City streets, creeks, and rivers can flood during the months of November through February. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.4% of the population. In 2012, NorthAmericaTalk.com, an online aggregate for local community news including ThurstonTalk.com, was established with headquarters located in Olympia. Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, departs Olympia at 6:22pm daily with service to Tacoma and Seattle. McAllister Springs, the main water source for Olympia, is fed by artesian wells, and the former Olympia Brewery is supplied by 26 artesian wells. Rainier | The racial makeup of the city was 83.7% White, 2.0% African American, 1.1% Native American, 6.0% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 1.8% from other races, and 5.0% from two or more races. To the south of Olympia, Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park offers an 80-acre sculpture garden and art gallery. Olympia was historically dependent on artesian waters. Die grössten Städte: Seattle - Spokane - Tacoma - Bellevue - Everett - Federal Way - Vancouver - Lakewood - Yakima - Bellingham. Percival Landing closed in 2010 for an extensive remodel after saltwater degradation and opened again to the public in the summer of 2011. [20] Renovations at the artesian well were completed in late 2011, including surface improvements, solar lighting, and a raised area to fill bottles. Es gibt 2.645.396 Haushalte. Appointments to view the works are needed; tours take about an hour. Washington (WA), nach George Washington Evergreen State Einwohner: 8 Mio 42. The city of Olympia is located at the southern end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet. The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is located just outside Olympia, as is the Capitol State Forest. Art House Designs is an art gallery that also hosts a jazz performance space. 91.6% spoke English, 2.9% Spanish and 1.7% Vietnamese as their first language. The city borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. There were 18,670 households, out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.6% were non-families. Tumwater | County Verwaltungssitz Einwohner (2010) Fläche in km² Adams County: Ritzville: 18.728: 1.925 Asotin County: Asotin: 21.623: 636 Benton County: Prosser: 175.177 It contains cold moist air, which brings western Washington cold rain, cloudiness, and fog. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males. Stelle befindet. Abstammung. Nisqually Indian Community | There were 22,086 housing units at an average density of 1,239.4 per square mile (478.5/km2). Private elementary schools include Olympia Waldorf School, Olympia Community School, St. Michael School, Holy Family, and Evergreen Christian. [13] Most of western Washington's weather is brought in by weather systems that form near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Ingersoll's interest in the well started in a conversation with Dick Batdorf, co-founder of Batdorf & Bronson coffee roasting. North Yelm | Concerning education, locals will welcome that no matter where their home is located in Olympia, primary schools are nearby. [14] With a period of record dating back to 1948, extreme temperatures have ranged from −8 °F (−22 °C) on January 1, 1979, up to 104 °F (40 °C), most recently on July 29, 2009; the record cold daily maximum is 18 °F (−8 °C) on January 31, 1950, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 69 °F (21 °C) on July 22, 2006. Visual art venues include some of the local coffeehouses, Olympia Coffee Roasting Co., Batdorf & Bronson, and Burial Grounds in downtown. November through January are Olympia's rainiest months. Major cities are New York, a global and cultural center point, and capital Washington, DC. In der Nähe der Stadt liegen der Mount Rainier und der Olympic-Nationalpark. In spring of 2012, sea-themed mosaic artwork created by community members was also installed at the site of the well. Early settlers in Swantown and Tumwater used artesian springs for their main water supply. A number of theatrical experiences are available with companies such as Animal Fire Theater, Olympia Family Theater, Theater Artists Olympia (TAO), Olympia Little Theater, and Harlequin Productions at the historic State Theater. A mostly volunteer-powered organization, OFS supports and presents a variety of cultural events, including All Freakin' Night, an all-night horror film screening with a cult following. Subsequently, Ingersoll met at the Spar restaurant with Herb Legg and John Robinson both of whom had worked in the 1950s and 60s to protect the artesian wells in Watershed Park. There are also a few choices for those who value close by restaurants and cafes. 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Olympia ist die Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaates Washington und der Verwaltungssitz von Thurston County. Name Status Adm. Einwohner Zensus (C) 1980-04-01 Einwohner Zensus (C) 1990-04-01 Einwohner Zensus (C) 2000-04-01 Einwohner Zensus (C) 2010-04-01 Einwohner Schätzung (E) [6] European settlers claimed the area in 1846, with the Treaty of Medicine Creek initiated in 1854, and the Treaty of Olympia initiated in January 1856.[7]. On the fourth Saturday in April, in honor of Earth Day, Olympia is host to one of the region's largest community celebrations – the Procession of the Species. Zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt gehören das State Capitol Museum, dessen Sammlungen indianisches Kunstgewerbe, naturkundliche Ausstellungsstücke und Gemälde umfassen, und das Sylvester House (1856), Wohnstätte eines der ersten Siedler in diesem Gebiet. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. In 1846, Edmund Sylvester and Levi Lathrop Smith jointly claimed the land that is now downtown Olympia. Over the course of two days, December 24–26, 1854, Governor Isaac I. Stevens negotiated the Treaty of Medicine Creek with the representatives of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squawksin, Steh'Chass, Noo-Seh-Chatl, Squi-Aitl, T'Peeksin, Sah-Heh-Wa-Mish, and S'Hotl-Ma-Mish tribes. Olympia is the home of the Oly Rollers, the local women's flat track roller derby league whose travel team (the Cosa Nostra Donnas) became the 2009 national champions of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) by winning the national "Declaration of Derby" tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 2009.[26]. Tenino | Innerhalb dieser Szene gründeten sich in Olympia zahlreiche bekannte Bands, darunter Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney oder später auch Gossip. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.83.