Clark County, Washington
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Clark County is a county
located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state
of Washington, across the Columbia River
from Portland, Oregon
.
Clark County was the first county of Washington, named after William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
. It was created by the provisional government of Oregon Territory
on August 20, 1845, and at that time covered the entire present-day state.
On April 1, 2010 Census, Clark County's population was to be 425,363. Its county seat
is at Vancouver
, which is also its largest city.
, and south of Alaska
. In 1845 the provisional government changed its name to Vancouver County. At that time it stretched from the Columbia River to 54 degrees 40 minutes North Latitude in British Columbia
. On June 15, 1846 the United States Senate approved the present boundary between the U.S. and Canada at the 49th Parallel.
On August 13, 1848, President James K. Polk
signed an act creating the entire region as the Oregon Territory. On September 3, 1849, the Oregon Territorial Legislature modified the borders again and changed its name to Clarke County in honor of explorer William Clark. At this time it included all of present day Washington and continued to be divided and subdivided until reaching its present area in 1880. It was not until 1925 that the spelling was corrected to its present form.
In September 1902 the Yacolt Burn
, the largest fire in state history, began in neighboring Skamania County and swept west along a 12-mile front to Yacolt
, nearly engulfing the town. Salvaging the remaining timber was a lucrative industry for a time.
, the Democratic candidate Barack Obama
won the county with 95,356 votes (51.85%), while Republican John McCain
won 84,242 votes (45.79%) and independent Ralph Nader
won 1,791 votes (0.97%). However, George W. Bush carried the county twice, by 52% to 47% over John Kerry
in 2004
and by 49% to 46% over Al Gore
in 2000
. As a swing county, Clark County usually votes for the winning presidential candidate, for example, it voted for Ronald Reagan
twice and for Bill Clinton
twice. The last two presidential elections where Clark County did not vote for the national winner were 1968
, when it voted for Humphrey
over Nixon
, and 1988
, when it voted for Dukakis
over Bush.
Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray
narrowly carried Clark County in the United States Senate election in Washington, 2010
with 52% of the vote, but lost the county to Republican Senate candidate George Nethercutt
in 2004.
At the state level, unsuccessful Republican candidate Dino Rossi
won the county in the Washington gubernatorial election, 2008
with 91,301 votes (51.01%) over the Democratic incumbent Christine Gregoire
, who won 87,683 votes (48.99%). Clark County also voted for Rossi over Gregoire by 53% to 45% in 2004
.
Clark County's location in the Portland media market often results in the county voting differently on initiatives than the rest of the state. In addition, unlike the fairly socially liberal Seattle suburbs, Clark County is apt to vote for some types of socially conservative legislation (such as against legalising marijuana
), which is seen as not appealing to family voters in the area.
, the county has a total area of 656 square miles (1,699 km²), of which 628 square miles (1,626.5 km²) is land and 28 square miles (72.5 km²) (4.27%) is water.
Clark County is surrounded on two sides by the Columbia River and on the north by the North Fork of the Lewis River
. The East Fork of the Lewis River and the Washougal River
cut across the county. The largest stream arising solely within the county is Salmon Creek, which terminates at Vancouver Lake
before eventually flowing into the Columbia River.
Like most of Oregon and Washington south of Puget Sound
into the Willamette Valley
the landscape and climate of Clark County are determined by its placement between the volcanic Pacific Coast and Cascade Range
s, where glaciation helped form a U-shaped valley which meets the river valley of the Columbia River as it leaves the Columbia River Gorge
. Volcanic andisol soils
are common, with fertile mollisols
in the lower areas. The central and southwest areas of the county are generally flat floodplains, sculpted by torrents of prehistoric Lake Missoula. A series of dramatic floods known as the Missoula Floods
took place 15,000 - 13,000 years ago, as several ice dams melted, forming a series of low steps such as the "Heights", "Mill Plain", "Fourth Plain" and "Fifth Plain". Clark County's Köppen climate classification
is "Csa."
Many lakes border the river in the lowlands near Ridgefield
, including Vancouver Lake. Eastern and northern Clark County contain forested foothills of the Cascade Mountains, rising to an elevation of 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) on the border with Skamania County. Larch Mountain
is the county's highest free-standing peak.
Flora and fauna of the region include the normal ecological succession
from lowland big leaf maple and western red cedar
through Garry oak on up through fire-dependent species such as lodgepole pine
and Douglas fir
, as well as grand fir
, silver fir
and other species common to Gifford Pinchot National Forest
. In addition to a wide variety of birds including great blue heron
, raptors
such as barred owl
, osprey
, red-tailed hawk
and bald eagle
, corvids (raven
, crow
, scrub and Steller's jay
) and others, the native streams are home to various species of salmon
and the Vancouver Trout Hatchery. Larger mammals include black-tailed deer
, coyote
, raccoon
, skunk
and invasive opossum. Common foods used by the indigenous people
such as the Klickitat tribe
and Chinook
included salmon, huckleberry
and Camassia quamash (after which the city of Camas, Washington
is named).
Mount Hood
, Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams
are all visible from Clark County, and cold winter winds through the Columbia River Gorge often bring freezing rain
and a coating of glaze ice
or clear ice
known locally as a "silver thaw," especially in southeastern areas of the county closest to the gorge. The counterpart to this are warm winds from the southeast known locally as the "Pineapple Express
".
Spring thaws can often swell county waterways, with two of the more destructive floods being those of the Columbia River in June 1894 and May, 1948. The 1948 Memorial Day
flood almost topped the Interstate Bridge's support pier
s and completely destroyed nearby Vanport, Oregon
. Construction of The Dalles Dam and destruction of Celilo Falls
are credited with a decrease in such floods.
Significant windstorms in Clark County include the Columbus Day
windstorm of October 12, 1962, and an April 6, 1972 tornado
which rated F3 on the Fujita scale
, striking a local school. A "Friday the 13th
" storm in November 1981 brought winds up to 70 miles per hour (31.3 m/s), with other storms including the inauguration day storm of January 20, 1993, the Guadalupe Day
storm of December 12, 1995 (with winds up to 95 miles per hour (42.5 m/s) at Washougal, Washington
) and small tornado on January 10, 2008, which destroyed a boathouse at Vancouver Lake
and caused damage to buildings in Hazel Dell
before dissolving near Hockinson
.
In addition to helping shape county policy, the Youth Commission takes on a youth-driven project each year to promote or combat an issue. Past youth-driven projects include a Civil Rights Open House at the Youth House, a benefit concert for Invisible Children, and Freedom's Answer. Each year, the Youth Commission also hosts a Clark County Youth Achievement Celebration at Skyview High School to honor youth around the county.
In 2008, the CCYC plans to be involved in shaping Sustainability Policy.
of 2000, there were 345,238 people, 127,208 households, and 90,953 families residing in the county. The population density
was 550 people per square mile (212/km²). There were 134,030 housing units at an average density of 213 per square mile (82/km²). The racial
makeup of the county was 88.82% White, 1.68% Black or African American, 0.84% Native American, 3.21% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 3.08% from two or more races. 4.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 17.7% were of German, 10.2% English
, 8.6% Irish
, 8.6% United States
and 5.1% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000. 88.8% spoke English
, 3.6% Spanish
and 1.9% Russian
as their first language.
There were 127,208 households out of which 37.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were married couples
living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 21.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the county, the population was spread out with 28.70% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 30.80% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 9.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $48,376, and the median income for a family was $54,016. Males had a median income of $41,337 versus $28,537 for females. The per capita income
for the county was $21,448. About 6.90% of families and 9.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.
County (United States)
In the United States, a county is a geographic subdivision of a state , usually assigned some governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states; Louisiana is divided into parishes and Alaska into boroughs. Parishes and boroughs are called "county-equivalents" by the U.S...
located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Washington, across the Columbia River
Columbia River
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
.
Clark County was the first county of Washington, named after William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, or ″Corps of Discovery Expedition" was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson and led by two Virginia-born veterans of Indian wars in the Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and William...
. It was created by the provisional government of Oregon Territory
Oregon Territory
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. Originally claimed by several countries , the region was...
on August 20, 1845, and at that time covered the entire present-day state.
On April 1, 2010 Census, Clark County's population was to be 425,363. Its county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
is at Vancouver
Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Incorporated in 1857, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a 2010 census population of 161,791 as of April 1, 2010...
, which is also its largest city.
History
Clark County began as the District of Vancouver on July 27, 1844. It included all the land north of the Columbia River, west of the Rocky MountainsRocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
, and south of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. In 1845 the provisional government changed its name to Vancouver County. At that time it stretched from the Columbia River to 54 degrees 40 minutes North Latitude in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. On June 15, 1846 the United States Senate approved the present boundary between the U.S. and Canada at the 49th Parallel.
On August 13, 1848, President James K. Polk
James K. Polk
James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...
signed an act creating the entire region as the Oregon Territory. On September 3, 1849, the Oregon Territorial Legislature modified the borders again and changed its name to Clarke County in honor of explorer William Clark. At this time it included all of present day Washington and continued to be divided and subdivided until reaching its present area in 1880. It was not until 1925 that the spelling was corrected to its present form.
In September 1902 the Yacolt Burn
Yacolt Burn
The Yacolt Burn was the worst forest fire in the history of Washington state.Fanned by the dry "Devil Wind" from eastern Washington, the fire began in the early hours of September 12, 1902 just north of Carson, Washington. It traveled in 36 hours and destroyed 238,920 acres of timber, about 12...
, the largest fire in state history, began in neighboring Skamania County and swept west along a 12-mile front to Yacolt
Yacolt, Washington
Yacolt is a town in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,556 at the 2010 census.-History:Yacolt is an Indian term meaning "haunted place". In September 1902 the town, which consisted of only 15 buildings at the time, was nearly destroyed by the Yacolt Burn, the largest...
, nearly engulfing the town. Salvaging the remaining timber was a lucrative industry for a time.
Politics
Clark County is a swing county in U.S. presidential elections. In 2008United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
, the Democratic candidate Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
won the county with 95,356 votes (51.85%), while Republican John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
won 84,242 votes (45.79%) and independent Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....
won 1,791 votes (0.97%). However, George W. Bush carried the county twice, by 52% to 47% over John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
in 2004
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...
and by 49% to 46% over Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
in 2000
United States presidential election, 2000
The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President....
. As a swing county, Clark County usually votes for the winning presidential candidate, for example, it voted for Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
twice and for Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
twice. The last two presidential elections where Clark County did not vote for the national winner were 1968
United States presidential election, 1968
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial United States presidential election. Coming four years after Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson won in a historic landslide, it saw Johnson forced out of the race and Republican Richard Nixon elected...
, when it voted for Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...
over Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
, and 1988
United States presidential election, 1988
The United States presidential election of 1988 featured no incumbent president, as President Ronald Reagan was unable to seek re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the...
, when it voted for Dukakis
Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...
over Bush.
Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray
Patty Murray
Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray is the senior United States Senator from Washington and a member of the Democratic Party. Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female senator...
narrowly carried Clark County in the United States Senate election in Washington, 2010
United States Senate election in Washington, 2010
The 2010 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 2, 2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democrat U.S...
with 52% of the vote, but lost the county to Republican Senate candidate George Nethercutt
George Nethercutt
George R. Nethercutt, Jr. is an American politician, and is the founder and chairman of The George Nethercutt Foundation. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005, representing ....
in 2004.
At the state level, unsuccessful Republican candidate Dino Rossi
Dino Rossi
Dino Rossi is an American commercial real estate executive, former Washington State Senator, two-time Republican candidate for Governor of Washington, and former Republican candidate for United States Senate. His first run for the Governor's mansion in the 2004 election became the closest...
won the county in the Washington gubernatorial election, 2008
Washington gubernatorial election, 2008
The gubernatorial election in Washington, 2008 elected the Governor of Washington on November 4, 2008. With the emergence from the August 19 primary of Republican Dino Rossi and incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire, the 2008 election was a rematch between the candidates from the 2004...
with 91,301 votes (51.01%) over the Democratic incumbent Christine Gregoire
Christine Gregoire
Christine O'Grady "Chris" Gregoire is the 22nd and current Governor of the state of Washington, and a member of the Democratic Party. Gregoire defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008. She is the second female governor of Washington...
, who won 87,683 votes (48.99%). Clark County also voted for Rossi over Gregoire by 53% to 45% in 2004
Washington gubernatorial election, 2004
The election for governor of Washington on November 2, 2004 gained national attention for its legal twists and extremely close finish. Notable for being among the closest political races in United States election history, Republican Dino Rossi was declared the winner in the initial automated count...
.
Clark County's location in the Portland media market often results in the county voting differently on initiatives than the rest of the state. In addition, unlike the fairly socially liberal Seattle suburbs, Clark County is apt to vote for some types of socially conservative legislation (such as against legalising marijuana
Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...
), which is seen as not appealing to family voters in the area.
Geography and climate
According to the U.S. Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the county has a total area of 656 square miles (1,699 km²), of which 628 square miles (1,626.5 km²) is land and 28 square miles (72.5 km²) (4.27%) is water.
Clark County is surrounded on two sides by the Columbia River and on the north by the North Fork of the Lewis River
Lewis River (Washington)
The Lewis River is a tributary of the Columbia River, about long, in southwestern Washington in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range north of the Columbia River. The drainage basin of the Lewis River covers about . The river's mean annual discharge is about . Unlike nearby Lewis...
. The East Fork of the Lewis River and the Washougal River
Washougal River
The Washougal River is a shallow tributary of the Columbia River. Its mouth is located near the towns of Washougal and Camas, Washington. The Washougal river is a popular site for fishing, swimming, and tubing....
cut across the county. The largest stream arising solely within the county is Salmon Creek, which terminates at Vancouver Lake
Vancouver Lake
Vancouver Lake is a large lake just west of Vancouver, Washington, United States, north of the Columbia River and Portland, Oregon), south of Ridgefield, Washington and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge....
before eventually flowing into the Columbia River.
Like most of Oregon and Washington south of Puget Sound
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
into the Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley
The Willamette Valley is the most populated region in the state of Oregon of the United States. Located in the state's northwest, the region is surrounded by tall mountain ranges to the east, west and south and the valley's floor is broad, flat and fertile because of Ice Age conditions...
the landscape and climate of Clark County are determined by its placement between the volcanic Pacific Coast and Cascade Range
Cascade Range
The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...
s, where glaciation helped form a U-shaped valley which meets the river valley of the Columbia River as it leaves the Columbia River Gorge
Columbia River Gorge
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to deep, the canyon stretches for over as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range forming the boundary between the State of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south...
. Volcanic andisol soils
Andisols
In USDA soil taxonomy, Andisols are soils formed in volcanic ash and defined as soils containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite and ferrihydrite...
are common, with fertile mollisols
Mollisols
Mollisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. Mollisols form in semi-arid to semi-humid areas, typically under a grassland cover. They are most commonly found in the mid-latitudes, namely in North America, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains, in South America in Argentina and Brazil, and in...
in the lower areas. The central and southwest areas of the county are generally flat floodplains, sculpted by torrents of prehistoric Lake Missoula. A series of dramatic floods known as the Missoula Floods
Missoula Floods
The Missoula Floods refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age. The glacial flood events have been researched since the 1920s...
took place 15,000 - 13,000 years ago, as several ice dams melted, forming a series of low steps such as the "Heights", "Mill Plain", "Fourth Plain" and "Fifth Plain". Clark County's Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
is "Csa."
Many lakes border the river in the lowlands near Ridgefield
Ridgefield, Washington
Ridgefield is a city in the pastoral, rolling-hills countryside of northern Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,763 at the 2010 census....
, including Vancouver Lake. Eastern and northern Clark County contain forested foothills of the Cascade Mountains, rising to an elevation of 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) on the border with Skamania County. Larch Mountain
Larch Mountain (Clark County, Washington)
Larch Mountain, elevation , is the highest free-standing peak in Clark County, Washington. It is laced by a network of gravel roads as part of the Yacolt Burn State Forest...
is the county's highest free-standing peak.
Flora and fauna of the region include the normal ecological succession
Ecological succession
Ecological succession, is the phenomenon or process by which a community progressively transforms itself until a stable community is formed. It is a fundamental concept in ecology, and refers to more or less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community...
from lowland big leaf maple and western red cedar
Thuja plicata
Thuja plicata, commonly called Western or pacific red cedar, giant or western arborvitae, giant cedar, or shinglewood, is a species of Thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae native to western North America...
through Garry oak on up through fire-dependent species such as lodgepole pine
Lodgepole Pine
Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta, also known as Shore Pine, is a common tree in western North America. Like all pines, it is evergreen.-Subspecies:...
and Douglas fir
Coast Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii, known as Douglas-fir, Oregon Pine, or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer species native to western North America. Its variety Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii, also known as coast Douglas-fir grows in the coastal regions, from west-central British Columbia, Canada...
, as well as grand fir
Grand Fir
Abies grandis is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest and Northern California of North America, occurring at altitudes of sea level to 1,800 m...
, silver fir
Silver Fir
Abies alba, commonly known as the European silver fir, is a fir native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, and south to southern Italy and northern Serbia.-Description:...
and other species common to Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in southern Washington, USA. With an area of 1.37 million acres , it extends 116 km along the western slopes of Cascade Range from Mount Rainier National Park to the Columbia River. It includes the 110,000 acre Mount St....
. In addition to a wide variety of birds including great blue heron
Great Blue Heron
The Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England...
, raptors
Bird of prey
Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
such as barred owl
Barred Owl
The Barred Owl is a large typical owl. It goes by many other names, including eight hooter, rain owl, wood owl, and striped owl, but is probably best known as the hoot owl.-Description:...
, osprey
Osprey
The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
, red-tailed hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
and bald eagle
Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. It is the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. This sea eagle has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle...
, corvids (raven
Common Raven
The Common Raven , also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids...
, crow
Northwestern Crow
The Northwestern Crow is an all-black passerine bird of the crow genus native to the northwest of North America. It is very similar to the more western forms of the widespread American Crow , but it averages slightly smaller with proportionately smaller feet and a slightly more slender bill...
, scrub and Steller's jay
Steller's Jay
The Steller's Jay is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the Blue Jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the Long-crested Jay, Mountain Jay, and Pine Jay...
) and others, the native streams are home to various species of salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
and the Vancouver Trout Hatchery. Larger mammals include black-tailed deer
Black-tailed Deer
Two forms of black-tailed deer or blacktail deer occupying coastal temperate rainforest on North America's Pacific coast are subspecies of the mule deer. They have sometimes been treated as a species, but virtually all recent authorities maintain they are subspecies...
, coyote
Coyote
The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
, raccoon
Raccoon
Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
, skunk
Skunk
Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. General appearance varies from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. Skunks belong to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora...
and invasive opossum. Common foods used by the indigenous people
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
such as the Klickitat tribe
Klickitat Tribe
The Klickitat are a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest. A Shahaptian tribe, their eastern neighbors were the Yakama, who speak a closely related language. Their western neighbors were various Salishan and Chinookan tribes...
and Chinook
Chinookan
Chinook refers to several native amercain groups of in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, speaking the Chinookan languages. In the early 19th century, the Chinookan-speaking peoples lived along the lower and middle Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington...
included salmon, huckleberry
Vaccinium parvifolium
Red Huckleberry is a species of Vaccinium native to the western North America, where it is common in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia south through western Washington and Oregon to central California. In the Oregon Coast Range, it is the most common Vaccinium...
and Camassia quamash (after which the city of Camas, Washington
Camas, Washington
Camas is a city in Clark County, Washington, with a population of 19,355 at the 2010 census. Officially incorporated on June 18, 1906, the city is named after the camas lily, a plant with an onion-like bulb prized by Native Americans. At the west end of downtown Camas is a large Georgia-Pacific...
is named).
Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
, Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams
Mount Adams (Washington)
Mount Adams is a potentially activestratovolcano in the Cascade Range and the second-highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington.Adams is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, and is one of the arc's largest volcanoes,...
are all visible from Clark County, and cold winter winds through the Columbia River Gorge often bring freezing rain
Freezing rain
Freezing rain is the name given to rain that falls when surface temperatures are below freezing. The raindrops become supercooled while passing through a sub-freezing layer of air, many hundred feet , just above the surface, and then freeze upon impact with any object they encounter. The resulting...
and a coating of glaze ice
Glaze ice
Glaze ice or simply glaze is a smooth, transparent and homogenous ice coating occurring when freezing rain or drizzle hits a surface. It is similar in appearance to clear ice, which forms from supercooled water droplets...
or clear ice
Clear ice
Clear ice refers to a solid precipitation which forms when air temperature is between 0 °C and -3 °C and there are supercooled, relatively large drops of water...
known locally as a "silver thaw," especially in southeastern areas of the county closest to the gorge. The counterpart to this are warm winds from the southeast known locally as the "Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express is a non-technical term for a meteorological phenomenon characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands and extending to any location along the Pacific coast of North America...
".
Spring thaws can often swell county waterways, with two of the more destructive floods being those of the Columbia River in June 1894 and May, 1948. The 1948 Memorial Day
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
flood almost topped the Interstate Bridge's support pier
Pier
A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...
s and completely destroyed nearby Vanport, Oregon
Vanport, Oregon
Vanport City was a hastily constructed city of public housing located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, between the contemporary Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. It is currently the site of Delta Park and the Portland International Raceway.It was constructed in 1943 to house...
. Construction of The Dalles Dam and destruction of Celilo Falls
Celilo Falls
Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington...
are credited with a decrease in such floods.
Significant windstorms in Clark County include the Columbus Day
Columbus Day
Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday...
windstorm of October 12, 1962, and an April 6, 1972 tornado
1972 Portland-Vancouver Tornado
The 1972 Portland–Vancouver Tornado was a destructive tornado that struck on April 5, 1972. The tornado carved a nine mile path of destruction across Oregon and Washington. The tornado left 6 people dead, 301 injured and $3–5 million dollars in damage...
which rated F3 on the Fujita scale
Fujita scale
The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
, striking a local school. A "Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year...
" storm in November 1981 brought winds up to 70 miles per hour (31.3 m/s), with other storms including the inauguration day storm of January 20, 1993, the Guadalupe Day
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe , also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City. The lady...
storm of December 12, 1995 (with winds up to 95 miles per hour (42.5 m/s) at Washougal, Washington
Washougal, Washington
Washougal is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. On April 1, 2010, the United States Census Bureau stated the city's population was 14,095.-History:Washougal was officially incorporated on December 4, 1908...
) and small tornado on January 10, 2008, which destroyed a boathouse at Vancouver Lake
Vancouver Lake
Vancouver Lake is a large lake just west of Vancouver, Washington, United States, north of the Columbia River and Portland, Oregon), south of Ridgefield, Washington and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge....
and caused damage to buildings in Hazel Dell
Hazel Dell, Washington
Hazel Dell is an unincorporated area of Clark County, Washington located north and west of Vancouver, Washington, USA. The area runs parallel to and is bisected by Interstate 5...
before dissolving near Hockinson
Hockinson, Washington
Hockinson is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,136 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Hockinson ranks 86th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Hockinson...
.
Geographic features
- Cascade MountainsCascade RangeThe Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...
- Columbia RiverColumbia RiverThe Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
- Vancouver LakeVancouver LakeVancouver Lake is a large lake just west of Vancouver, Washington, United States, north of the Columbia River and Portland, Oregon), south of Ridgefield, Washington and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge....
- East Fork Lewis River
- Lacamas CreekLacamas CreekLacamas Creek is located within Clark County, Washington, United States, and flows approximately 12.5 miles from headwaters near Camp Bonneville to Lacamas Lake and Round Lake in Camas, and eventually into the Washougal River. Interestingly, geologists have concluded that the creek used to flow...
- Lacamas LakeLacamas LakeLacamas Lake is a small lake in Clark County, Washington. It is a popular place to fish and water ski for locals from Vancouver, Camas and Washougal. In the 1990s many high tech manufacturing plants and expensive housing developments began to appear in the area around the lake. The lake is very...
- Battleground LakeBattle Ground Lake State ParkBattle Ground Lake State Park is a 280 acre park northeast of Vancouver, Washington, USA, consisting of an ancient volcano in the Boring Lava Field where a magma-induced steam explosion made a large bean-shaped crater, a maar, which later filled with water, forming a crater lake.The lake was...
- Moulton Falls
- Lucia Falls
- Larch MountainLarch Mountain (Clark County, Washington)Larch Mountain, elevation , is the highest free-standing peak in Clark County, Washington. It is laced by a network of gravel roads as part of the Yacolt Burn State Forest...
- Silver Star Mountain
- Lewisville Park
- Daybreak Park
- Vancouver Lake Park
- Klineline Park
Major highways
Interstate 5Interstate 5 in WashingtonInterstate 5 in Washington is a highway in the U.S. state of Washington that extends from its border with Oregon to its border with Canada...
Interstate 205
State Route 14
State Route 500Washington State Route 500State Route 500, commonly known as SR 500, Highway 500, or 500, is a Washington state highway located in Clark County, Washington, United States.-Route description:...
State Route 501Washington State Route 501State Route 501 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington.- Segment 1 :SR 501 starts at its southern terminus at Interstate 5 in Vancouver, continuing west on Mill Plain Boulevard and north on Northwest Lower River Road to a wash-out west of Vancouver.- Segment 2 :SR 501 resumes at the...
State Route 502Washington State Route 502State Route 502, abbreviated SR 502, is a state route in the U.S. state of Washington. Its western terminus is at Exit 9 on Interstate 5, the interchange with NE 179th Street. Its eastern terminus is at State Route 503 west of Battle Ground....
State Route 503Washington State Route 503State Route 503, also known as the St. Helens South Roadway, is a state route through the state of Washington. It has a spur route, State Route 503 Spur. It has a Southern terminus at State Route 500 and a Northern terminus at Interstate 5....
Former major highway
- State Route 140Washington State Route 140State Route 140 was a state highway located in Clark and Skamania counties in southwestern Washington. The highway began and ended at in Washougal and Prindle, respectively, and followed the Washougal River and Canyon Creek. The roadway first appeared as Canyon Creek Road in a 1911 map and...
Adjacent counties
- Cowlitz County, WashingtonCowlitz County, WashingtonCowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census its population was 102,410. It forms the Longview, Washington, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Cowlitz County. The county seat is at Kelso, and its largest city is Longview...
- north - Skamania County, Washington - east
- Multnomah County, OregonMultnomah County, OregonMultnomah County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Though smallest in area, it is the most populous as its county seat, Portland, is the state's largest city...
- south - Columbia County, OregonColumbia County, OregonColumbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named for the Columbia River, which forms its eastern and northern borders. As of 2010, its population was 49,351. The county seat is St. Helens.-Economy:...
- southwest
National protected areas
- Fort Vancouver National Historic SiteFort Vancouver National Historic SiteFort Vancouver National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the states of Washington and Oregon. The National Historic Site consists of two units, one located on the site of Fort Vancouver in modern-day Vancouver, Washington; the other being the former residence of...
(part) - Gifford Pinchot National ForestGifford Pinchot National ForestGifford Pinchot National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in southern Washington, USA. With an area of 1.37 million acres , it extends 116 km along the western slopes of Cascade Range from Mount Rainier National Park to the Columbia River. It includes the 110,000 acre Mount St....
(part) - Ridgefield National Wildlife RefugeRidgefield National Wildlife RefugeThe Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a wildlife preserve, one of the National Wildlife Refuges operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...
- Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife RefugeSteigerwald Lake National Wildlife RefugeLocated on the Columbia River, east of Vancouver, Washington, the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge consists of historic riverine flood plain habitat, semi-permanent wetlands, cottonwood-dominated riparian corridors, pastures, and remnant stands of Oregon white oak.The refuge lies partly...
Clark County Youth Commission
The Clark County Youth Commission (CCYC) is a citizen advisory board to the Clark County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) in Clark County, Washington. The Youth Commission consists of approximately thirty 11-19 year-old youth from around the county, each school district in the county having two representatives. Since its establishment in 1998, the CCYC has given input to the BOCC and other county departments and organizations on various issues important to youth. In the past, the group worked on a fireworks policy and an economic development plan for the county.In addition to helping shape county policy, the Youth Commission takes on a youth-driven project each year to promote or combat an issue. Past youth-driven projects include a Civil Rights Open House at the Youth House, a benefit concert for Invisible Children, and Freedom's Answer. Each year, the Youth Commission also hosts a Clark County Youth Achievement Celebration at Skyview High School to honor youth around the county.
In 2008, the CCYC plans to be involved in shaping Sustainability Policy.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 345,238 people, 127,208 households, and 90,953 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 550 people per square mile (212/km²). There were 134,030 housing units at an average density of 213 per square mile (82/km²). The racial
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
makeup of the county was 88.82% White, 1.68% Black or African American, 0.84% Native American, 3.21% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 3.08% from two or more races. 4.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 17.7% were of German, 10.2% English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
, 8.6% Irish
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
, 8.6% United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and 5.1% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000. 88.8% spoke English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, 3.6% Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and 1.9% Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
as their first language.
There were 127,208 households out of which 37.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 21.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the county, the population was spread out with 28.70% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 30.80% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 9.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $48,376, and the median income for a family was $54,016. Males had a median income of $41,337 versus $28,537 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the county was $21,448. About 6.90% of families and 9.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.
Cities and Towns
- Battle GroundBattle Ground, WashingtonBattle Ground is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,571 at the 2010 census. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Battle Ground ranked 4th of 279 eligible incorporated communities in population growth between 2000 and 2005.-Origin of...
- CamasCamas, WashingtonCamas is a city in Clark County, Washington, with a population of 19,355 at the 2010 census. Officially incorporated on June 18, 1906, the city is named after the camas lily, a plant with an onion-like bulb prized by Native Americans. At the west end of downtown Camas is a large Georgia-Pacific...
- La CenterLa Center, WashingtonLa Center is a town in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,800 at the 2010 census. The city is home to four card rooms / casinos which allow gambling on card games and poker, but not slots...
- RidgefieldRidgefield, WashingtonRidgefield is a city in the pastoral, rolling-hills countryside of northern Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,763 at the 2010 census....
- VancouverVancouver, WashingtonVancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Incorporated in 1857, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a 2010 census population of 161,791 as of April 1, 2010...
- WashougalWashougal, WashingtonWashougal is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. On April 1, 2010, the United States Census Bureau stated the city's population was 14,095.-History:Washougal was officially incorporated on December 4, 1908...
- WoodlandWoodland, WashingtonWoodland is a city in Clark and Cowlitz counties in the U.S. state of Washington. Most residents live within Cowlitz County, in which the majority of the city lies. It is part of the 'Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area'...
(partly in Clark County, mainly in Cowlitz CountyCowlitz County, WashingtonCowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census its population was 102,410. It forms the Longview, Washington, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Cowlitz County. The county seat is at Kelso, and its largest city is Longview...
) - YacoltYacolt, WashingtonYacolt is a town in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,556 at the 2010 census.-History:Yacolt is an Indian term meaning "haunted place". In September 1902 the town, which consisted of only 15 buildings at the time, was nearly destroyed by the Yacolt Burn, the largest...
Census-designated communities
- AmboyAmboy, WashingtonAmboy is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,085 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Amboy is located at ....
- BarbertonBarberton, WashingtonBarberton is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,617 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Barberton ranks 90th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Barberton...
- Brush PrairieBrush Prairie, WashingtonBrush Prairie is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,384 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Brush Prairie ranks 57th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be...
- Cherry GroveCherry Grove, WashingtonCherry Grove is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 663 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cherry Grove is located at ....
- Dollar CornerDollar Corner, WashingtonDollar Corner is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,039 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dollar Corner is located at ....
- FelidaFelida, WashingtonFelida is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,683 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Felida ranks 51st of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Felida is...
- Five CornersFive Corners, WashingtonFive Corners is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 12,207 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Five Corners is located at ....
- Hazel DellHazel Dell, WashingtonHazel Dell is an unincorporated area of Clark County, Washington located north and west of Vancouver, Washington, USA. The area runs parallel to and is bisected by Interstate 5...
, which the United States Census BureauUnited States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
keeps data on in two separate sections:- Hazel Dell NorthHazel Dell North, WashingtonHazel Dell North is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 9,261 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hazel Dell North is located at ....
- Hazel Dell SouthHazel Dell South, WashingtonHazel Dell South is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,605 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hazel Dell South is located at ....
- Hazel Dell North
- HockinsonHockinson, WashingtonHockinson is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,136 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Hockinson ranks 86th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Hockinson...
- Lake ShoreLake Shore, WashingtonLake Shore is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Lake Shore ranks 63rd of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Lake...
- LewisvilleLewisville, WashingtonLewisville is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,688 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lewisville is located at ....
- Meadow GladeMeadow Glade, WashingtonMeadow Glade is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,225 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Meadow Glade is located at ....
- Mill PlainMill Plain, WashingtonMill Plain is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,400 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mill Plain is located at ....
- MinnehahaMinnehaha, WashingtonMinnehaha is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,689 at the 2000 census.- Name meaning :...
- Mount VistaMount Vista, WashingtonMount Vista is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. It includes the Vancouver campus of Washington State University. The population was 5,770 at the 2000 census....
- OrchardsOrchards, WashingtonOrchards is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,852 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Orchards is located at ....
- Salmon CreekSalmon Creek, WashingtonSalmon Creek is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 16,767 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Salmon Creek is located at ....
- VenersborgVenersborg, WashingtonVenersborg is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,274 at the 2000 census.The community was established as "Venner's Villas" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when a land entrepreneur named J. C. Lanerberg purchased land from various...
- Walnut GroveWalnut Grove, WashingtonWalnut Grove is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,164 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Walnut Grove ranks 78th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be...
Other communities
- Chelatchie
- Heisson
- SiftonSifton, WashingtonSifton is an unincorporated community along State Route 500 about 8 miles east of Vancouver in Clark County, Washington, United States. It is notable for being the terminus of an early electric trolley operated by the Northcoast Power Company that also served nearby Orchards from 1910 until 1926. ...
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Washington
- The Vancouver VoiceThe Vancouver VoiceThe Vancouver Voice was an alternative newspaper serving Clark County and Southwest Washington in the United States, with a focus on the area's largest city, Vancouver. It ceased publication with volume 5, issue 13 of August 19, 2011.-History:...
- Washington State University VancouverWashington State University VancouverWashington State University Vancouver is the Vancouver, Washington branch of Washington State University. WSU Vancouver's approximately campus is located on the southeast side of Mt. Vista approximately eight miles north of the Columbia River...