Garfield County, Washington Map
Explore Garfield County, Washington with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 2 cities and towns in Garfield County below.
Interactive Map of Garfield County, Washington
| County | Garfield |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County Seat | Pomeroy |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 46.474041 |
| Longitude | -117.569632 |
| Cities & Towns | 2 |
| Area Codes | 509 |
About Garfield County, Washington
Garfield County occupies a stark, dramatic wedge of the Palouse, defined by the relentless incision of the Snake River along its northern boundary. The terrain climbs sharply from these basalt-lined depths to reach the high, timbered ridges of the Blue Mountains, where the air thins and cools against the heat of the lower canyons. This is a landscape of profound verticality, where the earth has been fractured by ancient floods and smoothed by eons of wind-blown silt. In the waning hours of a summer day, the light slants across the exposed ridges, turning the dry grasses to a brittle, burnished bronze that seems to hold the heat long after the sun has slipped behind the western horizon.
Garfield County emerged from the territorial legislature in the late nineteenth century, carved from the larger administrative bodies that initially governed the sprawling eastern frontier. Its administrative center was established through a brief, spirited competition that favored a central location, solidifying a seat of government that has remained a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse ever since. The early years were defined by the steady arrival of homesteaders who sought to break the tough prairie sod, an endeavor that required a grim, persistent resolve. The town square remains a place where the architecture of a century ago still commands the street, its brick facades wearing the faint, weathered patina of countless winters spent enduring the biting winds that sweep down from the northern plains.
Agriculture provides the pulse of the local life, with vast, treeless expanses of winter wheat dictating the seasonal migration of labor and machinery. The economy remains tethered to the soil, a cycle of planting and harvest that leaves the vast fields looking like velvet corduroy until the combine harvesters reduce the stalks to stubble. Residents here move with a deliberate, measured pace, cognizant of the fact that their livelihoods depend on the unpredictable whims of moisture and market price. On a quiet morning, the silence is absolute, save for the occasional distant thrum of a truck shifting gears on a steep grade, a sound that carries for miles through the crisp, thin air before dissolving into the vast, open sky.
Cities and Towns in Garfield County
About This Garfield County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Garfield County, Washington alongside links to detailed street maps for 2 cities and towns. The county seat is Pomeroy. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
