This article refers to the town/city of Snoqualmie, Washington.
Location of Snoqualmie inside King County.
Location of Snoqualmie inside King County.
Snoqualmie (/sno kw lmi/ snoh-kwohl-mee) is a town/city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington.
Movie actress Ella Raines was born on August 6, 1920, in Snoqualmie Falls, a foundry town athwart the Snoqualmie River that is now part of Snoqualmie.
Many of the exterior shots for David Lynch's Twin Peaks tv series and movie (Fire Walk with Me) were filmed in Snoqualmie and in the neighboring suburbs of North Bend and Fall City.
The name Snoqualmie is derived from the Lushootseed name s duk albix , generally interpreted to mean "ferocious citizens ", a name applied by another Coast Salishan tribe in reference to the Snoqualmie tribe. The second written record of the exploration of the Snoqualmie Valley comes from the notes of Samuel Hancock, who ventured up-river with the Snoqualmie tribe in 1851 in search of coal.
In 1856, in response to these tensions, Fort Alden was assembled in the region that would turn into Snoqualmie.
Within 5 years, there were 12 logging operations on the Snoqualmie River, providing lumber to the entire Seattle region.
The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern opened up the vast natural resources Snoqualmie valley to the markets of the world, and brought in tourists from around the world to appreciate the natural beauty of the area, and to marvel at the Falls.
Originally, the region that would turn into North Bend was platted as "Snoqualmie" in February 1889 by Will Taylor.
The region that is presently Snoqualmie was platted in August of that same year as "Snoqualmie Falls" by investors from Seattle.
The oral history of the region places the first inhabitants of Snoqualmie as Edmund and Louisa Kinsey, who established the first hotel, livery, general store, dance hall, postal service, and meat market in addition to helping build the very first church in the town.
The first power plant at Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Plant, at the Falls, was assembled in the late 1890s by Charles Baker, one of the investors from Seattle who had assisted in the platting of the city.
The official vote for incorporation of "Snoqualmie Falls" as the City of Snoqualmie occurred in 1903.
In 1917 a new all-electric lumber foundry (only the second ever in the U.S.) opened athwart the river from Snoqualmie, along with the business town associated with it, Snoqualmie Falls.
By the 1960s, the homes that had made up the business town of Snoqualmie Falls had been moved to other locations inside the Valley, and the city's populace had stabilized to a expansion rate of approximately 11 citizens per year over the next 30 years (from 1,216 in 1960 to 1,546 in 1990).
This slow expansion cycle continued until the mid-1990s, when the City took in 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) of undeveloped territory that became the site of the current "master-planned" improve of Snoqualmie Ridge, now alluded to as Snoqualmie Ridge I.
The Snoqualmie Ridge I master prepared improve contains 2,250 dwelling units, a company park, a Neighborhood Center Retail region and the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, a private, PGA Tour-sanctioned golf course.
Snoqualmie Ridge II, took in in 2004, will contain an extra 1,850 dwelling units, a hospital and a limited amount of extra retail.
The town/city council has attempted to balance the desire to retain the non-urban and historical feel of "historic" Snoqualmie with the needs of a decidedly larger populace than has existed in the Valley in the past.
In 2012 the City of Snoqualmie took in 593 acres of the former Weyerhaeuser Mill Site and Mill Pond (Borst Lake).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.51 square miles (16.86 km2), of which, 6.40 square miles (16.58 km2) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) is water. With the culmination of Interstate 90 in the 1970s, Snoqualmie became more accessible to Seattle and the Eastside, resulting in more inhabitants working in the communities to the West.
The Salish Lodge sits up on Snoqualmie Falls contiguous to Puget Sound Energy's Snoqualmie Fall Park.
Snoqualmie Falls is featured prominently in Twin Peaks In April 2013, the City of Snoqualmie retained the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County (EDC) to conduct research and make recommendations that would guide and support a marketing accomplishment aimed at increasing occupancy in the Snoqualmie Ridge Business Park.
The City was also interested in recommendations for the use of the Snoqualmie Mill site, and in an estimate of the potential for extra territory absorption at Snoqualmie Ridge.
The average homehold income in this region is estimated to be $135,386 for the current year (2013), while the average homehold income is estimated to be $90,874 for King County, $108,160 for Bellevue, $111,460 for Issaquah, $74,847 for Washington, and $70,968 for the United States, for the same time frame.
In comparison, for the United States, it is estimated that for the populace over age 25, 8.9% had earned a Master's, Professional, or Doctorate Degree, while 15.5% had earned a bachelor's degree.
The age distribution of the populace shows that roughly 35% of the inhabitants are kids (age 0-19), 51% are age 20-54, and 14% are 55 and older.
The current year median age for this populace is 34.2, while the average age is 31.2.
The current year median age for the United States is 36.5, while the average age is 37.7.
There were 3,547 homeholds of which 55.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 71.3% were married couples residing together, 7.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 17.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 33.7 years.
35% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 3.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 38.9% were from 25 to 44; 19.2% were from 45 to 64; and 3.9% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the 2000 census, there were 1,631 citizens , 632 homeholds, and 432 families living in the city.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 39.3% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was US$52,697, and the median income for a family was US$58,889.
On March 8, 2014 the Snoqualmie Police Department began providing law enforcement services to the neighboring town/city of North Bend.
The City of Snoqualmie has designated the following landmark: Snoqualmie Historic Commercial District 1889 1941 1997 Railroad Avenue vicinity Downtown Snoqualmie WA 01.jpg Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County, City of Snoqualmie Final Report and Recruiting Plan, 2013 "Washington's Sister Cities, Counties, States and Ports".
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