Pierce County

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administrative division county

Pierce County is a county in western Washington State that includes the city of Tacoma and lies along the southern shores of Puget Sound.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pierce County, Washington	12

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ county ⓘ
borders	Puget Sound ⓘ
contains	Bonney Lake ⓘ Buckley ⓘ DuPont ⓘ Eatonville ⓘ Fife ⓘ Gig Harbor ⓘ Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington ⓘ surface form: Joint Base Lewis–McChord Lakewood ⓘ Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ surface form: Mount Rainier National Park (part) Orting ⓘ Puyallup ⓘ Spanaway ⓘ Steilacoom ⓘ Sumner ⓘ Tacoma, Washington ⓘ surface form: Tacoma University Place ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeat	Tacoma, Washington ⓘ surface form: Tacoma
FIPSCode	53053 ⓘ
GNISID	1533297 ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAirport	Tacoma Narrows Airport ⓘ
hasAreaFeature	Carbon River ⓘ Mount Rainier ⓘ Nisqually River ⓘ Puyallup River ⓘ White River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Puget Sound ⓘ
hasExecutive	County Executive of Pierce County ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Pacific Lutheran University ⓘ University of Puget Sound ⓘ University of Washington ⓘ surface form: University of Washington Tacoma
hasLegislativeBody	Pierce County Council ⓘ
hasRegion	Pierce County Library System service area ⓘ
largestCity	Tacoma, Washington ⓘ surface form: Tacoma
liesAlong	southern shores of Puget Sound ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State western Washington ⓘ
namedAfter	Franklin Pierce ⓘ
partOf	Puget Sound region ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Washington State, United States ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King County → borders → Pierce County ⓘ

Mount Rainier → county → Pierce County ⓘ

Tacoma, Washington → countySeatOf → Pierce County ⓘ