Ridgefield, WA
| Ridgefield, Washington | |
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Downtown Ridgefield
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 Location of Ridgefield, Washington |
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| Coordinates: 45°48′55″N 122°43′40″W / 45.81528°N 122.72778°WCoordinates: 45°48′55″N 122°43′40″W / 45.81528°N 122.72778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Clark |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.18 sq mi (18.60 km2) |
| • Land | 7.08 sq mi (18.34 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) |
| Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,763 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 6,455 |
| • Density | 672.7/sq mi (259.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 98642 |
| Area code | 360 |
| FIPS code | 53-58410 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1512604 |
| Website | www.ci.ridgefield.wa.us |
Ridgefield is a city in the pastoral, rolling-hills countryside of northern Clark County, Washington, in the United States. The population was 4,763 at the 2010 census.
Ridgefield is notable for the significant Native American and Lewis and Clark Expedition history of the area, but is also the home of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, a primary reserve for migrating waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway, ilani Casino, and the Ridgefield High School "Spudders" (reflecting the area's potato-farming heritage). The city is home to several annual community events, such as their old-fashioned Fourth of July Celebration, and also holds a bird festival that attracts bird lovers from around the region and beyond.
The area has important ties to the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806.
The town was formerly known as Union Ridge and was renamed Ridgefield in the late 1800s.
Ridgefield was an important trading center as early as the 1860s, and the city was officially incorporated on August 26, 1909. U-Haul, an American equipment rental company, had its start in Ridgefield in 1945. The community's ties to the Chinookan people was commemorated by the construction of a replica of a Cathlapotle plankhouse at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, which was dedicated March 29, 2005.
In 2007, a plot of private land in Ridgefield directly adjoining busy Interstate 5 was purchased for $15,000 by the Pacific Northwest chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans, a nonprofit whose members have ancestral ties to Confederate soldiers. Three Confederate flags fly on this land, along with two stone markers honoring Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.
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