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Lincoln County & Flag
Information from
http://www.town.almira.wa.us/history.html#flag, compiled by the Davenport
Grade School 1999-2000 school year, Class of "2006"
Lincoln County was formed on November 24, 1883, from a portion of Spokane
County. This was 6 years before Washington was to become a state. Lincoln County
has 1,478,400 acres of which 111,500 acres are Public Lands. County population
is estimated at about 10,000 citizens with Davenport the county seat having
1,764 residents. A background of aqua-blue was used to represent our blue sky
and waters of the Columbia and Spokane rivers and many streams, lakes, and ponds
found in the county.
The bust of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was used to represent our
namesake. Shafts of grain on both sides of Lincoln's bust represents our
county's major industry. Lincoln's bust is surrounded by gold to represent the
sun which helps us provide our farmers with their bountiful crops. In
preparation of the 1989 centennial of our state, a committee was authorized by
the Lincoln County Commissioners in January of 1988 to design a flag to
represent our county. Edith Rustermeyer of Creston headed up the volunteer
committee.
located by Dov Gutterman, 11 December 2002