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Hoquiam
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city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor
- Incorporated
- May 21, 1890
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Ben Winkelman
- City
- 16.42 sq mi (42.54 km )
- Land
- 9.54 sq mi (24.72 km )
- Water
- 6.88 sq mi (17.82 km )
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 8,798
- Density
- 906.9/sq mi (350.15/km )
- Metro
- 77,038
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-32300
- Website
- cityofhoquiam.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Hoquiam
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Grays Harbor County
- Population
- 8776
- Area
- 40.409301
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.cityofhoquiam.com
- Image
- Hoquiam.jpg
- Households
- 3881
- Dialing code
- 360
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- Commons category
- Hoquiam, Washington
- postal code
- 98550
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hoquiam, Washington
- inception
- 1890-01-01
- P8168
- fluorescamine
- water as percent of area
- 42.1649
- per capita income
- 26304
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Encyclopedic overview
Hoquiam (/ˈhoʊkwiəm/ HOH-kwee-əm) is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. It borders the city of Aberdeen at Myrtle Street, with Hoquiam to the west. The two cities share a common economic history in lumbering and exporting, but Hoquiam has maintained its independent identity. It shares a long rivalry with its more populated neighbor, especially in high school sports.
Hoquiam was incorporated on May 21, 1890. Its name comes from a Native-American word meaning "hungry for wood", from the great amount of driftwood at the mouth of the Hoquiam River. The population was 8,776 at the 2020 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hoquiam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.