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Place Name
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Kitsap County
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Pronunciation
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KIT-suhp
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Port Orchard
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Population
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189,731 (1990)
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Location
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Washington, United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°38'N
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Longitude
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122°39'W
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Kitsap
(KIT-suhp), county (
565 sq mi/1,463 sq km; 1990 pop.
189,731), W Wash.;  Port Orchard; 47°38'N 122°39'W. Occupies
N part of Kitsap peninsula, bounded W by Hood Canal and E by Puget
Sound, deeply indented on E by Sinclair and Dyes inlets and Liberty
Bay; Bainbridge Isl. separated from mainland by Port Orchard passage.
Bremerton is important seaport and site of Puget Sound Navy Yard.
County directly opposite city of Seattle, ferry service to Seattle and
Edmonds. Illahee State Park in center; Scenic Beach State Beach in W;
Blake Isl., Fay Bainbridge, and Fort Ward state parks in E, on
Bainbridge Isl. U.S. Naval Station at Bangor, in W on Hood Canal, has
Trident ballistic missile submarine base with ½ of
all U.S. long-defense missiles. Includes Port Gamble and Port Madison
Indian reservations in N. Fruits, nuts, poultry; fish, crabs, oysters,
clams. Formed 1857.
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