Longview
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city in Cowlitz County, Washington state, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz
- Settled
- 1850s
- Incorporated
- February 14, 1924
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Erik Halvorson
- Mayor pro tempore
- Keith Young
- City
- 15.33 sq mi (39.71 km )
- Land
- 14.79 sq mi (38.30 km )
- Water
- 0.54 sq mi (1.41 km )
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 38,294
- Density
- 2,599.6/sq mi (1,003.73/km )
- Metro
- 110,730 (US: 342th )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Area code
- 360 564
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Encyclopedic overview
Longview is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States. It is the principal city of the Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cowlitz County. Longview's population was 37,818 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the most populous city in Cowlitz County. The city is located in southwestern Washington, at the junction of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers. Longview shares a border with Kelso to the east, which is the county seat.
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe of Cowlitz people, is headquartered in Longview.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Longview” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.