Ridgefield, Washington
| 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.
While the town of Ridgefield is in itself relatively modest in size, the geographic area that is locally also called Ridgefield is quite a bit larger, extending from the Columbia River to its immediate west, the Lewis River to the north, several miles past Interstate 5 to the east, and south nearly to Vancouver, Washington, encompassing both the Clark County Fairgrounds [1] and the Amphitheater at Clark County [2].
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.
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