Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Grant
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Juan Villalpando
- Total
- 1.38 sq mi (3.57 km )
- Land
- 1.38 sq mi (3.57 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,224 ft (373 m)
- Density
- 374.6/sq mi (144.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Zip codes
- 98824, 98848
- Fips code
- 53-26455
- Website
- cityofgeorge.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- George
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Grant County
- Population
- 809
- Area
- 3.453383
- Elevation
- 1227
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.ci.george.wa.us
- Image
- Gorge Amphitheatre.jpg
- Households
- 197
- Dialing code
- 509
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- inception
- 1957-01-01
- postal code
- 98824
- P8168
- Jacqueline Susann
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 13965
- Commons category
- George, Washington
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Encyclopedic overview
George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. The "humorous homage" to President George Washington has landed George on lists of unusual place names.
The city is known for being near The Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes called "The Gorge at George". The Gorge Amphitheatre was the location of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.