Location of Zillah in Washington Location of Zillah in Washington Website City of Zillah Zillah is a town/city in Yakima County, Washington, United States, with a populace of 2,964 as of 2010 census.
Tourist attractions include the Teapot Dome Service Station, the fortuitously titled Church of God Zillah and the small-town wineries.
Zillah was established in 1891 following the culmination of the Sunnyside Canal project, an irrigation scheme bringing water from the Yakima River to the dry lower Yakima Valley.
The town was titled after Miss Zillah because she would scream and cry on the way to the new town, while on the trip her father promised to name the town after her if she would stop.
Granger homed the command posts of the Washington Irrigation Company in Zillah, giving it economical advantages for a time.
Zillah is positioned on Interstate 82 about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Yakima.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.78 square miles (4.61 km2), all of it land. There were 1,105 housing units at an average density of 620.8 per square mile (239.7/km2).
There were 1,033 homeholds of which 43.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 53.0% were married couples residing together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 28.3% were non-families.
31.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.3% were from 25 to 44; 22.9% were from 45 to 64; and 9.3% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 837 housing units at an average density of 688.4 per square mile (264.9/km ).
There were 792 homeholds out of which 40.2% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 56.9% were married couples residing together, 13.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $38,214, and the median income for a family was $44,688.
The Zillah School District is a small non-urban precinct of roughly 1250 pupils, homed in four buildings.
Zillah is one of the smallest districts in region in Yakima County (estimated 44 square miles).
Zillah Intermediate School , the newest of the schools, holds grades 4 6.
Zillah Middle School is for grades 7 8.
Godzilla model found outside the Church of God Zillah Church of God Zillah Although the church is fairly conservative and some are unamused by this coincidence (the church was titled long before the Godzilla movies began), the church embraces it, even putting a wireframe Godzilla float outside.
Zillah Church of the Nazarene Sunday Worship 10:45 am Zillah Church of the Nazarene jubilated their 75th Anniversary in the improve in 2007.
Zillah First Baptist Church United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Zillah Church of the Nazarene Municipalities and communities of Yakima County, Washington, United States
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