Cathlamet

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Cathlamet
Cathlamet City Hall and Library, 2015
Cathlamet City Hall and Library, 2015
Location in Washington
Cathlamet (Washington)
Cathlamet
Cathlamet
Basic data
Foundation : 1907
State : United States
State : Washington
County : Wahkiakum County
Coordinates : 46 ° 12 ′  N , 123 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 12 ′  N , 123 ° 23 ′  W
Residents : 532 (as of 2010)
Population density : 409.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.32 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 1.30 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 24 m
Postal code : 98612
Area code : +1 360
FIPS : 53-10635
GNIS ID : 1503862
Website : www.townofcathlamet.com

Cathlamet is a small town on the Ocean Beach Highway in the mouth of the Columbia River . It is the county seat of Wahkiakum County in the US state of Washington and at the same time its only registered city ( Town ). In 2010 532 people lived there.

location

Cathlamet located on the north bank of the Columbia River across the river island Puget Iceland . The city has grown together with the adjacent community of East Cathlamet .

history

Cathlamet was one of the largest, if not the largest, Columbia River Indian villages west of the Cascade Range . The name is said to come from the Chinook language of the Wahkiakum and mean something like "stony river bed".

WR Broughton was the first European to discover Cathlamet in 1792 when reviewing Robert Gray's discovery of the Columbia River. The village, consisting of cedar houses, had around 300 to 400 inhabitants at that time. In 1846, James Birnie, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company , became Cathlamet's first white settler. He opened a trading post called "Birnies Retreat", the remains of which were still standing in 1906. In 1851 the settlement was renamed "Cathlamet".

The city of Cathlamet was founded on February 18, 1907.

Infrastructure

In the north of the city, Washington State Route 4 runs along the Columbia. Cathlamet is also connected to Westport , Oregon by Washington State Route 409 and a ferry operated by Wahkiakum County .

As a location

Cathlamet is one of the filming locations for the following three films: Come and See Paradise , Snow Falling on Cedars, and Men of Honor .

gallery

  • Main street in Cathlamet, 1973

  • View over the city to the Columbia

  • The listed Pioneer Church

  • Queen Anne house

  • Dounit Building

  • Houses on the banks of the Columbia

  • View of Cathlamet

Web links

Commons : Cathlamet, Washington  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c About. In: Town of Cathlamet. Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ A b Thomas Nelson Strong: Cathlamet on the Columbia: recollections of the Indian people and short stories of early pioneer days in the valley of the lower Columbia River . Binfords & Mart, 1906, pp. 9 f . (English, archive.org [accessed July 22, 2020]).
  3. ↑ a b c About Us. Wahkiakum County Government, accessed July 20, 2020 .