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Ilwaco
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city in Pacific County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Pacific
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Mike Cassinelli
- Total
- 5.78 sq mi (14.97 km )
- Land
- 2.07 sq mi (5.35 km )
- Water
- 3.71 sq mi (9.61 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 526/sq mi (203/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-33000
- Website
- City of Ilwaco
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ilwaco
- Population
- 1087
- Area
- 15.350777
- Elevation
- 23
- Official website
- www.ilwaco-wa.gov
- Image
- Ilwaco, Washington - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 479
- Dialing code
- 360
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- postal code
- 98624
- Commons category
- Ilwaco, Washington
- P8168
- fiat money
- water as percent of area
- 64.5891
- per capita income
- 28371
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Article
Ilwaco (/ɪlˈwɑːkoʊ/ il-WAH-koh) is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,087 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1890, the city was home to the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company along the Long Beach Peninsula, with its core economy based on logging and timber rafting. The city is located on the southern edge of the Long Beach Peninsula, on Baker Bay on the north side of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific Ocean. It is near the city of Astoria, Oregon, which lies to the southeast on the southern bank of the Columbia.
History