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Pierce County, Washington
Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 795,225,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53/53053.html )〕 making it the second-most populous county in Washington behind King County. The county seat and largest city is Tacoma.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5380 )〕 it was named for U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
Pierce County is included in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pierce County is notable for being home to the Mount Rainier volcano, the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range. Its most recent recorded eruption was between 1820 and 1854. There is no imminent risk of eruption, but geologists expect that the volcano will erupt again. If this should happen, parts of Pierce County and the Puyallup Valley would be at risk from lahars, lava, or pyroclastic flows. The Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System was established in 1998 to assist in the evacuation of the Puyallup River valley in case of eruption.
==Geography==
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (7.6%) is water. The highest natural point in Washington, Mount Rainier at 14,410 feet (4,392 m), is located in Pierce County.
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