Port Angeles, Washington Port Angeles Port Angeles harbor and the Olympic Mountains Port Angeles harbor and the Olympic Mountains Location of Port Angeles in Clallam County and Washington Location of Port Angeles in Clallam County and Washington Website City of Port Angeles Port Angeles is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Clallam County, Washington, United States. With a populace of 19,038 as of the 2010 census, it is the biggest city in the county.
The City's harbor was dubbed Puerto de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Port of Our Lady of the Angels) by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza in 1791.
By the mid-19th century, after settlement by English speakers from the United States, the name was shortened and partially anglicized to its current form, Port Angeles Harbor. Port Angeles is home to Peninsula College.
In 1791 the harbor was entered by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza, who titled it Puerto de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Port of Our Lady of the Angels), claiming it for Spain.
This name was shortened to the current one of Port Angeles.
He quickly attained approval to move the Port of Entry from Port Townsend to Port Angeles.
With Chase's support, he also succeeded in getting President Abraham Lincoln to designate 3,520 acres at Port Angeles as a federal reserve for lighthouse, military and naval purposes.
Board of Trade in 1890 to dub Port Angeles the "Second National City." The Port of Entry was returned to Port Townsend and the region sank into obscurity until the 1880s.
A village of 300 in 1886, Port Angeles' populace interval to 3,000 by 1890.
Tourism became increasingly meaningful as the burgeoning national affluence, and especially the 1961 opening of the Hood Canal Bridge that cut driving time from the populated central Puget Sound region, brought more visitors drawn by the mountain peaks, rivers, and rainforest of Olympic National Park and by fishing and boating along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
In August 2003, a $275 million assembly project, known as the Graving Dock Project, was started in Port Angeles near the water as part of the Hood Canal Bridge east-half replacement project.
In 2016, Port Angeles installed street signs in English and Klallam to revitalize and preserve the area's Klallam culture.
The coordinates of Port Angeles are 48 06 47 N 123 26 27 (48.112969, -123.440713). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.52 square miles (37.61 km2), of which, 10.70 square miles (27.71 km2) is territory and 3.82 square miles (9.89 km2) is water. The town/city is situated on the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula along the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Port Angeles features a long and narrow glacial morraine titled Ediz Hook that projects north-easterly almost three miles into the Strait.
Coast Guard Air Station / Sector Field Office (SFO) Port Angeles is situated on the end of Ediz Hook.
Port Angeles is positioned in the precipitation shadow of the Olympic Mountains, which means the town/city gets decidedly less precipitation than other areas of Washington.
However, in winter the town/city can be vulnerable to windstorms and Arctic cold fronts that sweep athwart the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Port Angeles receives about 4 inches (100 mm) of snow each year, but it rarely stays on the ground for long.
Port Angeles is also the locale of the command posts of Olympic National Park, which encompasses most of the Olympic Mountains.
Crossroads in Port Angeles, Strait of Juan de Fuca and Vancouver Island in the background Port Angeles has a mediterranean climate (Koppen Csb).
In contrast to many other locations in its surroundings, Port Angeles is in a precipitation shadow resulting in comparatively low precipitation.
Climate data for Port Angeles, Washington The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 88.9% White, 0.8% African American, 3.2% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other competitions, and 4.3% from two or more competitions.
There were 8,459 homeholds of which 25.7% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 39.9% were married couples residing together, 11.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.2% were non-families.
35.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 41.6 years.
20.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.4% were from 25 to 44; 28.3% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,397 citizens , 8,053 homeholds, and 4,831 families living in the city.
There were 8,053 homeholds out of which 28.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 44.0% were married couples residing together, 12.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families.
34.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 9.9% of families and 13.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
The small-town journal is the Peninsula Daily News, originally the Port Angeles Evening News (founded 1916).
The Peninsula Daily News prints 6 days a week and hosts a website for the North Olympic Peninsula.
Port Angeles is the home base of Rygaard Logging, one of the logging companies featured in the second season of the History Channel program, Ax Men.
The Straits of Juan de Fuca north of Port Angeles were used for recording some of the open water scenes in the 1990 film, The Hunt for Red October.
Port Angeles was also used in the last scene of the 1994 movie of Wyatt Earp when Wyatt and Josie were on the boat out from the harbor with the Olympic Mountains in the distance.
Port O Call News is a monthly news periodical presented in Port Angeles by Port O Call Publishing, owned by Dale Wilson.
Port O Call reports on small-town government and politics with an occasional profile of improve leaders and what they bring to the community.
Port O Call is a no-charge paper, made possible by advertisers and prints 10,000 copies each month and distributes to the Port Angeles/Clallam County improve by US mail.
Main article: Port Angeles School District Public school education is provided by the Port Angeles School District which operates five elementary schools, one middle school, a high school, an alternative high school and a vocational school.
In addition, there are two private schools, Queen of Angels Catholic School and Olympic Christian School, both of which serve grades K-8.
Peninsula College is a improve college based in Port Angeles that serves the Olympic Peninsula.
Japan Mutsu, Aomori, Japan, is a sister town/city of Port Angeles. The metros/cities have an exchange pupil program set up through the Port Angeles School District.
"Port Angeles Federal Building".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Angeles Harbor a b c Review of Port Angeles Graving Dock Project, Report 06-8, 30 June 2006 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Monthly Averages for Port Angeles, Washington".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Port Angeles and Sequim News Talk Radio - KONP".
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