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Kelso
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city and county seat in southwestern Cowlitz County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz
- Type
- Council-manager
- City manager
- Andrew O. Hamilton
- Mayor
- Veryl Anderson
- Total
- 8.84 sq mi (22.89 km )
- Land
- 8.14 sq mi (21.07 km )
- Water
- 0.70 sq mi (1.82 km )
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Density
- 1,526.3/sq mi (589.32/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-35065
- Website
- kelso.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Kelso
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cowlitz County
- Population
- 12720
- Area
- 22.006432
- Elevation
- 75
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Capital of
- Cowlitz County
- Official website
- www.kelso.gov
- Image
- Main Post Office - Kelso Washington.jpg
- Households
- 5004
- Dialing code
- 360
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- Commons category
- Kelso, Washington
- twinned administrative body
- Kelso
- postal code
- 98626
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 4.183
- per capita income
- 23067
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Encyclopedic overview
Kelso is a city in southwestern Cowlitz County, Washington, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,720. Kelso is part of the Longview, Washington Metropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 110,730. Kelso shares its long western border with Longview. It is near Mount St. Helens.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kelso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.