North Powder City Hall, police station and Library
by Jeff Swan
Title
North Powder City Hall, police station and Library
Artist
Jeff Swan
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
North Powder Oregon
North Powder is a city in Union County, Oregon, United States. The population was 439 at the 2010 census.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Climate
3 Demographics
3.1 2010 census
3.2 2000 census
4 Notable people
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
North Powder was platted in 1885 or 1886 along the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company rail line, having been a stage stop before then.[5]
David Eccles, a Mormon businessman, created the Hall Brothers Lumber Company in the town once the railway arrived.[6]
North Powder prospered because it had an icehouse that supplied the refrigerator cars of Pacific Fruit Express until the icehouse burned down in the 1930s.[5]
Geography[edit]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km2), all of it land.[1]
Climate[edit]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 �F (22.0 �C). According to the K�ppen Climate Classification system, North Powder has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[7]
Demographics[edit]
Historical population
Census Pop. %�
1890 185 �
1910 455 �
1920 613 34.7%
1930 553 −9.8%
1940 376 −32.0%
1950 403 7.2%
1960 399 −1.0%
1970 304 −23.8%
1980 430 41.4%
1990 448 4.2%
2000 489 9.2%
2010 439 −10.2%
Est. 2015 436 [8] −0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
2010 census[edit]
As of the census of 2010, there were 439 people, 184 households, and 111 families residing in the city. The population density was 685.9 inhabitants per square mile (264.8/km2). There were 214 housing units at an average density of 334.4 per square mile (129.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 92.5% White, 0.5% African American, 1.6% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 2.3% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.9% of the population.[2]
There were 184 households of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.7% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.10.[2]
The median age in the city was 43.1 years. 26.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.2% were from 25 to 44; 31.4% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.[2]
2000 census[edit]
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