- Ferry County, carved out of Stevens County in 1899, is bounded by British Columbia on the north, Stevens County on the east, Lincoln County on the south, and Okanogan County on the west. Its county seat is Republic.
- James K. Polk (allthetropes.org)
Um… They Might Be Giants sang about him? And the school in Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide was named after him, wasn’t it? Or was it Married… with Children? The only US Presidential candidate to lose both his home state and state of residence but still win until 2016?