Moses Lake, Washington Moses Lake, Washington Aerial view of Moses Lake & Potholes Reservoir Aerial view of Moses Lake & Potholes Reservoir Grant County, Washington Grant County, Washington Moses Lake War Memorial Moses Lake is a town/city in Grant County, Washington, United States.
Moses Lake is the biggest city in Grant County.
The town/city anchors the Moses Lake Micropolitan area, which contains all of Grant County, and is part of the Moses Lake-Othello combined statistical area.
Moses Lake, on which the town/city lies, is made up of three chief arms over 18 miles (29 km) long and up to one mile (1.6 km) wide.
Before it was dammed in the early 1900s and then incorporated into the Columbia Basin Project, Moses Lake was a smaller, salty, shallow lake.
One of its early names was "Salt Lake". To the south of the town is the Potholes Reservoir and the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge that has a number of seep lakes and vast amounts of migratory birds and other fauna natural to the area.
Chief Moses was prestige of the Sinkiuse tribe from 1859 to 1899, and was forced to negotiate with white pioneer who began to settle in the region in the 1880s.
Under pressure from the government, Chief Moses interchanged the Columbia Basin territory for a reservation that stretched from Lake Chelan north to the Canada US border.
The new pioneer named the lake with respect to the chief.
When the town was incorporated and retitled Moses Lake in 1938, the populace was estimated at 301 citizens .
Moses Lake was quickly transformed into a core for a vast region where transportation, agriculture and recreation came together.
The old air base is now owned by the Port of Moses Lake and is home to Grant County International Airport, Big Bend Community College and a several businesses.
Farmers, meanwhile, had advanced new methods to irrigate water from the lake and from the Columbia River and began planting expansive irrigated acreage.
In little more than a decade, Moses Lake's populace interval from 300 to 2,679 in 1950.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 18.75 square miles (48.56 km2), of which, 15.75 square miles (40.79 km2) is territory and 3.00 square miles (7.77 km2) is water. There were 7,600 homeholds of which 38.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.3% were married couples residing together, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 32.1 years.
29.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27% were from 25 to 44; 21.4% were from 45 to 64; and 12.3% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,953 citizens , 5,642 homeholds, and 3,740 families living in the city.
There were 5,642 homeholds out of which 35.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 50.3% were married couples residing together, 11.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Unlike close-by Seattle, Moses Lake has a dry climate, and is classed as a semi-arid climate.
The annual average rain at Moses Lake is 7.69 inches (195 mm).
Climate data for Moses Lake, Washington The BMW i3 electric car uses carbon fiber reinforced plastic produced in Moses Lake Moses Lake's historic economic base has been agriculture, but now contains considerable manufacturing and technology.
Moses Lake has also thriving some alternative fuel companies, such as Washington Ethanol & Washington Biodiesel.
When the third building is completed, SGL Moses Lake will be the biggest producer of carbon fiber in the world.
Other primary corporations that have facilities in (or are based in) Moses Lake include: Moses Lake Industries Moses Lake is bisected by two primary highways that bypass the town/city center: Interstate 90 and State Route 17.
The Columbia Basin Railroad is headquartered in Moses Lake and operates the city's barns .
During the 1990s, a high-speed rail line between Seattle and Moses Lake was proposed, primarily to use Grant County International Airport as a satellite airport for the Seattle urbane area. Moses Lake and Grant County are served by the Grant Transit Authority, which runs a several bus routes inside the town/city and intercity bus service to close-by Ephrata and other towns.
Larson Air Force Base, five miles from the town/city of Moses Lake, Washington, originally was titled Moses Lake Army Air Base.
Larson Air Force Base, since retitled Grant County International Airport, is now a world-class heavy jet training and testing facility used by the Boeing Company, the U.S.
Military and NASA. Columbia Pacific Aviation now handles charter traveler service to and from Moses Lake. With 4,700 acres (1,900 ha) and a chief runway 13,500 feet (4,110 m) long, it is one of the biggest airports in the United States.
Moses Lake also is also served by a much lesser airport with one runway.
Moses Lake Public Library, showing its diverse ive hyperbolic-paraboloid roof Chief Moses Middle School Moses Lake Christian Academy Moses Lake High School Columbia Basin Secondary School (Now Endeavor Middle School) The Japanese Supplementary School of Moses Lake ( Mozesu Reiku Hoshu Jugyo Ko), a weekend Japanese educational program, was previously operating in Moses Lake. Moses Lake Water Sports Festival (June) (first held in June 2008) Field - Turf was installed and the first game held on the new turf was a soccer game between the Moses Lake Chiefs and the Wenatchee Panthers.
Moses Lake has one sister city, as stated to the Washington State Lt.
Governor's list of Washington Sister Cities: Moses Lake has a long history with its sister city; Yonezawa, Japan.
There is a street titled after Yonezawa in Moses Lake and a street titled after Moses Lake in Yonezawa.
The following citizens were born in Moses Lake or lived there: Bryden - MLB pitcher - Born in Moses Lake January 17, 1959 Jason Buck - NFL Defensive Lineman - Born in Moses Lake July 27, 1963 Matt Cedeno - Actor - Born in Moses Lake November 14, 1973 Ryan Doumit - MLB catcher for the Minnesota Twins - Born and raised in Moses Lake Dave Heaverlo - MLB Pitcher - Born in Ellensburg, Washington but interval up, and still lives in, Moses Lake Evel Knievel - Daredevil - Lived in Moses Lake for some time Bob Runnels, Sr - 6th Ward Alderman of North Chicago - Taught journalism at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake for 10 years Reid Stowe - Sailor, Adventurer - Born 6 January 1952, on Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake Martha Thomsen - Model - Born in Moses Lake 25 January 1957 Triplett - PGA golfer - Born in Moses Lake 29 March 1962 Bryan Warrick - NBA player of the Washington Bullets, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, and the Indiana Pacers - Born in Moses Lake Caitlynn Lawson - Contestant on So You Think You Can Dance (season 8) - Born in Moses Lake "Moses Lake".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moses Lake, USGS, GNIS "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
"Panel to oppose high-speed train to Moses Lake".
Grant County Int'l Airport.
Moses Lake: "Japanese Supplementary School of Moses Lake c/o JAL Building 3401,6955 22nd Ave.,Moses Lake,WA98837,U.S.A." "Bibliography - Moses Lake".
City of Moses Lake Moses - Lake - Washington.mobi - Mobile guide to Moses Lake Washington "Moses Lake Community History Exhibit".
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