Ocean Shores, Washington Ocean Shores, Washington Ocean Shores chief entrance Ocean Shores chief entrance Location of Ocean Shores, Washington Location of Ocean Shores, Washington Ocean Shores is a town/city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States.

The City of Ocean Shores is situated in the Point Brown peninsula on the Washington coast.

Damon took over the entire peninsula from Mc - Gee with the territory passed along to his grandson, Ralph Minard, who used the region as a cattle ranch from 1929 until he sold to the Ocean Shores Development Corporation in 1960 for $1,000,000.

In expectation of a huge casino development, the Ocean Shores Development Corporation opened their sale of lots in a travel trailer parked in the dunes.

Soon the word spread about the California-style evolution of the place called Ocean Shores.

Even though the first roads were only 20 miles (32 km) in length, the downtown region had mercury vapor lights to show that this was a booming city.

In the first year 25 homes were constructed and their owners had charter membership certificates in the Ocean Shores Community Club.

By December, 1960, 25 miles (40 km) of canals were planned, a six-hole golf course was drawing players, and the mall shopping region was ready for the 1961 Ocean Shores Estates assembly boom.

Pat Boone became a small-town resident in 1967 as a stockholder in the Ocean Shores Estates Incorporated and promotion of the evolution was sped along by the famous Celebrity Golf tournaments hosted by Boone. By 1969 Ocean Shores was declared the "Richest Little City" with an assessed valuation of $35 million and 900 permanent residents.

The following year the town/city was incorporated with a planning commission formed to zone the town/city and codify streets.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.40 square miles (32.12 km2), of which, 8.51 square miles (22.04 km2) is territory and 3.89 square miles (10.08 km2) is water. Ocean Shores experiences an oceanic climate (Koppen climate classification Cfb), with tendencies towards a Mediterranean (Koppen Csb), prominently the pattern of a wetter winter and moderately drier summer.

The climate is similar to close-by Aberdeen, situated slightly farther inland, but Ocean Shores experiences a narrower range of temperatures and is decidedly less susceptible to extremes of heat in the summer, caused by hotter, inland air populace being pushed into the region.

Climate data for Ocean Shores, Washington As of the census of 2010, there were 5,569 citizens , 2,707 homeholds, and 1,657 families living in the city.

There were 4,758 housing units at an average density of 559.1 per square mile (215.9/km2).

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.2% White, 0.9% African American, 2.1% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other competitions, and 4.2% from two or more competitions.

There were 2,707 homeholds of which 14.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.9% were married couples residing together, 7.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.8% were non-families.

30.5% 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 57.3 years.

12.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 4.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14% were from 25 to 44; 37.5% were from 45 to 64; and 31.1% were 65 years of age or older.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,836 citizens , 1,789 homeholds, and 1,198 families living in the city.

There were 3,170 housing units at an average density of 367.5 per square mile (141.8/km ).

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.44% White, 0.60% African American, 2.19% Native American, 1.23% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other competitions, and 2.63% from two or more competitions.

There were 1,789 homeholds out of which 17.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 56.7% were married couples residing together, 7.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families.

27.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 16.8% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 18.9% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 28.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,643, and the median income for a family was $38,520.

About 9.8% of families and 12.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 22.1% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those ages 65 or over.

Ocean Shores is served by the North Beach School District, which operates a high school, a middle school and an elementary school in the area.

Ocean Shores is connected to the rest of the county by State Route 115, which joins Point Brown Avenue to State Route 109.

The town/city is also served by Grays Harbor Transit bus route 50, which travels east to Hoquiam and Aberdeen and north to Taholah on the Quinault Indian Reservation, and a dial-a-ride route for in-city service. Ocean Shores Municipal Airport lies inside the town/city limits, at 13 feet (4.0 m) above sea level. The book Death on the Fourth of July by David Neiwert documents a racially charged killing which took place in Ocean Shores on July 4, 2000. A group of young Asian-American men who were visiting Ocean Shores spent that July 4 weekend there when they were attacked by a group of white men.

One of the Asians, Minh Duc Hong, stabbed Chris Kinison to death, who was from the Ocean Shores area.

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