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Kalama

• Zip code: 98625

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PDX shuttle airportknowKalamais a city inCowlitz County,Washington,United States. It is part of theLongview, WashingtonMetropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,500, according to the Washington State Office of Financial Management.

Kalamawas first settled by Native Americans, particularly members of theCowlitzIndian Tribes. The first white settler recorded was in 1853. That first settler was Ezra Meeker and his family. Only one year later, Meeker moved to north Puyallup, Washington, but he sold his Donation Land Claim to a Mr. Davenport, who, with a few others, permanently settled in the Kalama area. In early 1870, Northern Pacific Railway scouts came to Cowlitz County to find an ideal terminus along the Columbia River. After a failed negotiation for a Donation Land Claim in Martin’s Bluff, four miles south of Kalama, Northern Pacific officials purchased 700 acres in Kalama for the terminus of the new railroad as well as a new headquarters. The population swelled with employees of the Northern Pacific Railway.

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Kalama in 1900

Kalama was entirely aNorthern Pacificrailroad creation. It was unofficially born in May 1870 when the Northern Pacific railroad turned the first shovel of dirt. Northern Pacific built a dock, a sawmill, a car shop, a roundhouse, a turntable, hotels, a hospital, stores, homes. In just a few months in 1870, the working population exploded to approximately 3500 and the town had added tents, saloons, a brewery, and a gambling hall. Soon the town had a motto: "Rail Meets Sail". Recruiters went to San Francisco and recruited Chinese labor, who moved to their ownChinatownin a part of Kalama now called China Gardens. The population of Kalama peaked at 5,000 people, but in early 1874, the railroad moved its headquarters to Tacoma, and by 1877, only 700 people remained in Kalama.

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Kalama was unofficially incorporated on November 29, 1871. It served as the county seat of Cowlitz County from 1872 to 1922. Kalama was the northern terminus of a railroad ferry operated by theNorthern Pacific RailwayfromGoble, Oregon. This was a critical link in rail service between 1883 when the service began until 1909 when the major rail bridges inPortlandwere completed. Kalama originated with a stake driven by Gen.John W. Spragueof the Northern Pacific Railway who in March 1870 selected a spot near the mouth of the Kalama River to mark the beginning point of Northern Pacific's Pacific Division. From that stake, the Northern Pacific began building north toPuget Sound, ultimately reaching Commencement Bay at what was to become Tacoma before going bankrupt. Construction began in April 1871 with a crew of 800 men, with the official 'first spike' being driven in May 1871Scheduled service from Tacoma to Kalama began on January 5, 1874. The Portland-Hunters line was completed about the same time that the ceremonial spike was driven west ofHelena, Montanato mark the completion of the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railroad in the fall of 1883. The following year in October 1884, a 3 track, 360-foot (110 m) long railroad ferry marked the beginning of 25 years of ferry service across theColumbia River. Hunters was located near the south end of Sandy Island about a mile south of Goble.http://beavertonairporter.com/+1 (503) 760 6565PDX shuttle airport

However the crossing times were excessive when the Tacoma had to work against the tide, and the ferry slip was soon moved to Goble at the north end of Sandy Island and directly across from Kalama. The ferry could handle 12 passenger cars or 27 freight cars.

2010 census

PDX shuttle airportfind As of thecensusof 2010, there were 2,344 people, 967 households, and 665 families residing in the city. Thepopulation densitywas 846.2 inhabitants per square mile (326.7/kmsup>2/sup>). There were 1,070 housing units at an average density of 386.3 per square mile (149.2/kmsup>2/sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 91.3%White, 0.6%African American, 1.3%Native American, 1.2%Asian, 0.1%Pacific Islander, 1.8% fromother races, and 3.7% from two or more races.HispanicorLatinoof any race were 4.9% of the population.

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There were 967 households of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% weremarried couplesliving together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.2% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.88.

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The median age in the city was 41.4 years. 23.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 29.5% were from 45 to 64; and 16.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

Jackson Gillis, television writer, was born in Kalama.

Anna Kashfi(born Joan O'Callaghan) Brando Hannaford, the first wife ofMarlon Brando, was a long-term resident of Kalama until her death. Kashfi and her sonChristian Brandoare buried in Kalama.