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Quincy is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is situated east of the Columbia River on State Route 28 and north of Interstate 90 . The population was 7,543 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
Sunland Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 179. [3] The CDP is on the western edge of the county, on the east bank of the Columbia River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,791 square miles (7,230 km 2), of which 2,680 square miles (6,900 km 2) is land and 112 square miles (290 km 2) (4.0%) is water. [8] It is the fourth-largest county in Washington by area.
The Kennewick–Pasco–Richland metropolitan area—colloquially referred to as the Tri-Cities metropolitan area, and officially known as the Kennewick–Richland, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area—is a metropolitan area consisting of Benton and Franklin counties in Washington state, anchored by the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland (the Tri-Cities).
The Tri-Cities makes up the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern quadrant of Washington. The large Cascade Mountain Range to the west contributes to the semi-arid climate, which is far drier than the famously wet western side of the state.
As of the 2020 U.S. census, it is the 13th-most populous state, with 7,705,281 inhabitants, and ranked 18th by land area, spanning 66,456 square miles (172,120 km 2) of land. [1] [2] Washington is divided into 39 counties and contains 281 municipalities that are classified into cities and towns.
The route follows the Columbia River and the BNSF Railway's Columbia River Subdivision through the largely rural area between Wenatchee and Davenport. The Quincy–Davenport route was historically part of the North Central Highway, established in 1915 as part of the early state highway system along a section of the Great Northern Railway. The ...
During Washington's territorial period, Washington split off from an Oregon county, three counties were disestablished, and three split into separate territories. Clackamas County, Oregon was established in 1844 and included the land south and east of the Columbia River until Washington Territory was formed in 1853, when the area was no longer ...