Longview, Washington City of Longview Downtown Longview Downtown Longview Location of Longview, Washington Location of Longview, Washington Longview is a town/city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States.
It is the principal town/city of the "Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area", which encompasses all of Cowlitz County.
Longview's populace was 36,648 at the time of the 2010 census and it is the biggest city in Cowlitz County.
The town/city is positioned in southwestern Washington, at the junction of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers.
Longview shares a border with Kelso to the east, which is the county seat.
Long prepared and assembled a complete town/city in 1921 that could support a populace of up to 50,000 and furnish labor for the mills as well as attracting other industries.
Several buildings in the town/city were assembled from Long's private funds. Longview was the locale of Mount Coffin, an ancestral burial ground for the small-town native citizens .
The Longview region was first settled by European-Americans, led by pioneers Harry and Rebecca Jane Huntington, in 1849.
Congress agreed to statehood but as Washington, after President Washington, to avoid confusion with the District of Columbia.
A monument to the convention is positioned near the Longview Civic Center. Louis, to build the town/city that would support the two mills that were now planned.
Longview was officially incorporated on February 14, 1924.
At the time of its conception, Longview was the only prepared city of its magnitude to have ever been conceived of and assembled entirely with private funds.
A number of prominent buildings in Longview were purchased with R.
Long High School, the Longview Public Library, the YMCA building and the Monticello Hotel.
A park, a bridge, and many buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the Civic Center, that is a National Register Historic District. Longview Bridge Also known as the Lewis and Clark Bridge or Rainier Bridge.
Longview Civic Center Historic District Longview Community Church Longview Community Church-Saint Helen's Addition Longview Community Store Longview Women's Clubhouse US Post Office Longview Main The town/city has seven council members and a mayor as well as a town/city manager. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.79 square miles (38.31 km2), of which 14.49 square miles (37.53 km2) is territory and 0.30 square miles (0.78 km2) is water. The Lewis and Clark Bridge spans the Columbia River, linking Longview to Rainier, Oregon.
Longview is in a small gorge, so its climate varies from its close neighbor, Portland.
Longview is generally about 7 F (4 C) cooler than Portland.
Located about 80 miles (130 km) inland athwart a stretch of mostly flat ground, the Longview skies can be overcast due to moisture from the Pacific Coast marine layer.
Due to the gorge-like effect, marine pushes on summer evenings can incessantly reach gusts up to 30 to 40 miles per hour (48 to 64 km/h) There have been gusts of up to 90 to 100 miles per hour (140 to 160 km/h), and over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) at higher elevations.
Climate data for Longview As of the census of 2010, there were 36,648 citizens , 15,281 homeholds, and 9,086 families living in the city.
There were 16,380 housing units at an average density of 1,130.4 per square mile (436.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.0% White, 0.9% African American, 1.7% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 4.7% from other competitions, and 4.2% from two or more competitions.
The median age in the town/city was 39.6 years.
23.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 17.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 34,660 citizens , 14,066 homeholds, and 8,931 families living in the city.
There were 15,225 housing units at an average density of 1,111.4 per square mile (429.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.35% White, 0.72% African American, 1.76% Native American, 2.17% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 2.96% from other competitions, and 2.92% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 26.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city of Longview rates 28 out of 281 in size. Timber for export, Port of Longview, 2008 Manufacturing in Longview accounts for 19% of the employment and easy access to the Columbia River, Interstate 5, and the west coast stockyards s has thriving a quickly diversifying manufacturing base.
The abundance of timber around Longview provides the city's former two biggest employers, Weyerhaeuser and Kapstone with timber products.
Other primary manufacturers in Longview include NORPAC (newsprint), Solvay Chemicals (hydrogen peroxide), and PPG Industries (Acquired Equa-Chlor in 2011). Smaller operations include Epson Toyocom, Northwest Hardwoods, Caffall Brothers, Peterson Manufacturing, JM Huber, Specialty Minerals, HASA and the Simpson Timber Company. The Port of Longview, established in 1921, has eight marine terminals handling a wide range of cargo from windmills, pencil pitch, calcined coke, pulp bales, lumber, grain, logs and steel.
The Cowlitz Black Bears baseball team call Longview and Kelso home.
A former slough, Lake Sacajawea was created amid the assembly of Longview Longview has a range of parks and recreation facilities.
Longview Parks and Recreation maintains the small-town parks, including the prominent Lake Sacajawea.
Dozens of other parks exist inside town/city limits with strolling trails, sport fields, dog-friendly areas, children's play areas, and other features.
Both Longview and its neighbor city, Kelso, are home to skateparks. Two athletic clubs exist, including the YMCA and Mint Valley Racquet and Fitness.
Golf is also a prominent sport in the small-town area, with the Longview Country Club, Mint Valley, among others.
Longview is served by eight enhance elementary schools (Columbia Heights, Columbia Valley Gardens, Kessler, Mint Valley, Northlake, Olympic, Robert Gray, and Saint Helens), three enhance middle schools (Cascade, Monticello, and Mount Solo), and two enhance high schools (R.
Longview is also served by two theological based schools.
Lower Columbia College (LCC), based in Longview, was established in 1934.
The Daily News Longview's major newspaper, won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Mount St.
KLTV Local public-access tv cable TV channel, which has its command posts in downtown Longview, at the corner of 12th Avenue and Washington Way.
Longview is served by State Route 4 and State Route 432, which connect it to close-by Kelso.
The town/city is also served by River - Cities Transit, a small-town bus fitness that travels between Kelso and Longview.
Longview is a gateway to the Mount St.
Longview is home to the famous Nutty Narrows Bridge assembled in 1963 by Amos Peters.
Longview began a new annual festival, known as Squirrel Fest, in 2011. As part of the festival, a new squirrel bridge has been unveiled each year, and as of 2014, there are now four squirrel bridges in the city. In 2012, Forbes listed Longview as one of The United States' prettiest cities. The Green Day song "Longview" from their album Dookie is titled after the town. Longview has two sister cities: a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cowlitz County, Washington NRHP listings for Longview "LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON (454769)".
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Longview Parks and Recreation "Man of direction Longview's Steve De Jarnatt sprints to fame in film".
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