Oak Harbor (Washington)
Iceland County
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Oak Harbor is a city located on Whidbey Iceland in Iceland County, Washington. On 1 April 2008 Oak Harbor had 22,980 inhabitants. The place was registered as "City" on May 14, 1915.
History
Oak Harbor is the largest registered City on Whidbey Iceland. She has adorn their name from the Garry Oak, from the numerous specimens of the cityscape. Large growth spurts resulted in the construction of the Deception Pass Bridge, which was opened on 31 July 1935, and the opening of the Naval Air Station Whidbey Iceland on 21 September 1942.
The history of Oak Harbor dates back to the early 1850s, when three settlers staked out their claim, where is now located in Oak Harbor - Martin Tafton, a shoemaker from Norway, CW Sumner from New England and Ulrich friend who was a former officer in the Swiss army. Friend's family settled a portion of the claimed grounds of him until today.
Commercial and residential developed first along the shorelines of Oak Harbors, because the settlers were totally reliant on transport by water to the 20th century. About thirty years were steam ships and freighters that transport by which the passengers from the island to the mainland and came back again.
First came the late 1850s Irish who lived from fishing and agriculture. Dutch came in the 1890s to Whidbey Iceland after they were disillusioned from the northern Midwest. Upon their arrival caused churches, schools and other business establishments. A high school was built in 1906 and Oak Harbor developed as a small rural town until the construction of the bridge and the opening of the naval base resulted in a growth spurt.
The Deception Pass Bridge - registered since 1982 in the National Register of Historic Places - connects Whidbey Iceland since 1935 with Fidalgo Iceland, spanning Canoe Pass and Deception Pass. The bridge is one of the attractions in the Pacific Northwest and was a project of the Public Works Administration. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Deception Pass State Park in 2004 was the second most visited State Park Washington and has an area of 17 km ².
Geography
Oak Harbor is located at 48 ° 18 ' N, 122 ° 40' W48.295 - 122.65861111111.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.7 km ², of which accounts for 23.6 km ² on land; 0.1 km ² or 0.44 % of the district area is water.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 19,795 people, the city. The population density was 839.9 people per km ². There were 7,772 housing units at an average 329.8 per km ². The population of Oak Harbors consisted of 74.93 % White, 5.45 % African American, 1.22% Native American, 9.62% Asian, 0.77 % Pacific Islander, 2.42 % reported other to belong to races and 5.58 % from two or more races. 6.61 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Oak Harbors distributed to 7333 households out of which 43.4% were living in children under 18 years. 59.0 % married couples living together, 9.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2 % were non-families. 22.2% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 7.2 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size is 3.18 people.
The city population was spread out with 31.6 % under the, 11.6% 18-24 year olds, 34.4 % 25 -44- year-old, 13.4% 45-64 year olds and 9.0 % at age 65 years or more. The average age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 95.2 males.
The median household income in Oak Harbor was 36,641 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 41,579 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 29 498 U.S. dollars, compared to 21 633 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Oak Harbor was 16,830 U.S. dollars. 9.3 % of the population and 8.1% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 11.2 % of minors and 5.4 % of those age 65 or over.
Sons and daughters of the town
Policy
Due to its geographical proximity to Naval Air Station Whidbey Iceland, Oak Harbor has become a stronghold of the Republican Party.