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Anacortes (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ k ɔːr t ə s / AN-ə-KOR-təs) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. [5] Anacortes' population was 17,637 at the time of the 2020 census. [2]
Puget Sound, its basins, and major surrounding cities. The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains.
Its initial capacity of 45,000 barrels a day (bbl./d.) came online in 1958. Before 1998 Shell Oil operated the neighboring Shell Anacortes Refinery (discussed below). Shell and Texaco combined their refining and marketing operations, assets valued at $17 billion, in 1997. [6] The joint business was known as Equilon.
Anacortes Airport (IATA: OTS [2], FAA LID: 74S) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Anacortes, a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is owned by the Port of Anacortes. [1] Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA.
Charleston was formerly an independent town built to house and entertain sailors, and was annexed by the city in 1927. [14] The neighborhood's center is Callow Avenue, a retail corridor anchored by The Charleston music venue. Charleston is a designated center in Bremerton's comprehensive plan, and has seen recent improvements to its streetscape.
The 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster was an industrial accident that occurred at the Tesoro Anacortes Refinery in Anacortes, Washington on April 2, 2010. Seven workers received fatal burns in an explosion and ensuing fire when a heat exchanger violently ruptured after a maintenance restart.
Anacortes School District No. 103 is a public school district in Skagit County, ... This page was last edited on 13 December 2023, at 16:14 (UTC).