11 Facts About Longview Washington

Longview Washington was the location of Mount Coffin, an ancestral burial ground for the local indigenous people.

At the time of its conception, Longview Washington was the only planned city of its magnitude to have ever been conceived of and built entirely with private funds.

However, the effects of the Great Depression hampered further development of the planned city until the booming World War II economy, when the Port of Longview Washington became a strategic location for loading cargo going into the Pacific Theater.

Longview Washington has many historic buildings, many of which were built in the initial growth period from 1923 to 1934, prior to the worst effects of the Great Depression.

Longview Washington is located in a small gorge, so its climate varies from that of its close neighbor, Portland.

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The abundance of timber around Longview Washington provides the city's former two largest employers, Weyerhaeuser and Kapstone with timber products.

Port of Longview Washington, established in 1921, has eight marine terminals handling a wide range of cargo from windmills, pencil pitch, calcined coke, pulp bales, lumber, grain, logs and steel.

Longview Washington is on the I-5 Corridor and is served by State Route 4 and State Route 432, which connect it to nearby Kelso and Wahkiakum County.

Longview Washington is right down the highway from Castle Rock, which is a gateway to the Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument, and tourism is playing an increasingly important role in the area's economy.

Longview Washington is home to the Nutty Narrows Bridge built in 1963 by Amos Peters.

Longview Washington began a new annual festival, known as Squirrel Fest, in 2011.