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Longview's population was 37,818 at the time of the 2020 census, [3] making it the most populous city in Cowlitz County. The city is located in southwestern Washington, at the junction of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers. Longview shares a border with Kelso to the east, which is the county seat.
The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. It has 5 principal cities the largest being Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau (USCB) and ...
(The state of Oregon does not sign Interstate business routes; instead, it uses the designations US 30 and Oregon Route 99 [OR 99; along the I-5 corridor] for this purpose.) Out of all the states US 30 traverses, it spends the most time in Oregon. [citation needed] At 477.02 miles (767.69 km), it is also the longest road in the state.
During a scheduled eight-day closure of the Lewis and Clark Bridge (near Longview, Washington) in July 2023, service on the Wahkiakum County ferry was doubled to handle detour traffic. A priority line for first responders, healthcare workers, and medical appointment travel was set up to allow them to skip the queue.
The largest event in Salem is the Oregon State Fair at the end of August through Labor Day. Located in the Oregon State Fairgrounds in North Salem, the fair offers exhibits, competitions and carnival rides. Other events such as concerts, horse shows and rodeos take place at the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center throughout the year. [48]
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At the completion of the railroad construction, the SP&S established a station that went through several name changes; first Francis in 1908, then Tuton in 1909, and Longview in 1911. Francis was rejected because Washington already had a Frances, Tuton was often confused with the nearby town of Luzon, and so the name became Longview, because of ...
Its name derives from the anglicized version of the Cowlitz Indian term Cow-e-liske, meaning either 'river of shifting sands' or 'capturing the medicine spirit.' [citation needed] Cowlitz comprises the Longview, WA Metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined statistical area. [4]