Poulsbo, Washington
Poulsbo, Washington Nickname(s): Viking City, Little Norway Location of Poulsbo, Washington Location of Poulsbo, Washington Website City of Poulsbo Poulsbo (/ p lzbo / pawlz-boh) is a town/city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.
It is the fourth biggest city in Kitsap County.
Prior to the arrival of Scandinavian immigrants in the 1880s, the Suquamish citizens had names for a several areas in what is now Poulsbo; one of those names, tcu-tcu-lats, means "place of the maples". Their ancestors occupied villages on the Liberty Bay shoreline among them, ho-CHEEB for at least 5,000 years, hunted in small-town forests and floodplains, fished in bays and streams here, and harvested shellfish along the marine shoreline.
After the signing of the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855, most Suquamish citizens here relocated to the Port Madison Indian Reservation, although the Suquamish Tribe reserved and to this day exercises definite cultural and natural resource rights in their historical territory, including Poulsbo.
Poulsbo was established by Jorgen Eliason of Fordefjord, Norway, when the major health of travel was water.
Over a 60-year period, the "Mosquito Fleet", comprising more than a dozen steamboats, served Poulsbo and other locations along Liberty Bay and Puget Sound carrying travelers and freight to and from Poulsbo and bringing farmers' produce to Pike Place Market in Seattle.
As a reminder of the city's early Scandinavian immigrants, downtown Poulsbo maintains a Scandinavian infamous and is a prominent regional tourist destination.
One of its small-town products is now available worldwide, Poulsbo Bread, originally made in the small-town bakery.
6 Notable Poulsbo natives First Lutheran Church of Poulsbo Founded by Norwegian immigrant Jorgen Eliason in the 1880s, Poulsbo was settled in its early years by a large number of Norwegian and other Scandinavian immigrants because of its similarities to their indigenous countries. In 1886, I.B.
Misspelled the town's name, probably because of illegible handwriting, and the improve became known as Poulsbo after that.
Poulsbo was officially incorporated on December 18, 1907.
Until World War II, many Poulsbo inhabitants retained Norwegian as a major language.
However, amid World War II, the military constructed about 300 residentiary units to furnish housing for workers at the close-by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, positioned in Bremerton, Washington.
The populace of Poulsbo nearly tripled over three years, and the diversification of the populace led to the dominance of English as the major language.
On October 22, 1975, King Olav V of Norway attended Poulsbo as part of the celebration of 150 years of Norwegian settlement in the United States. His son, Harald, attended 20 years later.
Poulsbo is home to many different enhance schools in the North Kitsap School District.
North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo Middle School, and Poulsbo Elementary are at the heart of town, while Vinland Elementary and Pearson Elementary schools lie in the encircling areas.
Post-secondary undergraduate education contains Olympic College Poulsbo.
Poulsbo is positioned on Liberty Bay, a sheltered arm of Puget Sound, at 47 44 21 N 122 38 21 W (47.739137, -122.639278). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.27 square miles (13.65 km2), of which, 4.67 square miles (12.10 km2) is territory and 0.60 square miles (1.55 km2) is water. Poulsbo Climate data for Poulsbo, Washington The North Kitsap Herald has been presented in print continuously since 1901, providing small-town news for Poulsbo as well as the greater Kitsap County area.
The Herald was established by Peter Iverson, who served as mayor of Poulsbo and state legislator.
In Kitsap, Sound also prints the Bainbridge Island Review, Central Kitsap Reporter, Kitsap Weekly, and Port Orchard Independent (Fridays); Kingston Community News (monthly); and Kitsap - Daily - News.com, Bainbridge - Review.com (daily online).
Poulsbo has the following sister town/city relationships: Sons of Norway Hall, Poulsbo There were 4,115 housing units at an average density of 881.2 per square mile (340.2/km2).
There were 3,883 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 44.9% were married couples residing together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.5% were non-families.
34.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.4% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 40.2 years.
23.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 19.4% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,813 citizens , 2,845 homeholds, and 1,772 families living in the city.
There were 2,845 homeholds out of which 30.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 48.6% were married couples residing together, 10.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families.
32.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 15.8% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Notable Poulsbo natives United States Enumeration Bureau.
Poulsbo City Council Meeting of September 2008 Poulsbo Historical Society "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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