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Encyclopedia > East Wenatchee, Washington
East Wenatchee, Washington
Skyline of East Wenatchee, Washington
Official seal of East Wenatchee, Washington
Seal
Nickname: Eastmont
Location in the state of Washington
Location in the state of Washington
Coordinates: 47°25′17″N 120°17′17″W / 47.42139, -120.28806
Country United States
State Washington
County Douglas County
Incorporated March 11, 1935
Government
 - Mayor Steven C. Lacy
Area
 - City  3.67 sq mi (6.0 km²)
 - Land  3.67 sq mi (6.0 km²)
 - Water  0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation  712 ft (217 m)
Population (2007)
 - City 11,480
 - Density 3,126.3/sq mi (1,207.1/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Website: www.east-wenatchee.com

The City of East Wenatchee is located in Douglas County, Washington, United States of America. East Wenatchee is the twin city of Wenatchee, Washington. They are separated by the Columbia River that forms the boundary between Chelan and Douglas County. East Wenatchee is the location of the Pangborn Memorial Airport. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... Image File history File links WAMap-doton-East_Wenatchee. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states, which are... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... Washington counties This is a list of counties in Washington. ... Douglas County is a county located in the state of Washington, USA. As of 2000, the population is 32,603. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... PST is UTC-8 The Pacific Standard Time Zone (PST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC-8. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... PDT is UTC-7 The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8). ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Douglas County is a county located in the state of Washington, USA. As of 2000, the population is 32,603. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Wenatchee (IPA: ) is located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountain range in the U.S. State of Washington. ... The Columbia River (French: fleuve Columbia) is a river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. ... Chelan County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... Pangborn Memorial Airport (IATA: EAT, ICAO: KEAT) is a public airport located a few miles east of Wenatchee, Washington. ...


East Wenatchee is part of the 'Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area'. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's 2007 estimate, the populaton of East Wenatchee is 11,480.[1] This makes it the 67th largest city in the state of Washington. Also, according to the Washington State Office of Financial Management, East Wenatchee ranked 8th of 279 eligible incorporated communities in population growth between 2000 and 2005.[2] East Wenatchee is part of the Greater Wenatchee Area. More information about East Wenatchee and the surrounding areas may be found in the Wenatchee, Washington article Wenatchee (IPA: ) is located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountain range in the U.S. State of Washington. ... In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas, which are organized around county boundaries. ... Wenatchee (IPA: ) is located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountain range in the U.S. State of Washington. ...

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History

The earliest, known residents of the East Wenatchee area were Native Americans; the Richey Clovis Cache discovered in 1987 in a local orchard places humans in East Wenatchee 11,250 years ago.


At the turn of the 20th Century, irrigation projects, including the Columbia Basin Project east of the region, opened the door for farming the barren land. Orchards become the area’s leading industry.


In 1908, the first highway bridge to span the Columbia River opened. The privately owned bridge carried people, horses, wagons, and a rare motorcar, and also water in two large pipelines along its sides. It connected Chelan County on the Wenatchee shore with Douglas County on East Wenatchee shore. The brige opened East Wenatchee and the rest of Douglas County to apple orchard development. Still standing today, the bridge is a 1,060-foot pinconnected steel cantilever bridge and cost $177,000 to build. It carries Sunset Highway (State Highway 2) across the river.


The bridge was the brainchild of W. T. Clark, one of the builders of the Highline Canal, a major irrigation project to water the apple orchards in the valley. It was financed in part by James J. Hill (1838-1916), of the Great Northern Railway (which arrived in Wenatchee in 1892). In its second year of operation the canal firm that owned it decided to start charging tolls.


This prompted local leaders to hasten to the state legislature to persuade the state to purchase the bridge as part of the state highway system. The state purchased the bridge despite the state-employed consultant's opinion "that the ugliness of the structure is very apparent" (Dorpat), despite defects in the timber floor and concrete piers, and despite leaks in the waterpipes.


The structure remained in full use until 1950 when a new bridge was built. Today, it remains as a footbridge and still carries water to the apple trees of East Wenatchee.


From its foundation in agriculture, the region’s economy has diversified to include year-round tourism and a variety of other industries.


Founding

On February 28, 1935, citizens voted, 48 in favor and 46 against, to incorporate the town of East Wenatchee.[3] When the town was incorporated on March 11, 1935, the original town site was fifty acres. Today, the town has grown into a city. As of 2007, East Wenatchee's boundaries emcompassed 3.67 square miles.


Major Events

On Oct. 5, 1931, East Wenatchee became part of aviation history. Having taken off from Misawa, Japan, pilots Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. safely belly-landed their Bellanca airplane Miss Veedol on a nearby airstrip, Fancher Field. After take off, the pilots intentionally jettisoned the landing gear to conserve fuel. This flight was the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean. In honor of this pioneering flight, East Wenatchee's airport is called Pangborn Memorial Airport.


On May 27, 1987, East Wenatchee became part of archealogical history. On that date, while digging in an orchard just east of the city, farmworkers accidentally discovered a cache of 11,000-year-old Clovis points and other artifacts, left by Pleistocene hunters some 11,000 years earlier. The East Wenatchee Clovis Site, explored in two subsequent archaeological digs in 1988 and 1990, was closed to science by the landowner after protests by local Indian tribes. The legal moratorium on new archaeological work at the site ended on June 1, 2007.[4] Examples of Clovis points. ... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) on the geologic timescale is the period from 1,808,000 to 11,550 years BP. The Pleistocene epoch had been intended to cover the worlds recent period of repeated glaciations. ... The East Wenatchee Clovis Site (also called the Richey-Roberts Clovis Site or the Richey Clovis Cache) is a deposit of prehistoric Clovis points and other implements, dating to roughly 11,000 years before present, found near the city of East Wenatchee, Washington in 1987. ...


Geography

Location

East Wenatchee is located at 47°25′17″N, 120°17′17″W (47.421506, -120.288094)GR1.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.0 km² (2.3 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...


Topography

Climate

Culture

Tourism

Festivals

Recreation

Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 5,757 people, 2,295 households, and 1,569 families residing in the city. The population density was 954.0/km² (2,474.4/mi²). There were 2,429 housing units at an average density of 402.5/km² (1,044.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.09% White, 0.40% African American, 0.96% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 6.13% from other races, and 2.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.05% of the population. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...


There were 2,295 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.98. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...


In the city the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.


The median income for a household in the city was $34,919, and the median income for a family was $41,518. Males had a median income of $37,629 versus $24,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,876. About 13.4% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.6% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...


According to the Washington's Office of Finanacial Management 2007 estimates, 11,480 people now reside in East Wenatchee.


Government and Politics

Mayors of Note

Sister Cities

East Wenatchee has one sister city: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Miss Veedol Marker Misawa (三沢市; -shi) is a city located in Aomori Prefecture in Tohoku region of Japan. ...

Transportation

Air

Rail

Roads and Highways

Famous Citizens

External links


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Wenatchee, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1829 words)
Wenatchee (IPA: [wɪ ˈnæt tʃi]) is located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountain range in the U.S. State of Washington.
Wenatchee is the most populous city in and the county seat of Chelan County, Washington.
Wenatchee is the principal city of the 'Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area', which encompasses all of Chelan and Douglas counties.
East Wenatchee, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (497 words)
East Wenatchee is a city in Douglas County in the U.S. State of Washington.
East Wenatchee is the twin city of Wenatchee, Washington.
East Wenatchee's population was 5,757 at the 2000 census.
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