Cowlitz County Local Governments

Note: This list contains known special districts. Information is from multiple sources. Jurisdictions are encouraged to assist in updating this page by contacting MRSC.

Cowlitz County

Land Area: 1,166 Sq. Mi.

Cities

Castle Rock
Kalama
Kelso
Longview
Woodland (Also in Clark Co.)

Special Purpose Governments

Air Pollution Control Authority - Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCA)

Cemetery

Cemetery District No. 1 (Castle Rock area)
Cemetery District No. 2 (Woodland area)
Cemetery District No. 3 (Toutle area)
Cemetery District No. 4 (Ostrander area)
Cemetery District No. 5 (Kalama area)
Cemetery District No. 6 (Rose Valley area)
Cemetery District No. 7 (Stella area)

Conservation District

Cowlitz Conservation District

Diking & Drainage

Consolidated Diking Improvement District No. 1 (Longview lowlands of Cowlitz County)
Consolidated Diking Improvement District No. 2 (Woodland lowlands of Cowlitz County)
Consolidated Diking Improvement District No. 3 (East and South Kelso lowlands of Cowlitz County)
Diking Improvement District No. 15 (Willow Grove area west of Longview)
Drainage Improvement District No. 1 (North Kelso lowlands of Cowlitz County)

EMS

Cowlitz EMS District #1, North County Emergency Medical Service (Joint EMS with Clark County EMS #1) - unincorporated areas of southeast Cowlitz County

Fire Districts - Go to Cowlitz County Fire Protection Services Providers

Flood District

Silver Lake Flood Control District

Flood Control Zone District

Lexington Flood Control Zone District (Upper and Lower) - Voted to Elect supervisors
Cedarbrook Flood Control Zone District - Abolished 2002 (Cowlitz County Res. No. 02-098)

Housing

Kalama Town Housing Authority
Kelso City Housing Authority
Longview City Housing Authority

Library District

Cowlitz Partial County Rural Library District (area surrounding and west of Longview, contracting with Longview Public Library)
Yale Valley Library District (Partial County Rural Library District formed in 2003, contracting with Fort Vancouver Regional Library District)
Fort Vancouver Regional Library District (Woodland)

Mosquito Control District

Cowlitz County Mosquito Control District (All incorporated cities of Cowlitz - Woodland annexed in 2003, Kalama Annexed in 2004)

Port Districts

PUD - Cowlitz PUD

Public Facilities District - Cowlitz County Public Facilities District

School Districts

Transportation - Cowlitz Transit Authority (Incorporated limits of Longview and Kelso)

Water-Sewer - Beacon Hill Sewer District (Columbia Heights area, Beacon Hill area and Lexington area)