Editing Oroville, Washington

{{Short description|City in Washington, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Oroville
| official_name      = 
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Oroville Washington - aerial.jpg
| image_caption      = View of Oroville, Washington and Osoyoos Lake, looking north towards Canada.
| image_flag         = Oroville, WA flag.jpg
| flag_alt           = A white flag with a semicircular logo depicting a sailboat on a lake in front of a rising sun in the lower center, and in the upper hoist a collection of fruit, and a rail wagon.
| image_map          = Okanogan County Washington Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Oroville Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250x200px
| map_caption        = Location of Oroville in<br />[[Okanogan County, Washington]]
| map_alt            = Projection of Okanogan County with Oroville in red
| pushpin_map        = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| pushpin_map_alt    = Projection of the United States with Oroville captioned in a pushpin
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Okanogan County|Okanogan]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = January 1, 1892
| established_title1 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date1  = August 7, 1908
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Ed Naillon<ref name= "City of Oroville, Washington; Officials & Staff">{{cite web|url=https://oroville-wa.com/index.php/officials-staff/|title= "City of Oroville, Washington; Officials & Staff"|publisher=oroville-wa.com| date=2023-04-15|accessdate=2023-04-15}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = [[Local government|Governing body]]
| leader_name1       = Oroville City Council
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_53.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 4.78
| area_land_km2      = 4.38
| area_water_km2     = 0.40
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.85
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.69
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.16
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1795
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
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| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 912
| coordinates        = {{coord|48|56|31|N|119|25|49|W|region:US-WA_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 98844
| area_code          = [[Area code 509|509]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 53-51970<ref name="wwwcensusgov" />
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2411338<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411338}}</ref>
| website            = [http://www.oroville-wa.com City of Oroville]
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Oroville''' is a city located in the northern bulk of the [[Okanagan Highland|Okanogan Highlands]] in north-central [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. Oroville is a member municipality of [[Okanogan County, Washington]] situated between [[Omak, Washington|Omak]] and [[Penticton]]. The population was 1,795 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
Oroville was first settled by European settlers in the late 1850s and known as 'rag town.' The settlement was named Oro, after the Spanish word for [[gold]], in 1892 after the surrounding gold mines and in an attempt to attract prospectors and merchants. The Post Office objected to the name "Oro" because a town was already named "[[Oso, Washington|Oso]]" in Washington, so the name was changed to Oroville,<ref>Gulick, Bill. ''A Traveler's History of Washington.'' Caxton Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-87004-371-4}}. p. 340</ref> in 1909. Oroville was a stop along the [[Spokane Falls and Northern Railway]] line from British Columbia to Spokane, via Molson and Chesaw. In 1914 a third branch south to [[Wenatchee]] was constructed to avoid the steep inclines on the original Spokane track.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/RailwayAge1914GreatNorthernLineFromOrovilleToWenatchee/mode/2up | title=Railway Age 1914 Vol 57 Great Northern Line from Oroville to Wenatchee | date=July 31, 1914 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gngoat.org/southern_bc.htm | title=GN in Southern BC }}</ref>

Passenger train service to Oroville was operated by the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] until July 14, 1953, with freight operations continuing later.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barta |first=Linda |date=March 13, 2014 |title=Old news: Last run for passenger train |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/old-news-last-run-for-passenger-train/article_cd2624c0-8b7c-5b86-9c61-3d651cf0f9f6.html |work=[[The Wenatchee World]] |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

Oroville started to become a tourist location in the mid-2000s, large condo developments were proposed. After peaking in 2005–07, the city’s economy has suffered since the Great Recession of 2008. Oroville is home to the [[Dorothy Scott Airport]], an international municipal airport with U.S. Customs check, located two miles outside of the town center. The airport opened in August 1937.<ref name=airnav>{{cite web |url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/0S7 |title=Dorothy Scott Airport |publisher=AirNav |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=basic>{{cite web |title=Airport Identification Information |url=http://wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/planning/systemplan/conditionassessment/ReportViewer.aspx |publisher=[[Washington (state)|Washington]] |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Osoyoos Lake (2584320783).jpg|thumb|right|The townsite of [[Osoyoos Lake]] within the northern [[Okanagan Highland|Okanogan Highlands]] in Oroville, Washington]]
Oroville is located {{convert|4|mi|km}} south of the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]], and features an official [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection|crossing]] into [[Osoyoos, British Columbia]].<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is located at the south end of [[Osoyoos Lake]], which empties into the [[Okanogan River]] on the east side of the town; the town is bound to the west by the [[Similkameen River]]. [[U.S. Route 97 in Washington|U.S. Route 97]] runs through Oroville.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.68|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|1.64|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
Oroville lies in a [[climate|climatic]] region that is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and moderately cold winters.  According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Oroville has a [[humid continental climate]], ''Dfb'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=781654&cityname=Oroville%2C+Washington%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Oroville, Washington]</ref>

==Economy==
Most of the economy of Oroville and the surrounding areas is based on agriculture.  Numerous orchards and a few grape vineyards are within the town limits. During Oroville's heyday as a mining town, many saloons, restaurants, shops, and a drive-in movie theater were there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/watorov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025025313/http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/watorov/pow-wow-drive-in-oroville-wa#.VEsQoPjP1qY|archive-date=2014-10-25|title=Pow Wow Drive-In Oroville}}</ref>  Today, the town's economy is depressed with a nearly 30% poverty rate and a median household income of only $22,000.  Recently, three vacation cottage developments have been built, two east of [[Lake Osoyoos]], Sandalia, and the Veranda Beach Resort, and one just north of downtown, Sonora Shores.

The city is home to a weekly newspaper, the ''Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune'', established in 1905 as the ''Oroville Weekly Gazette''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oroville Gazette|url=https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/newspapers/index.php/newspaper-profiles/oroville-gazette/|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> Okanogan Living, a monthly lifestyle magazine based in Tonasket, also serves the region. <ref>{{cite news |first=Brock |last=Hires |url=https://www.oklivingmagazine.com/ |title=Oroville, Okanogan, Washington |work=Okanogan Living |location=[[Tonasket, Washington|Tonasket]] |access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref>

Oroville is the northern terminus of the [[Cascade and Columbia River Railroad]], a short line railroad owned by [[Genesee & Wyoming]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1910 = 495
| 1920 = 1013
| 1930 = 800
| 1940 = 1206
| 1950 = 1500
| 1960 = 1437
| 1970 = 1555
| 1980 = 1483
| 1990 = 1505
| 2000 = 1653
| 2010 = 1686
| 2020 = 1795
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Oroville, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Oroville%20city,%20Washington |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] there were 1,686 people in 698 households, including 434 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|1028.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 797 housing units at an average density of {{convert|486.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 78.8% White, 0.8% African American, 2.4% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 12.7% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.4%.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 19, 2012}}</ref>

Of the 698 households 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.8% were non-families. 32.1% of households were one person and 16.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.03.

The median age was 39.4 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.3% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.7% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], there were 1,653 people, 691 households, and 433 families in the town. The population density was 1,336.5 people per square mile (514.7/km{{sup|2}}). There were 794 housing units at an average density of 642.0 per square mile (247.2/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 82.34% White, 0.12% African American, 4.23% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 9.32% from other races, and 3.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.06% of the population.

Of the 691 households 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families. 32.0% of households were one person and 14.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.99.

The age distribution was 28.9% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median household income was $22,301 and the median family income  was $30,114. Males had a median income of $25,833 versus $21,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,220. About 22.6% of families and 28.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 37.0% of those under age 18 and 19.5% of those age 65 or over.

{{Infobox UCR
|city_name= Oroville
|year= 2012
|homicide= 0
|rape= 1
|robbery= 0
|aggravated_assault= 1
|violent_crime= 2
|burglary= 20
|larceny_theft= 57
|motor_vehicle_theft= 1
|arson= 0
|property_crime= 78
|source_url= https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_washington_by_city_2012.xls
|source_name= 2012 FBI UCR Data
|notes= 2012 population: 1,715
}}
==Crime==

According to the [[Uniform Crime Report]] statistics compiled by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]  in 2012, two violent crimes and 78 property crimes per 100,000 residents occur per year. Of these, the violent crimes consisted of one forcible rape, no robberies, and one aggravated assault, while 20 burglaries, 57 larceny-thefts, one motor vehicle theft, and no arson defined the property offenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_washington_by_city_2012.xls|title=Washington Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, 2012|publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]|year=2012|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201051132/https://www.orovillewashington.com/|date=February 1, 2023|title=Oroville Chamber of Commerce}}

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