Washington Voter Check
San Juan County, Washington
San Juan County Courthouse — CC BY-SA 2.5, Konrad Roeder · source

Question 1 of 8

What should I know about this county?

About San Juan County

San Juan County is a county in the Salish Sea in the far northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,788. The county seat and only incorporated town is Friday Harbor, on San Juan Island. The county was formed on October 31, 1873, from Whatcom County and is named for the San Juan Islands, which are in turn named for Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the Viceroy of New Spain.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Question 2 of 8

What is this county like?

San Juan County at a glance

County seat
Friday Harbor
Population
17,788 (2020)
Land area
621 sq mi
Founded
1873

Question 3 of 8

Where do people live here?

Largest communities in San Juan County

  1. Friday Harbor county seat2,613
  2. Roche Harbor662

Question 4 of 8

How did this county come to be?

History of San Juan County

The San Juan Islands were the subject of a territorial dispute between Great Britain and the United States from 1846 to 1872, leading to the Pig War in 1859. The bloodless conflict ended through arbitration led by Kaiser Wilhelm I, which awarded the islands to the United States. San Juan County was home to Henry Cayou, one of the first elected officials of Native descent in Washington. On June 7, 2024, a T-34 plane flown by former astronaut and Air Force pilot William Anders crashed in the San Juan Islands. Anders did not survive the crash.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Question 5 of 8

Am I registered here?

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Confirm you're ready to vote in San Juan County

  1. Step 1

    Run a guided check

    Scan Check Protect walks you through verifying your Washington registration and flags anything that needs fixing — free.

  2. Step 2

    Ask San Juan County directly

    Your county election office handles registration, mail ballots, and polling places.

Question 6 of 8

Who runs elections in this county?

Official channels

San Juan County election resources

Statewide tools and every Washington resource in one place: the Washington page at Scan Check Protect →

Question 7 of 8

Who are this county's neighbors?

Question 8 of 8

Who made this site?

Part of Washington Voter Check

This is the San Juan County page of Washington Voter Check, a project of True the Vote, pointing Washington voters at the official tools that already exist — and at Scan Check Protect to verify your registration.

Where anything here differs from what San Juan County or the Washington Secretary of State publishes, they are right and this page is not.