Stevenson is a city in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area along the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington, United States. It is the county chair of Skamania County and home to the Skamania County Court House and Sheriff’s Office. The population was 1,465 at the 2010 census, a 22% increase higher than 2000.

Stevenson is home to the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, which focuses on several tribes that were once located close the Columbia River.

Stevenson is named for to come settler George H. Stevenson. The Stevenson family, who fixed in the Gorge in the 1800s from Missouri, founded the town of Stevenson upon the out of date Shepard donation land claim. Under the auspices of the Stevenson Land Company, George Stevenson purchased the indigenous townsite for $24,000 in 1893, building the town along the demean flat near the river. Settlers expanded the native dock to facilitate the daily arrivals of sternwheelers unloading passengers, cargo and loading logs.

In 1893, in a dispute beyond rental fees, an unnamed crew transported the county archives from the town of Cascades to Stevenson. Stevenson became the county chair of Skamania overnight. Stevenson was officially incorporated upon December 16, 1907. In 1908 the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad arrived, pushing the town happening the hill away from the river. Streets were graded, wooden sidewalks build up and the city asked residents to keep their cows from roaming the streets.