Cle Elum
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city in Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Kittitas
- Founded
- February 12, 1902
- Mayor
- Matthew Lundh
- City
- 4.50 sq mi (11.65 km )
- Land
- 4.49 sq mi (11.63 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,909 ft (582 m)
- Density
- 480.4/sq mi (185.5/km )
- Metro
- 41,765
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Fips code
- 53-12945
- Website
- City of Cle Elum
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cle Elum
- Population
- 2157
- Area
- 0.013020
- Elevation
- 1909
- Official website
- www.cityofcleelum.com
- Image
- Cle Elum Iron Horse State Park 1346.jpg
- Households
- 1123
- Dialing code
- 509
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- postal code
- 98922
- Commons category
- Cle Elum, Washington
- inception
- 1902-00-00
- P8168
- Saint-Hilaire
- water as percent of area
- 0.1314
- per capita income
- 25319
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Cle Elum (/kli ˈɛləm/ klee EL-əm) is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,157 at the 2020 census. About 84 miles (135 km) by car from Seattle, Cle Elum is a popular area for camping and outdoor activities. It is also unofficially considered the starting point of Eastern Washington when driving east on I-90 from Seattle, although this is somewhat arbitrary since many consider either the town of Easton, anywhere east of Keechelus Lake, or the wildlife crossing bridge over I-90 to be the starting point.
The town takes its name from the Cle Elum River, which meets the Yakima River near here. The Kittitas band of the Yakama tribe lived here and fished the Yakima River. In the 1800s, settlers traveled through on their way to Puget Sound, and the Kittitas band was eventually displaced to a reservation. The settlement here had a large sawmill and a train depot, and the town was incorporated in 1902.