[5] The county seat was relocated from Oysterville to South Bend in 1893.

The Pacific County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The old South Bend Courthouse was the site of the first and only execution carried out in Pacific County, when convicted murderer Lum You was hanged in 1902.

There were 780 housing units at an average density of 478.5 per square mile (184.7/km2).

33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 815 housing units at an average density of 450.7 per square mile (173.9/km2).

17.7% were of German, 11.6% American, 9.1% Irish and 7.7% English ancestry according to Census 2000.