Orofino
| Orofino | |
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 Clearwater River at Orofino |
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| Location in county and Idaho | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1895 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Idaho |
| County : | Clearwater County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 29 ′ N , 116 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 3,247 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 523.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.5 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 314 m |
| Postal code : | 83544 |
| Area code : | +1 208 |
| FIPS : | 16-59320 |
| GNIS ID : | 0396986 |
Orofino is a city in Clearwater County , Idaho and is located on Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River . In 2000, Clearwater County's county seat had 3,247 residents. The historic Canoe Camp where the Lewis and Clark Expedition built five new canoes and launched them on October 7, 1805 to sail down the river to the Pacific Ocean .
About six kilometers north of the city is the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery and the Dworshak Dam , the third tallest dam in the United States. It was completed in the early 1970s.
In Orofino there is now a prison as well as the Idaho State Hospital North. Both institutions are in the vicinity of Orofino High School. Annually on Independence Day on July 4, a celebration will be held in Orofino; The town also hosts the Clearwater County Fair and Lumberjack Days towards the end of summer.
geography
Orofino's geographic coordinates are 46 ° 29 ′ N , 116 ° 16 ′ W (46.485485, −116.258847). According to the information from the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 6.5 km², of which 6.2 km² is land and 0.3 km² (= 4.37%) is water.
history
The name originally consisted of two words, Oro Fino, and referred to a gold rush camp that existed about three kilometers south of Pierce in 1861 and is now a ghost town . When the Indian reservation of the Nez Perce in 1895 opened for settlement, built Clifford Fuller a trading post on his new homeland and the city Orofino-on-the-Clearwater was established the following year. The railroad, which later became part of the Camas Prairie Railroad , reached Orofino from Lewiston in 1899.
traffic
The road is connected by a bridge to US Highway 12 on the south bank of the Clearwater River . This highway heads west to Lewiston , Idaho and east over Lolo Pass to Missoula , Montana . In this section, US 12 is known as the "Northwest Passage Scenic Byway" and is designated as the National Scenic Byway . A municipal airfield is located in the northwest of the city area on the other bank of the Clearwater River.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 300 | - | |
| 1910 | 384 | 28% | |
| 1920 | 537 | 39.8% | |
| 1930 | 1078 | 100.7% | |
| 1940 | 1602 | 48.6% | |
| 1950 | 1656 | 3.4% | |
| 1960 | 2471 | 49.2% | |
| 1970 | 3883 | 57.1% | |
| 1980 | 3711 | -4.4% | |
| 1990 | 2868 | -22.7% | |
| 2000 | 3247 | 13.2% | |
| 2007 estimate | 3073 | -5.4% | |
| Swell: | |||
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Orofino inhabited 3247 people. The population density was 520.2 / km people per km². There were 1279 housing units at an average of 204.9 per km ². Orofino's population was 93.93% White , 0.37% Black or African American , 2.13% Native American , 0.59% Asian , 0.09% Pacific Islander , 0.99% said other races belong to and 1.91% named two or more races. 2.25% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Orofino were distributed to 1137 households out of which 28.9% were living in children under 18 years of age. 54.1% of households were married, 8.4% had a female head of household without a husband, and 32.5% were not families. 27.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 12.8% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.83 people.
The population was divided into 20.1% minors, 7.9% 18–24 year olds, 30.4% 25–44 year olds, 26.1% 45–64 year olds and 15.6% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 women there were 132.9 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 143.2 men.
The median household income in Orofino was 30,580 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 36,908 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 30,386 compared to $ 20,968 for women. The per capita income was $ 14,563. 12.1% of the population and 7.6% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 16.3% of minors and 7.1% of those aged 65 and over.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Idaho for the Curious," by Cort Conley, 1982, ISBN 0-9603566-3-0 , pages 95-97
- ^ Idaho Byways - Northwest Passage Scenic Byway. Idahobyways.gov, archived from the original on June 25, 2013 ; accessed on May 24, 2017 (English).
- ^ Moffatt, Riley. Population History of Western US Cities & Towns, 1850-1990 . Lanham : Scarecrow, 1996,96.
- ↑ Subcounty population estimates: Idaho 2000-2007 ( English , CSV ) United States Census Bureau , Population Division. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved on February 9, 2010.
