilla Fire has burned 7,300 ...
A section of Washington State Route 31 in Colville National Forest. State Route 31 (SR 31) is a Washington state highway located entirely in Pend Oreille County.The highway, which is 26.79 miles (43.11 km) long, starts at an intersection with SR 20 in Tiger and travels north to the Canada–US border north of Metaline Falls.
The Fort Walla Walla–Fort Colville Military Road was built in June 1859 to connect the Walla Walla area with its fairly easy access to the Columbia River to the mountainous area of the Huckleberry and Selkirk Mountains of current Northeast Washington and the Inland Northwest.