Pomeroy is the county seat of Garfield County, which is the least populous of the Evergreen State's 39 counties. It is also the county's only incorporated city. Pomeroy is an agricultural district in the Pataha Valley in the southeastern part of the state, mostly devoted to dry-land wheat, barley, and grass-seed production, as well as cattle and sheep ranching.

Pomeroy has 1,515 residents in 2009, out of a total of 2,400 in Garfield County. Pomeroy is 1,850 feet above sea level and receives an average of 17 inches of rain per year. A tributary of the Tucannon River, Pataha Creek, runs through the heart of town.

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