Spanaway
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Location in Washington
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| Foundation : | ( incorporated , i.e. recognized as a local authority ) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Pierce County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 6 ′ N , 122 ° 25 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 27,227 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,260.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 22.5 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 21.6 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 116 m | ||
| Postal code : | 98387 | ||
| Area code : | +1 253 | ||
| FIPS : | 53-66255 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1512680 | ||
 Location of Spanaway in Pierce County |
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Spanaway is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County , Washington state . At the 2010 United States Census , Spanaway had a population of 27,227. Spanaway is an unparalleled area near Tacoma and is often equated with the more urban but less affluent parkland .
Spanaway's main shopping street is Pacific Avenue South , which is identical to Washington State Route 7 in the Spanaway area .
The song "The Needle Has Landed" from Neko Cases CD Fox Confessor Brings the Flood mentions Spanaway in passing. Tacoma-based alternative pop / rock band Seaweed have released an album called Spanaway . The band The Movie Life of Long Iceland sings also a title "Spanaway".
history
The Hudson's Bay Company , headquartered in Fort Nisqually, controlled the region until 1863. Maps and records of the Company show the subsidiary Pugets Sound Agricultural Company as a cattle, grain and sheep farm at a “Spanueh Station” on the south and east banks of a “Spanueh” Lake ". Spanueh is the spelling of the Hudson Bay Company for the indigenous Lushootseed -term spadue who "dug roots" means and terms of Camassia increases and other plants whose roots are edible. The Lushootseed experienced the loss of a number of nasal consonants in the 1880s, so "Spanueh" is simply a transcription of the previously pronounced term "Spadue".
The first white settler to receive a piece of land by the lake, Henry de la Bushalier, tried to rename the lake after himself. However, this fell from the public eye with his death a year later. In 1890 the area was renamed "Lake Park" as a planned parish by the Lake Park Land, Railway and Improvement Company , which bought all the land in the vicinity of the lake and built a railway line to their "Mecca of recreation" on the shores of "Spanaway Lake" let build. When Mount Rainier National Park was founded in 1899, tourists should take the train to its final stop in Lake Park and from there take a two-day trip to Mount Rainier to make Spanaway the actual "gateway" to Mount Rainier . The trip was made by stagecoach , an overnight stay in Eatonville was planned; the route was in operation until early 1893.
Although the United States Board on Geographic Names recognized the community as "Lake Park" in 1897, the decision was reversed in 1970 with a long delay and the commonly used name Spanaway (Spanueh) was used.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 22.6 km², of which 21.6 km² are land and the rest is water.
Neighboring communities
| Lakewood | Parkland | Puyallup |
| McChord Air Force Base |
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Frederickson |
| Fort Lewis | Elk Plain | Graham |
Demographics
| year | Residents 1 |
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| 1970 | 5,768 |
| 1980 | 8,868 |
| 1990 | 15.001 |
| 2000 | 21,588 |
| 2010 | 27,227 |
| 2017 | 31,616 |
As of the 2000 census , Spanaway had 21,588 residents, 7,659 households, and 5,820 families. The population density was 1000.6 per km². There were 7,963 housing units at an average density of 369.1 per km².
The population was 71.13% White , 9.11% African American , 1.61% Native American , 6.34% Asian , 2.12% Pacific Islander , 2.15% from other "races" and 7.55% from two or more "races" .
Of the 7,659 households, 40.4% had children under the age of 18, 57.1% were run by married couples living together , 13.6% by single mothers; 24% were non-families. 18.2% of the households were singles and 4.8% were single persons over 65 years of age. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.17.
The median age in the city was 33 years. 30% of the population were under 18, 8.4% between 18 and 24, 32.7% between 25 and 44, 21.5% between 45 and 64 and 7.3% 65 years or older. There were 99.3 men for every 100 women, and 96.2 men for every 100 women over the age of 18.
All information on median income relates to the median. The median household income was US $ 46,210; that of families was US $ 50,076. Men had a median income of US $ 35,525 compared to US $ 26,758 for women. The per capita income was US $ 17,928. About 7.8% of families and 10.8% of the total population lived below the poverty line ; this affected 15.5% of those under 18 and 7.3% of those over 65.
Personalities
- Mike Blowers - MLB baseball player
- Jerry Cantrell - guitarist for the band Alice in Chains
- Derrike Cope - NASCAR driver
- Jo Koy - stand-up comedian
- Rick Story - Fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Attractions
In Spanaway
- Spanaway Airport
- Shady Acres Airport
- Spanaway Park
- Spanaway Lake
- Spanaway Historical Society
- Prairie House Museum
- Lake Spanaway Golf Course
- Classic Golf Club
- Spanaway Park Shopping Center
- Spanaway Village Shopping Center
- Sunbird Shopping Center
- LeMay Family Collection Foundation
In the area of Spanaway
- Sprinker Recreation Center & Ice Arena
- Parkland / Spanaway Public Library in the Pierce County Library System
- McChord Field / Fort Lewis
- Pacific Lutheran University
- America's Car Museum
education
Spanaway public schools are administered by the Bethel School District .
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Primary schools:
- Camas Prairie Elementary School
- Centennial Elementary School
- Elk Plain School of Choice Elementary School
- Evergreen Elementary School
- Pioneer Valley Elementary School
- Shining Mountain Elementary School
- Spanaway Elementary School
- Thompson Elementary School
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Junior High Schools:
- Bethel Junior High School
- Cedarcrest Junior High School
- Liberty Junior High School
- Spanaway Junior High School
- Cougar Mountain Middle School
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High Schools:
- Bethel High School
- Challenger Secondary School
- Spanaway Lake High School
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Private schools:
- Bethel Baptist Christian School (Grades 4–12)
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Colleges in the area:
- Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)
- Colleges in Tacoma
- Colleges in Lakewood
- Colleges in Puyallup
- Fort Lewis colleges
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins, Marvin Dale Kinkade (ed.): Salish Languages and Linguistics: Theoretical and Descriptive Perspectives (= Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs . No. 107 ). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-11-080125-6 , p. 53 , doi : 10.1515 / 9783110801255 , JSTOR : 30028747 ( books.google.com ).
- ^ Early Eatonville: 1889 Settlement. earlyeatonvillewa.blogspot.com.
- ↑ US Decennial Census ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ American FactFinder . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
Web links
- Celebrate! Spanaway , website about Spanaway (English)
- Spanaway Water Company (English)