Longview (Washington)
| Longview | |
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 Location of the city in the county and the county in the state
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1850 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Washington |
| County : | Cowlitz County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 8 ′ N , 122 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
36,562 (as of July 2008) 101,254 |
| Population density : | 1,029.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 36.5 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 35.5 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 6 m |
| Postal code : | 98632 |
| Area code : | +1 360 |
| FIPS : | 53-40245 |
| GNIS ID : | 506304 |
| Mayor : | Kurt Anagnostou |
Longview is a city in Cowlitz County in the southwest of the US state Washington . At the 2000 census it had 34,660 inhabitants. The place is located at the confluence of the Cowlitz River in the Columbia River and shares the eastern city limits with the County Seat Kelso .
history
Longview was the site of Mount Coffin, an aboriginal burial site. The first Europeans settled in the 1850s. In 1921 Wesley Vandercook planned to build a mill near Kelso. As it turned out that the almost 2000 inhabitants were not enough to build the mill, a city planner from St. Louis was commissioned to plan a town. Longview was granted town charter in 1924.
geography
The Lewis and Clark Bridge connects Longview with Rainier , Oregon . It is the only bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Astoria . The Nutty Narrows Bridge is also in Longview. It is considered the narrowest bridge in the world and is used by squirrels to cross a busy expressway.
sons and daughters of the town
- Alan Jones (* 1962), jazz musician
- David Korten (* 1937), author and globalization critic
- Jeffrey Stork (* 1960), volleyball player and Olympic champion
- Moulton Taylor (1912–1995), aircraft engineer, inventor of the aerocar
Demographic data
The 34,660 inhabitants are distributed over 14,066 households and 8,931 families.
| Age group | Number in% |
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| <18 | 26.0 |
| 18-24 | 8.9 |
| 25-44 | 27.1 |
| 45-64 | 22.6 |
| ≥65 | 15.4 |
