Ocean Shores (Washington)
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 Location of Ocean Shores in Grays Harbor County
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Washington |
| County : | Grays Harbor County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 58 ′ N , 124 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 3,836 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 172 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 31.3 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 22.3 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 7 m |
| Postal code : | 98569 |
| Area code : | +1 360 |
| FIPS : | 53-50570 |
| GNIS ID : | 1510681 |
| Website : | www.osgov.com |
| Mayor : | Dean Bunkers |
Ocean Shores is a city in Grays Harbor County in the state of Washington ( United States ). In 2000 the city had 3836 inhabitants.
history
Even before the arrival of European explorers and settlers, the peninsula had been used for trade and other purposes by the Chehalis and Quinault Indian tribes belonging to the Chinook .
On May 7, 1792, the navigator Robert Gray entered the bay and named it Bullfinch Harbor . This bay was later renamed Gray's Harbor by George Vancouver in honor of Captain Gray . The first known white settler on the peninsula was Matthew McGee, who settled in the early 1860s. He sold the southern part of the peninsula in 1878 to AO Damon, who set up a trading post, including a jetty to the Oyehut Canal. Damon then took over the entire peninsula from McGee and later bequeathed it to his grandson Ralph Minard, who used the area for cattle from 1929 until it was sold to the Ocean Shores Development Corporation for one million US dollars in 1960 .
At this point, the state government was considering legalizing various forms of gambling . Anticipating rapid development, Ocean Shores Development Corporation began selling land in a trailer parked in the dunes. Soon the news of a possible boom in Ocean Shores spread. The lot price started at $ 595 per lot and these were sold unseen due to the site plans. The number of parcels sold rose and prices rose. However, boundary stones were only laid and the parcels designated when construction work began on the extensive road system on the peninsula. In the first year, 25 homes were built and their owners became founding members of the Ocean Shores Community Club.
As development continued, the owner of the Ginny Simms Restaurant and Nightclub brought Hollywood celebrities into play. A number of Hollywood stars flew in at the opening, and more than 10,000 people came to Bowerman Airfield to see them.
In December 1960, 25 miles of canals were planned, a six-hole golf course was opened and a mall was built. The construction boom of 1961 brought motels, three restaurants and an airfield to be built on the sandy bottom of the peninsula. The marina was opened in 1963 and the SS Catala was brought in from California and moored as the "Boatel" . Two years later, a southwest winter storm set her aground and the ship was one of the most famous wrecks on the Washington coast for many years . In 1966 the famous gates were built at the city entrance.
Pat Boone settled here in 1967, became a shareholder in Ocean Shores Estates Incorporated, and organized celebrity golf tournaments to promote Ocean Shores.
In 1969 Ocean Shores was declared the "Richest Small Town" and had 900 permanent residents. The following year the city was founded and a planning commission began its work. The city's first school opened in 1971 and the asphalting of the streets continued.
During the 1980s, the city struggled with various setbacks from Washington's economic recession; after overcoming them in the 1990s, the business situation recovered and the number of new buildings increased.
The price of the parcels ranged from $ 25,000 to several hundred thousand US dollars for beach parcels in early 2007.
geography
The City of Ocean Shores is on the northern peninsula, which ends at Point Brown and separates Grays Harbor from the Pacific Ocean .
According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has an area of 31.3 km², of which 22.4 km² is land and 8.9 km² (= 28.5%) is water.
Demographics
At the time of the United States Census 2000, 3836 people lived in the city. The population density was 171.6 people per km ². There were 3170 housing units at an average of 141.8 per km ². The population of Ocean Shores was 92.44% White , 0.60% Black or African American , 2.19% Native American , 1.23% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander . 0.81% said they belonged to other races and 2.63% mentioned two or more races. 1.75% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Ocean Shores' distributed to 1,789 households out of which 17.8% were living in children under the age of 18. 56.7% of households are married, 7.1% had a female head of the household without a husband and 33.0% were not families. 27.7% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 12.6% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.55.
The urban population was split into 16.8% minors, 4.6% 18–24 year olds, 18.9% 25–44 year olds, 31.7% 45–64 year olds, and 28% aged 65 or over . The median age was 52 years. For every 100 women there were 93.4 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 91.6 men.
The median household income in Ocean Shores was 34,643 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 38,520 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 31,371, compared to $ 25,393 for women. The per capita income in Ocean Shores was $ 19,192. 12.4% of the population and 9.8% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 22.1% of minors and 3.8% of those aged 65 and over.
Death on the Fourth of July
The book Death on the Fourth of July documents a racially motivated killing in Ocean Shores on July 4, 2000. A group of young Americans of Asian descent was spending the holiday weekend in Ocean Shores when they were attacked by a group of whites who were suspicious of the The weekend passed the time bullying non-whites. One of the Asians defended himself and killed the leader of the white racists by stabbing him. The perpetrator was arrested and charged with murder. The proceedings ended with a disagreed jury , 11: 1 in favor of an acquittal . The prosecutors chose not to reopen the case.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Hate Crimes" ( memento of the original from October 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Ocean Shores Community Club (English)
- Asian American Groups Seek FBI Probe of Ocean Shores Stabbing (lower message on the page)