Spokane Valley, Washington

Spokane County

Spokane Valley is a municipality in the U.S. state of Washington.

Spokane Valley is located in Spokane County at the river Spokane. The name is based on the Indian tribe of Spokan, which inhabited the area until the arrival of Europeans.

West of Spokane Valley is the slightly larger County Capital Spokane, the east is Liberty Lake. In the northeast, the small community of Millwood is enclosed on three sides by Spokane Valley.

History

The Valley of Spokane was inhabited by a Native American tribe of the inland Salish, who was called by the whites from the late 18th century Spokane.

1849 built the first white settlers Antoine Plante a hut in the present area. Before the founding of today's larger neighboring city of Spokane originated in present-day area of Spokane Valley in 1850, the first shop and the first ferry of the whites at the Spokane, 1862, the first store, in 1864 the first bridge, the first house in 1866 and 1867, the first post office.

The Indians were defeated militarily in 1858, and then deported to reserves. The influx of white settlers was reinforced by the connection to the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883.

Between 1900 and 1922 the population increased from 1,000 to 10,000 by the extensive farm land development through irrigation techniques. 1920, the local newspaper Spokane Valley Herald was founded. In the 1940s, some factories were built.

The community of Spokane Valley was founded on 31 March 2003 by the merger of the municipalities Dishman, Greenacres, Opportunity, Trentwood, Veradale, Yardley and parts of Chester and Otis Orchards, which also previously unincorporated community between these communities was incorporated. Previously, four referendums had failed to the Association. With 89 440 inhabitants ( estimation of the Washington State Office of Financial Management, April 2009) Spokane Valley Spokane is the second largest city in the east of the state and seventh largest in total.