East Wenatchee, Washington East Wenatchee, Washington Official seal of East Wenatchee, Washington Location in the state of Washington Location in the state of Washington Country United States State Washington Website City of East Wenatchee East Wenatchee is a town/city in Douglas County, Washington, United States, as well as a suburb of Wenatchee.
The populace at the 2010 census was 13,190, a 129.1% increase on the 2000 census.
On November 10, 2002, East Wenatchee was designated a principal town/city of the Wenatchee East Wenatchee Metropolitan Travel Destination by the Office of Management and Budget. 7 Wenatchee Valley lodging At the turn of the 20th Century irrigation projects, including the Columbia Basin Project east of the region, fostered the evolution of intensive agriculture in the shrub-steppe indigenous to the region.
In 1908, the first highway bridge to span the Columbia River opened.
It connected Chelan County on the Wenatchee shore with Douglas County on East Wenatchee shore.
The bridge opened East Wenatchee and the rest of Douglas County to apple orchard development.
It once carried Sunset Highway (State Highway 2) athwart the river.
Hill (1838 1916), of the Great Northern Railway (which appeared in Wenatchee in 1892).
This prompted small-town leaders to hasten to the state council to persuade the state to purchase the bridge as part of the state highway system.
The state purchased the bridge despite the state-employed consultant's opinion "that the ugliness of the structure is very apparent" (Dorpat), despite defects in the timber floor and concrete piers, and despite leaks in the waterpipes.
On February 28, 1935, people voted, 48 in favor and 46 against, to incorporate the town of East Wenatchee. When the town was incorporated on March 11, 1935, the initial town site was 50 acres (200,000 m2).
Today, East Wenatchee's boundaries encompass 3.67 square miles (9.5 km2).
On October 5, 1931, East Wenatchee became part of aviation history.
In honor of this pioneering flight, East Wenatchee's airport is called Pangborn Memorial Airport, the Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is nearby, and Miss Veedol's propeller is displayed in the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center.
On May 27, 1987, East Wenatchee became part of archaeological history.
On that date, while digging in an orchard just east of the city, farmworkers accidentally identified a cache of 11,000-year-old Clovis points and other artifacts, left by Pleistocene hunters some 11,000 years earlier.
The East Wenatchee Clovis Site, explored in two subsequent archaeological digs in 1988 and 1990, was closed to science by the landowner after protests by small-town Native American tribes.
On January 8, 2007, East Wenatchee had a devastating wind storm with 100 - MPH plus winds this storm caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to homes, businesses, and town/city parks many citizens went without power for days and even weeks.
East Wenatchee is positioned at 47 25 17 N 120 17 17 W (47.421506, -120.288094). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.81 square miles (9.87 km2), of which, 3.80 square miles (9.84 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. There are many orchards encircling East Wenatchee.
Wheat and other grain are also grown on farms in the outlying areas near East Wenatchee.
The following activities are positioned in East Wenatchee or the close-by city of Wenatchee: Kayaking, Rafting (Columbia or Wenatchee rivers) Hockey (Wenatchee Wild @ the Town Toyota Center) Wenatchee Apple - Sox Semi-Professional Baseball (Wenatchee) Go Karting (Revolution Go Karts, cyclic @ Wenatchee Valley Mall) Fishing (Columbia or Wenatchee rivers) Wenatchee Valley's Super Oval On the first weekend of October, the City hosts an annual Wings and Wheels Festival to memorialize Clyde Pangborn's historic non-stop flight athwart the Pacific Ocean.
The following projects are taking place in East Wenatchee or close-by Wenatchee.
Wenatchee Valley Mall Project Includes extra bridge, road that extends to Eastmont Ave., new bridge to connect road in Fancher Heights area, and new road.
Gateway 14 Cinema - Opened at Gateway Shopping Center in Wenatchee Wenatchee Valley lodging Hampton Inn and Suites (coming soon East Wenatchee) As of 2000 the median income for a homehold in the town/city is $34,919, and the median income for a family is $41,518.
As of the census of 2010, there were 13,190 citizens , 4,997 homeholds, and 3,517 families living in the city.
The median age in the town/city was 35.2 years.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.
The area's primary shopping centers are Wenatchee Valley Mall and Valley North Mall.
The City of East Wenatchee is governed by a Council-Mayor.
The Mayor presides at City Council meetings and acts as the city's executive officer.
City Hall is positioned at 271 9th St.
N.E., East Wenatchee, WA 98802 He graduated from the University of Utah School of Law in 1979 with a juris doctor degree, and settled in East Wenatchee.
East Wenatchee has one sister city: Link Transit provides enhance transit throughout the Wenatchee valley including routes that connect the metros/cities of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee with Leavenworth, Chelan, and Waterville.
The town/city is served by Pangborn Memorial Airport with everyday flights to Seattle via Alaska Airlines.
Executive Flight Any United States Destination East Wenatchee's rail access is positioned athwart the Columbia River in Wenatchee which is on the primary barns line of the Great Northern Railway (now BNSF Railway) to Seattle.
Columbia Station (Wenatchee) East Wenatchee is serviced by State Route 28, U.S.
United States Geological Survey.
East Wenatchee Order of Incorporation United States Enumeration Bureau.
"WENATCHEE PANGBORN AP, WASHINGTON (459082)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce, www.wenatchee.org East Wenatchee, Washington at DMOZ Casts of East Wenatchee Clovis Points Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Washington, United States State of Washington
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