Moses Lake

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Moses Lake
Moses Lake (Washington)
Moses Lake
Moses Lake
Location in Washington
Basic data
Foundation : 1938
State : United States
State : Washington
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 47 ° 7 ′  N , 119 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 7 ′  N , 119 ° 17 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 20,500 (as of 2011)
Population density : 422.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 48.56 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 )
Height : 326 m
Postcodes : 98837
Area code : +1 509
FIPS : 53-47245
GNIS ID : 1512481
Website : www.cityofml.com
Mayor : Bill Ecret

Moses Lake is a city with the status of City of Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Washington .

geography

At a distance of about 40 kilometers is Ephrata , the administrative seat ( county seat ) of Grant County in the northwest. About 100 kilometers away is Ellensburg in the west. The northeastern city of Spokane is about 150 kilometers away. The Highway Interstate 90 affected Moses Lake in the south. The city is located on the eponymous Moses Lake .

history

Settlers settled in the region as early as 1880. After negotiations with the Indian chief Moses and a land swap, they founded a settlement, which, however, was only named "Moses Lake" in 1938, as was the nearby lake in honor of the chief. In 1942, Larson Air Force Base was opened as a training place for bomber and fighter pilots of the United States Army Air Forces , but it was closed again briefly after the end of World War II . It was later put back into operation for test flights by the Boeing aircraft works.

economy

In 1984 Union Carbide (now REC Silicon ) set up a silicon factory in Moses Lake. In 2010, SGL Carbon and BMW jointly opened a carbon fiber factory here for the production of materials for particularly lightweight automotive parts and invested US $ 100 million in this. By 2015, the capacity will be increased to 9,000 tons of carbon fibers per year.

Demographics

In 2011 a population of 20,500 people was determined, which means an increase of 37.1% compared to the year 2000. The average age of the residents in 2011 was 32.1 years, well below the average in Washington, which was 46.6 years.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action
  2. ^ History of Moses Lake
  3. ^ Company History
  4. ^ SGL Group and BMW Group: New Carbon Fiber Plant to be Built in Moses Lake, WA
  5. ↑ BMW Group and SGL Group to triple production capacities at Moses Lake carbon fiber plant , May 9, 2014
  6. ↑ City-Data http://www.city-data.com/city/Moses-Lake-Washington.html
  7. ↑ Kirk Triplett , espn.com
  8. ↑ Kirk Triplett , golfchannel.com

Web links

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