Goldendale, Washington Goldendale, Washington The 24.5 inch Cassegrain Telescope at the Goldendale Observatory State Park.
The 24.5 inch Cassegrain Telescope at the Goldendale Observatory State Park.
Klickitat County Washington Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Goldendale Highlighted.svg Website City of Goldendale Goldendale is a non-urban agricultural town/city and governmental center of county of Klickitat County, Washington, United States, near the Columbia River Gorge.
The populace inside town/city limits was 3,760 at the 2000 census and 3,407, a 9.4% decline at the 2010 census.
A nationally known point of interest is north of town, Goldendale Observatory State Park.
The valley region in which Goldendale is positioned offers a sweeping and dramatic views of the Cascade Range Mountains 40 mile to the west and the Simcoe Hills to the north.
In 1878 Goldendale became the county seat.
Goldendale has remained the employment, business, commercial and cash dealing area for the valley and, as the county seat, is the locale for Klickitat County's courts and government offices.
On June 9, 1918, William Wallace Campbell, Director of the Lick Observatory in San Jose, CA, and astronomer Heber Curtis journeyed to Goldendale to view a total eclipse.
However, by November 1919, their accomplishments would be vindicated by British astronomers and Einstein's Theory of Relativity was confirmed. Goldendale was also the site of another total elcipse that drew nationwide attention.
On February 26, 1979, hundreds of citizens and all primary news networks converged on the town for a total solar eclipse that was the last visible from the continental United States until 2017.
On October 13, 1973, the Goldendale Observatory, the chief attraction of the city, was dedicated.
Because of a mostly small population, Goldendale offers excellent stargazing as well. In 2008 Goldendale hosted the International Gravity Sports Association's 'Festival of Speed,' on a segment of the historic Maryhill highway. Goldendale is positioned at 45 49 N 120 49 W (45.821, -120.821). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.52 square miles (6.53 km2), all of it land. Goldendale's altitude at the County Courthouse is 498 meters (1,634 feet).
US Highway 97 runs along the easterly boundary of the town/city and joins Goldendale with Interstate 84, 21 km (13 mi) south in the state of Oregon and State Route 14, which is 19 km (12 mi) south and runs along the Washington side of the Columbia River.
State Route 142 creates a primary east-west route through Goldendale, beginning at US 97 on the north end of town.
Goldendale has started to receive much of the wind turbine business, as primary companies buy territory and build around the town.
Goldendale has a borderline Mediterranean/Continental Mediterrean climate (Koppen Csb/Dsb).
Spring flowers and green meadows and prairies make Goldendale a especially beautiful site.
Climate data for Goldendale, Washington (1905 2015) As of the census of 2010, there were 3,407 citizens , 1,462 homeholds, and 858 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 88.3% White, 0.4% African American, 4.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 4.1% from other competitions, and 2.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,462 homeholds of which 29.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 39.7% were married couples residing together, 13.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.3% were non-families.
35.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 40.4 years.
25.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.7% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 17.1% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,760 citizens , 1,515 homeholds, and 963 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.42% White, 0.21% African American, 4.63% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.27% Pacific Islander, 4.07% from other competitions, and 2.69% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,515 homeholds out of which 34.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.4% were married couples residing together, 12.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families.
31.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 21.9% of families and 25.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 30.5% of those under age 18 and 26.3% of those age 65 or over.
A closed aluminum refining plant had a big economic impact for 35 years and continues to impact the region as pensioners still draw benefits from the decades of operations.
The John Day region aluminum reduction plant was assembled by Harvey Aluminum (later Martin Marietta, forerunner to conglomerate Lockheed Martin) at an industrialized site contiguous to the John Day Dam in 1968.
The industrialized evolution and resulting jobs brought an era of expansion and prosperity to Goldendale for 35 years, which brought the region new levels of prosperity from the high paying industrialized jobs with momentous benefits.
This plant added payroll strength and range of the timber- and agricultural-based Goldendale region economy.
Many region residents still appreciate pension and healthcare benefits from the 35 years of the industrialized operations.
At this time Rabanco Regional Disposal is the biggest single employer of inhabitants in the Goldendale area.
Aerial view of Goldendale from the northeast, 2015 Goldendale has many annual civic activities including the Klickitat County Fair & Rodeo, the Goldendale Community Days, held on the Goldendale Courthouse lawn, and holiday parades.
Goldendale's tourist attractions include the Goldendale Observatory, the close-by Maryhill Museum with a compilation of 87 works by Auguste Rodin & a intact architectural assembly by Portland-based firm Allied Works Architecture, and the Maryhill Stonehenge, a life-size cement replica of the initial Stonehenge, situated ten minutes south of Goldendale.
In downtown Goldendale, the Presby Mansion, now the Presby Museum, is also a tourist attraction featuring a newly restored 1898 Russel Steam Tractor and housing the Klickitat County Historical Society. The C-Span prank caller character who calls himself Nigel Hickory Goldsworthy uses Goldendale as his assumed home Margaret Jane Jones, a Goldendale native, uses the town as the setting for her children's books in the "Sun-Up Series" Bryan Caraway, UFC fighter, top 10 ranked and Goldendale indigenous United States Enumeration Bureau.
Goldendale Observatory Homepage United States Enumeration Bureau.
"GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON (453222)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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