Slaughter County is renamed Kitsap County on July 13, 1857. (historylink.org)
author
David Wilma
essay number
7867
excerpt
On July 13, 1857, the recently organized Slaughter County is renamed Kitsap County to honor Chief Kitsap, a Suquamish military leader. The county seat is at Port Madison and will remain there until 1893, when it will move to Port Orchard.