Davenport, Washington Davenport Davenport, Washington Location of Davenport, Washington Location of Davenport, Washington Country United States Website City of Davenport Davenport is the governmental center of county of Lincoln County, Washington, United States.
Davenport was first settled in 1880, and was titled in 1882 for resident J.C.
Davenport. The town/city was made the governmental center of county of Lincoln County on December 15, 1896, after an election that chosen Davenport over then-seat Sprague, which had been finished in a fire, and Harrington. Davenport attained early eminence in the north central part of the Columbia Basin of easterly Washington, with its people successfully lobbying to receive the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railway (SLS&E) in 1889 in place of rival Wheatdale.
The transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway (NP) established a subsidiary, the Central Washington Railroad (CW), to build a competing barns line that reached Davenport in February 1889.
A branch line of the Great Northern Railway (GN) was assembled to Davenport from Bluestem in the 1920s.
Davenport is centrally positioned in the northern wheat belt of the Columbia Basin, where dryland wheat farming on the hills not washed away in the great Missoula Floods some 14,000 years ago, is critical to the agricultural economy of the region.
Davenport Union Warehouse and Odessa Union Warehouse operate multiple elevators of varying age and design on the southern part of the city.
"Sunset Highway") closely followed the CW barns from Coulee City through Davenport to Spokane.
Primary State Highway #7 also intersected with PSH #2 in Davenport, and is now part of State Route 28.
PSH #22 ran north from Davenport to the Canada US border near Northport.
Davenport is positioned at 47 39 4 N 118 9 6 W (47.651157, -118.151627). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.82 square miles (4.71 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,734 citizens , 694 homeholds, and 445 families living in the city.
There were 750 housing units at an average density of 412.1 per square mile (159.1/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.3% White, 0.1% African American, 1.2% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other competitions, and 2.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 694 homeholds of which 31.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.8% were married couples residing together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.9% were non-families.
31.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.03.
The median age in the town/city was 40 years.
25.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.9% were from 45 to 64; and 19% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,730 citizens , 707 homeholds, and 436 families living in the city.
There were 763 housing units at an average density of 504.3 per square mile (195.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.17% White, 0.29% African American, 0.98% Native American, 0.29% from other competitions, and 1.27% from two or more competitions.
There were 707 homeholds out of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 50.1% were married couples residing together, 9.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families.
33.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.0% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $37,900, and the median income for a family was $47,708.
About 8.5% of families and 11.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
The Davenport School District Includes Davenport Elementary, Davenport Middle School, and Davenport Senior High School.
The mascot is the Davenport Gorilla.
Davenport is served by the Davenport Municipal Airport.
Route 2, State Route 28, and State Route 25.
"Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
History of Davenport at History - Link Lincoln County Heritage - Local history collections from the Lincoln County Historical Museum, created in partnership with the Davenport Public Library.
Davenport School District City of Davenport Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, Washington, United States
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