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The Dalles
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city in and county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States
Key facts
- County
- Wasco
- Mayor
- Richard Mays
- City
- 6.94 sq mi (17.98 km )
- Land
- 6.66 sq mi (17.25 km )
- Water
- 0.28 sq mi (0.72 km )
- Elevation
- 243 ft (74 m)
- Density
- 2,403.5/sq mi (927.99/km )
- Metro
- 26,403
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Area codes
- 458 and 541
- Fips code
- 41-72950
- Website
- City of The Dalles
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- The Dalles
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wasco County
- Population
- 13620
- Area
- 17.97
- Elevation
- 109
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Body of water
- Columbia River
- Capital of
- Wasco County
- Official website
- www.thedalles.org
- Image
- The Dalles Oregon aerial.jpg
- Households
- 6174
- Dialing code
- 541
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- inception
- 1857-00-00
- Commons category
- The Dalles, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:The Dalles, Oregon
- postal code
- 97058
- per capita income
- 30594
- category of associated people
- Category:People from The Dalles, Oregon
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Dalles (/ˈdælz/ DALZ), formally the City of the Dalles and also called Dalles City, is an inland port, the county seat of and the largest city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census, and it is the largest city in Oregon along the Columbia River outside the Portland Metropolitan Area. The Dalles is 75 miles (121 km) east of Portland, within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Dalles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.