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Aberdeen, Washington Aberdeen, WA - Downtown & Wishkah River from Rt 101.jpg Location inside Grays Harbor County and Washington Location inside Grays Harbor County and Washington County Grays Harbor Aberdeen / b rdi n/ is a town/city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States.
The town/city is the economic center of Grays Harbor County, bordering the metros/cities of Hoquiam and Cosmopolis.
Aberdeen is called the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula".
Aberdeen was titled for a small-town salmon cannery to reflect its Scottish fishing port namesake of Aberdeen and because it too is also situated at the mouth of two rivers like its namesake in Scotland which is between the rivers 'Don' at the north and the river 'Dee' to the south side of the Scottish city.
Aberdeen was established by Samuel Benn in 1884 and incorporated on May 12, 1890.
Although it became the biggest and best-known town/city in Grays Harbor, Aberdeen lagged behind close-by Hoquiam and Cosmopolis in the early years.
Aberdeen and its neighbors vied to be the end for Northern Pacific Railroad, but freshwater ending at one of the established foundry towns, the barns skimmed through Cosmopolis and headed west for Ocosta.
Hoquiam and Aberdeen people together assembled a spur; and in 1895, the line connected Northern Pacific tracks to Aberdeen.
By 1900, Aberdeen had many saloons, whorehouses, and gambling establishments populating the area.
Aberdeen was nicknamed "The Hellhole of the Pacific", or "The Port of Missing Men", because of its high murder rate.
During the Great Depression, Aberdeen was hit hard, reducing the number of primary sawmills from 37 to 9.
Aberdeen is also the home port of the tall ship Lady Washington, a reproduction of a lesser vessel used by the explorer Captain Robert Gray, featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean film The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Aberdeen is at the easterly end of Grays Harbor, near the mouth of the Chehalis River and southwest of the Olympic Mountains.
Grays Harbor is eminent as the northernmost ria on North America's Pacific Coast because it has remained no-charge of glaciers throughout the Quaternary due to unfavorable topography and warm temperatures.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.36 square miles (32.01 km2), of which 10.65 square miles (27.58 km2) is territory and 1.71 square miles (4.43 km2) is water. Aberdeen experiences a climate on the boundary between Mediterranean (Koppen Csb) and oceanic (Koppen Cfb).
For example, in August 1981, the temperature in Aberdeen reached 105 F (40.6 C).
Climate data for Aberdeen As of the census of 2010, there were 16,896 citizens , 6,476 homeholds, and 4,020 families living in the city.
The populace density was 1,586.5 inhabitants per square mile (612.6/km2).
There were 7,338 housing units at an average density of 689.0 per square mile (266.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 80.4% White, 0.8% African American, 3.7% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 8.0% from other competitions, and 4.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,476 homeholds of which 33.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 39.9% were married couples residing together, 15.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families.
29.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.10.
The median age in the town/city was 35.6 years.
24.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,461 citizens , 6,517 homeholds, and 4,112 families living in the city.
The populace density was 1,548.8 citizens per square mile (597.9/km ).
There were 7,536 housing units at an average density of 709.1 per square mile (273.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.87% White, 0.47% African American, 3.70% Native American, 2.10% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 5.15% from other competitions, and 3.57% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,517 homeholds out of which 31.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 43.9% were married couples residing together, 13.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families.
29.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 16.1% of families and 22.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 29.7% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those ages 65 or over.
Aberdeen and the rest of Grays Harbor remain dependent on the timber, fishing industries, tourism and as a county-wide service center for much of the Olympic Peninsula.
Grays Harbor Community Hospital employees total more than 700.
The Port of Grays Harbor is the biggest coastal shipping port north of California.
On December 19, 2005, Weyerhaeuser closed the Aberdeen large-log sawmill and the Cosmopolis pulp foundry in early 2006.
In January 2009, Weyerhaeuser closed two extra plants in Aberdeen, resulting in another 221 lost jobs.
Major employers in Grays Harbor include Westport Shipyard, Sierra Pacific Industries, The Simpson Door Company, Hoquiam Plywood, Pasha Automotive, Willis Enterprises, Ocean Gold Companies, Vaughn Company, and the Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a state prison which opened in 2000. In 2007, Imperium Renewables of Seattle invested $40 million in the assembly of the biodiesel plant at the Port of Grays Harbor.
The Weatherwax building of Aberdeen High School burned down in 2002.
The city's school precinct has two high schools: J.
Weatherwax High School, or Aberdeen High School as it is now called; and Harbor High School, an alternative high school with an enrollment exceeding 200 pupils.
Aberdeen High has a long-time school sports rivalry with close-by Hoquiam High School. In 2002, the Weatherwax building of Aberdeen High School, assembled in 1909, burned to the ground.
Aberdeen School District also comprises of one junior high: Miller Junior High; five elementary schools: Central Park Elementary, Mc - Dermoth Elementary, Stevens Elementary, AJ West Elementary and Robert Gray Elementary; and one Roman Catholic parochial school: St.
Aberdeen is home to Grays Harbor College, positioned in south Aberdeen, and is represented by the Charlie Choker mascot.
Aberdeen *Number of announced crimes per 100,000 population.
According to Uniform Crime Report statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2012, there were 59 violent crimes and 907 property crimes per 100,000 residents.
Main page: Category:People from Aberdeen, Washington "Billy Gohl of Grays Harbor".
"ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON (450008)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Weyerhaeuser closes Aberdeen sawmill, Pacific Veneer".
"Grays Harbor Workforce".
Greater Grays Harbor Inc.
"Washington - Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, 2012".
"Sister City Relationships: Annex A: Sister Relations in Washington State (USA)".
Anne Cotton, "The History of Aberdeen," Grays Harbor Regional Planning Commission, 1982.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Aberdeen (Washington).
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Wikisource has the text of a 1921 Collier's Encyclopedia article about Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, Washington at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States
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