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Longview, WA

City of Longview
City
Downtown Longview
Downtown Longview
Location of Longview, Washington
Location of Longview, Washington
Coordinates: 46°8′34″N 122°57′20″W / 46.14278°N 122.95556°W / 46.14278; -122.95556
Country United States
State Washington
County Cowlitz
Settled 1850s
Incorporated February 14, 1924
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • City Manager David Campbell
 • Mayor Don Jensen
Area
 • City 14.79 sq mi (38.31 km2)
 • Land 14.49 sq mi (37.53 km2)
 • Water 0.30 sq mi (0.78 km2)
Elevation 20 ft (6 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 36,648
 • Estimate (2015) 36,848
 • Density 2,529.2/sq mi (976.5/km2)
 • Metro 103,468 (US: 346th)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 98632
Area code 360
FIPS code 53-40245
GNIS feature ID 1506304
Website www.mylongview.com

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 36,648 at the time of the 2010 census and it is the largest 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.

The Long-Bell Lumber Company, led by Robert A. Long, decided in 1918 to buy a great expanse of timberland in Cowlitz County. A total of 14,000 workers were needed to run the two large mills as well as lumber camps that were planned. The number of workers needed was more than a lumber town, or the nearest town, could provide. Long planned and built a complete city in 1921 that could support a population of up to 50,000 and provide labor for the mills as well as attracting other industries. Several buildings in the city were built from Long's private funds.

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

The Longview area was first settled by European-Americans, led by pioneers Harry and Rebecca Jane Huntington, in 1849. The area was named Monticello in honor of Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. In 1852 a group assembled in what would be called the "Monticello Convention" to petition Congress for statehood to be called "Columbia". Congress agreed to statehood but as Washington, after President Washington, to avoid confusion with the District of Columbia. A monument to the convention is located near the Longview Civic Center.


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