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English: This is a locator map showing Spokane County in Washington. For more information, see Commons: ... Spokane County, Washington; Spokane Valley, Washington;
Spokane Valley is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, and the largest suburb of Spokane. It is located east of Spokane, west of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and surrounds the city of Millwood on three sides. The city incorporated as the City of Spokane Valley on March 31, 2003.
Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census , its population was 539,339, making it the fourth-most populous county in Washington. [ 1 ] The largest city and county seat is Spokane , [ 2 ] the second largest city in the state after Seattle .
The wetlands were originally drained for farming, but the Spokane County Environmental Services are actively trying to restore them. The primary goal is to restore the wetlands, and increase late summer water flow into the Spokane River [1] (via the Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer). It serves as a contingency plan if the county is ...
To the south on the hills descending from the prairie to the Spokane River are residential suburban developments that have been built in recent decades. Argonne Road connects the prairie with them and the other suburbs in nearby Millwood and the greater Spokane Valley area. To the north and northeast is the similar Peone Prairie.
State Route 27 (SR 27) is a 90-mile-long (145 km) state highway serving Whitman and Spokane counties, located in the eastern region of the U.S. state of Washington.The highway travels generally north from U.S. Route 195 (US 195) through Pullman, Palouse, Tekoa, and Spokane Valley to SR 290 north of an interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90).
Otis Orchards-East Farms is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spokane County, Washington, United States, near the county's border with Idaho. The population was 6,299 at the 2020 census. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Otis Orchards and East Farms. Otis Orchards contains the bulk of the businesses of the community.
Valley population grew from 1,000 residents in 1900 to nearly 10,000 by 1922. Extensive apple orchards thrived in the gravelly soil of the Valley, and by 1912 nearly 2 million apple trees had been planted. A huge packing plant was built in 1911 by the Spokane Valley Growers Union. The Spokane Valley was developed as townships.