Douglas is a county in Washington, United States, on the Waterville Plateau above the Columbia River. It had a population of 42,938 at the 2020 census and covers 1,849 square miles (4,790 km2), of which 1,819 square miles (4,710 km2) is land, centred near 47°44′N 119°41′W.<\/p>\n
Waterville is the county seat, and its postal code is 98858. The county has three incorporated cities, three incorporated towns and more than two dozen unincorporated communities. Douglas County sits in the Pacific time zone and carries FIPS code 53017.<\/p>\n
Douglas County has 29 named places on record, split between six incorporated cities and towns and the rest unincorporated communities, ranches and former post-office sites scattered across the plateau and the Columbia River breaks. “City” and “Town” are Washington’s two classes of incorporated municipality; “Unincorp.” covers everything else, most of which has no separate population count in Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Wenatchee<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 14,158<\/td>\n | 98802<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bridgeport<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 2,141<\/td>\n | 98813<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rock Island<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 98850<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Waterville<\/td>\n | Town · seat<\/td>\n | 1,134<\/td>\n | 98858<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mansfield<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 98830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Coulee Dam<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Orondo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 98843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Douglas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Palisades<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Withrow<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lamoine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alstown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Appledale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Beebe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brandts Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Broadway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Crown Point Vista<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Downing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dyer<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Wenatchee Bench<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fairview<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Farmer<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Howard<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Leahy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| McCarteney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mold<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mud Spring<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nilles Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Osborne Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rocky Butte<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint Andrews<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sims Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sunny Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Supplee<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Terrace Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Touhey<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Voltage<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Coulee Dam is a split town: its corporate limits cross into neighboring Okanogan and Grant counties, so only part of its population and area lies in Douglas County. It shares one ZIP code, 99116, across all three counties.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the county’s small unincorporated communities use the ZIP code of their nearest post-office town rather than a code of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nDouglas County occupies the high, rolling Waterville Plateau in central Washington, bounded on the south and east by the Columbia River. The land drops sharply from wheat country on the plateau to the river’s basalt canyon walls, where East Wenatchee, Rock Island and Bridgeport sit at the base of the grade. The county has almost no natural lakes; its water is the Columbia River itself and the reservoirs behind the Rocky Reach and Wells hydroelectric dams.<\/p>\n Douglas County borders Okanogan County to the north, Grant County to the south, Kittitas County to the southwest and Chelan County to the west, with the Columbia River forming most of those boundaries. Neighboring pages: Okanogan County<\/a>, Grant County<\/a>, Kittitas County<\/a> and Chelan County<\/a>.<\/p>\n Douglas County had 42,938 residents at the 2020 census, for a density of roughly 24 people per square mile. East Wenatchee, its largest city at 14,158 residents, sits directly across the Columbia River from the city of Wenatchee and functions as a bedroom community and retail hub for the Wenatchee Valley. Bridgeport, the county’s second-largest city at 2,141, anchors the northern end of the county near the Columbia’s Chief Joseph Dam pool. Household income in the county runs below the Washington median of $94,605, reflecting its farm-town economy outside the East Wenatchee commuter belt.<\/p>\n Dryland wheat farming covers most of the Waterville Plateau, while irrigated orchards line the Columbia River benches near East Wenatchee, Rock Island and Bridgeport — part of the same apple- and cherry-growing district as neighboring Chelan County. The Douglas County Public Utility District operates Wells Dam on the Columbia and is a major local employer, along with the Eastmont and Bridgeport school districts and retail and warehouse operations along the US-2\/US-97 corridor in East Wenatchee. Pangborn Memorial Airport, just east of East Wenatchee, serves the whole Wenatchee Valley region.<\/p>\n Douglas County was created from Lincoln County on November 28, 1883, and named for U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Waterville, on the plateau, was named county seat and remains the smallest county seat by population in Washington. Irrigation and rail access brought orchard development to the river towns in the early 1900s, while dryland wheat farming took hold on the plateau above. The town of Coulee Dam grew up on the county’s northern edge during construction of Grand Coulee Dam in the 1930s, though most of that dam and reservoir lie in neighboring counties.<\/p>\n U.S. Route 2 and U.S. Route 97 cross the county and meet at the Columbia River bridge between East Wenatchee and Wenatchee; State Route 172 and State Route 174 serve the plateau towns.<\/p>\n Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee is the nearest commercial airport, with connecting flights to Seattle.<\/p>\n Where is Douglas County, Washington?<\/strong> What is the population of Douglas County?<\/strong> How big is Douglas County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Douglas County?<\/strong> What is the largest city in Douglas County?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in Douglas County?<\/strong> |