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county was formed out of territory within Thurston County on December
22, 1852, by the Oregon Territory legislature, and was named after Alabama
resident William Rufus King, vice president under president Franklin Pierce.
Seattle was made the county seat on January 11, 1853. King County originally extended to the Olympic Peninsula. According to historian Bill Speidel, when peninsular prohibitionists threatened to shut down Seattle's saloons, Doc Maynard engineered a peninsular independence movement; King County lost what is now Kitsap County, but preserved its entertainment industry. On February 24, 1986, the King County Council passed Council Motion 6461, "setting forth the historical basis for the 'renaming' of King County in honor of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.". While the only historical connection between Dr. King and the Seattle area is a visit by King in 1961, the county's original namesake, William R. King, never visited the region at all. Because only the state can charter counties, this change was not made official until April 19, 2005, when Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5332 into law. Due primarily to the advocacy of councilmember Larry Gossett, the County Council voted on February 27, 2006 to change the county's logo from a royal crown to an image of King's face. This change was estimated to cost $522,255. On March 12, 2007, the new logo was unveiled. |
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