Editing Republic, Washington

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| website            = [http://www.republicwa.org/ City of Republic]
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'''Republic''' is a city in [[Ferry County, Washington]], United States. The population was 992 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Ferry County, Washington|Ferry County]]. It was the largest mining camp in the Republic Mining District, and home to the "Hot Air Line" railway.

==History==
[[File:Republic Mill, Washington.jpg|thumb|right|Republic Mill]]

===Republic Mining District===
Republic was founded by gold prospectors in the late 19th century. Mining claims were first made along Eureka Creek on March 1, 1896,<ref name="Umpleby1910">{{cite journal |last1=Umpleby |first1=J. B. |year=1910 |title=Geology and ore deposits of Republic mining district |journal=Washington Geological Survey |volume=1}}</ref> after the northern half of the [[Colville Indian Reservation]] was vacated on February 21. On March 5, 1896, the Republic claim was staked by Thomas Ryan and Philip Creasor along Granite Creek, another branch of the [[Sanpoil River]]. The resulting Republic Mine eventually became the highest producer of gold in the county. On April 18, 1896, the Republic Mining District, originally called the Eureka Mining District, was established.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Full |first1=Roy |last2=Grantham |first2=Robert |editor1-last=Ridge |editor1-first=John |title=Ore Deposits of the Republic Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, in Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 |date=1968 |publisher=The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum engineers, Inc. |location=New York |pages=1481–1494}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lindgren |first1=Waldemar |last2=Bancroft |first2=Howland |title=Republic (Eureka) District, in the Ore Deposits of Northeastern Washington |journal=USGS Bulletin |volume=550 |publisher=USGS |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0550/report.pdf |date=1914}}</ref>

The first [[Stamp mill|ore mill]] for processing low grade ore in the district was constructed in May, 1898, while highest grade ores were hauled {{convert|80|mi|km|abbr=on}} east to [[Marcus, Washington]] partway by cart and then via the Spokane Falls & Northern [[Branch line#North America|branch line]] for the remaining distance.  Between 1899 and 1900, stamp mills were constructed at the Mountain Lion mine in the northwest part of camp and the Republic Mine in the south resulting in a brief period where all of the district's ore was milled in the camp.  The Mountain Lion Gold Mining company 100-ton mill used a combination of [[Amalgam (chemistry)#Gold extraction (ore processing)|mercury plate amalgamation]] followed by [[MacArthur-Forrest Cyanidation Process|MacArthur-Forrest cyanide leaching]].  However, because of much lower gold and silver recovery rates, combined with the soon to arrive rail lines, the mill was soon shut down.  The 200-ton Republic mill processed the ore by first [[Roasting (metallurgy)|roasting]] the finely crushed ore, followed by [[cyanide process|cyanide leaching]], with the first loads of ore being processed in October 1900.<ref name="Umpleby1910"/>

In July 1901, the Republic mine and mill both shut down because of the milling cost, and a lack of enough profitable ore being recovered.  Ores in the Republic District were noted to have increasing percentages of silver concentration in the lower portions of the ore bodies, and the Republic mill did not provide more than a 50% return on assayed ore value, dooming the mill.  The Republic mine remained inactive until 1902 when the arrival of railroads in the town made mining profitable again.  From 1902 to 1909, ore was freighted north to [[British Columbia]] and then west to [[smelter]]s on the coast for processing, with periods where shipments up to {{convert|1000|st|kg|abbr=on}} of ore a week were regular.<ref name="Umpleby1910"/>

The Republic mining District encompassing Republic and the surrounding areas, had no defined borders as of 1909 when the geologist Joseph B. Umpleby visited, but included six townships with a center "a little west of the south end of Curlew Lake".  At the time of the visit Republic was the most important mining camp in the county and the largest with a population of around 1,500.<ref name="Umpleby1910"/>

===Eureka to Republic===
In July 1897, Philip Creasor built a two-story hotel at the townsite, originally called Eureka. This town site was [[platted]] on April 29, 1898, and the post office name changed to Republic, since there was already a post office named Eureka in the state of Washington. On May 8, 1900, a special election was held which approved incorporation of Republic, and J.J. Sullivan was elected mayor. The town was then officially incorporated on May 22, 1900, and had a population of about 1800.<ref>{{cite web |title = Dates of Incorporation, Disincorporation, and Changes of Classification of Washington Cities and Towns |publisher= Multiple Research and Service Center of Washington |url= http://www.mrsc.org/library/inctable.aspx |access-date = 2013-12-06 |url-status= dead |archive-date = 2013-11-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131126032207/http://www.mrsc.org/library/inctable.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Steele |first1=Richard |title=An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan, and Chelan Counties, State of Washington |publisher=Western Historical Publishing Company |date=1904 |pages=404–431 |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/sl_steeleillustrated/sl_steeleillustrated.pdf |access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>  Two separate rail lines granted access to the area, [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railways]] Spokane Falls & Northern branch line and the locally owned [[Spokane and British Columbia Railway|Republic and Kettle Valley Railway]], commonly called the "Hot air line"<ref name="Eveningsun1905"/> from [[Grand Forks, British Columbia]]. During the summer of 1900, Swedish immigrant Charles E. Anderson first opened [[Anderson's Grocery]].<ref name="SpRvCentennial">{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=john |title=A century in the family |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=June 25, 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATozAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11}}</ref>

===Hot Air Line===
[[File:Eureka Gulch, Republic 1910 Umpleby.png|thumb|right|Eureka Gulch in 1910 with the Great Northern railbeds in the center and the "Hot Air Line" in the foreground]]
The [[Spokane and British Columbia Railway]], originally the Republic and Kettle Valley Railway, was a short lived [[Standard-gauge railway|standard-gauge]] private rail company based out of Republic operating between Republic, Grand Forks and Lynch Creek British Columbia.  The line was locally known as the "Hot Air line".<ref name="Eveningsun1905">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1905-04-04 |title=Changed Names |work=The Evening Sun |location=Grand Forks, British Columbia|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/xgrandforks/items/1.0341485#p0z-1r0f: |access-date=2020-08-27 |doi=10.14288/1.0341485}}</ref>  The line began operation in 1902 as the Republic and Kettle Valley Railway, before being bought out in 1916.<ref name="Commission1926">{{cite book|author=United States. Interstate Commerce Commission|title=Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States|chapter=Valuation Docket No. 72 Spokane and British Columbia Railway |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMD1SjKuWfUC|year=1926|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=209–220}}</ref> The company was initially incorporated in 1901 with J. Stratton as president, with construction of the line between Republic and [[Danville, Washington]] at the United States-Canadian border being contracted to the Republic and Grand Forks Construction Company, itself owned by Stratton. The rail line paralleled the Great Northern spur line from Republic through [[Malo, Washington|Malo]] and [[Curlew, Washington]] to Danville.  The northern line was initially surveyed by the Republic and Kettle River company, but they were forced to build on higher ground beyond the Great Northern land boundaries.<ref name="Commission1926"/>  On January 2, 1902, the railroad was also approved by the [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] to conduct surveying for a southern line though the Colville Indian Reservation along the [[Sanpoil River]].<ref name="Indianaffairs1901">{{cite book |last1=United States Office Of Indian Affairs |title=Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the Year 1902 |date=1902 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington [D.C.] |page=103 |edition=First |url=http://images.library.wisc.edu/History/EFacs/CommRep/AnnRep02p1/reference/history.annrep02p1.i0003.pdf |quote=Republic and Kettle River Railway. |language=en}}</ref>

===Early entertainment===
During the early 1900's, Republic was home to a regional [[Baseball]] team which traveled the northeast region playing other city teams such as those from [[Colville, Washington|Colville]] and [[Orient, Washington]], plus [[Grand Forks, British Columbia]].<ref name="Baseball1910">{{cite news |author=<!--none given--> |title=Round of pleasure, ball game Saturday and Sunday dance Saturday night|work=Kettle River Journal |location=Orient, Washington |date=July 30, 1910 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhxmAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1}}</ref><ref name="Baseball1913">{{cite news |author=<!--none given--> |title=Neighborhood notes |work=Kettle River Journal |location=Orient, Washington |date=June 27, 1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwFmAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1}}</ref><ref name="Baseball1913GF">{{cite news |author=<!--none given--> |title=Neighborhood notes |work=Kettle River Journal |location=Orient, Washington |date=June 13, 1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQFmAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1}}</ref> The city also had a [[brass band]] which would play at events such as [[Fourth of July]] celebrations which it would host with the baseball club.<ref name="Brass13">{{cite news |author=<!--none given--> |title=Untitled |work=Kettle River Journal |location=Orient, Washington |date=June 20, 1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YgFmAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4}}</ref>  The Kettle River Journal of Orient reported August 1913 that the Republic Theater had been purchased by a new owner who renovated and remodeled it.<ref name="Theater13">{{cite news |author=<!--none given--> |title=Neighborhood notes |work=Kettle River Journal |location=Orient, Washington |date=August 15, 1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=agFmAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1}}</ref>

===1983 Republic hotel fire===
On December 4, 1983, around 6pm, fire broke out on north Clarke Ave and raged for over 2 hours before being extinguished. The starting point was thought to have been an upper back room in the Republic Hotel and cafe. It spread for half a block consuming the hotel, the state liquor store, ''The Republic News-Miner'' newspaper offices, and an unoccupied building.  A radio shop at the south end of the block and a hardware store at the north end were smoke-damaged but spared. Fire crews from Curlew, Malo, Keller, and Tonasket all responded to the blaze.<ref name="1983fire">{{cite news |agency=United Press International |title=City blaze guts firms |work=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |date=December 5, 1983 |page=A3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYVTAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2}}</ref>

===Modern era===
Republic's prominence, initially brought on by the gold rush, started to fade as prospectors and those who supported the mining industry moved away. During the years between 1900 and 1910, the town lost over half its population. Despite this, mining has continued to be an important part of life in Republic, as gold is still mined for in the mountains surrounding the town. As of 2022, an estimated {{cvt|8,000,000|oz|ton}} of gold had been recovered from northern Ferry County, with active gold exploration being conducted by [[Adamera Minerals Corporation]] who acquired property on [[Buckhorn Mountain (Ferry County)|Buckhorn Mountain]] near the Canadian border from [[Kinross Gold Corporation]].<ref name="Adamera">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Adamera Minerals defines 30 gold targets at Buckhorn, Washington State |url=https://resourceworld.com/adamera-minerals-defines-30-gold-targets-at-buckhorn-washington-state/ |website=Resourceworld |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> As of the 2020s, the town of 1,100 is sustained mainly by those people in surrounding farms and ranches, miners who work at the local mine, and tourists looking for a quieter, slower pace of life.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

==Geography==
[[File:Gibraltar Mountain in early Fall.jpg|thumb|right|Glacially carved Gibraltar Mountain, overlooking Republic from the southeast]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.59|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<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=2012-12-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2011-02-20}}</ref> Republic is located on a low shoulder of Klondike Mountain northwest of the [[Sanpoil River]] in a long [[Republic Graben|graben valley]]. The valley is bordered by the [[Okanagan Highland]]s to the west and the [[Kettle River Range]] to the east.

===Climate===
[[File:2001 Mt Leona smoke over Republic WA.jpg|thumb|right|Smoke from the 2001 [[Mount Leona Fire]] shrouding Republic]]
Republic experiences a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') with cold winters, warm summers and fairly even precipitation year-round, with a drying trend in summer, though there is a secondary uptick in rainfall from April through June, unlike in much of the rest of the state.

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|location = Republic, Washington, 1991–2020 normals: 2555ft (779m)
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|Jan record high F=  53
|Feb record high F=  58
|Mar record high F=  77
|Apr record high F=  89
|May record high F=  96
|Jun record high F= 109
|Jul record high F= 108
|Aug record high F= 105
|Sep record high F=  98
|Oct record high F=  87
|Nov record high F=  65
|Dec record high F=  61
|year record high F=109
|Jan high F = 31.1
|Feb high F = 38.2
|Mar high F = 48.6
|Apr high F = 58.2
|May high F = 67.9
|Jun high F = 73.9
|Jul high F = 84.1
|Aug high F = 84.0
|Sep high F = 74.1
|Oct high F = 56.9
|Nov high F = 39.7
|Dec high F = 30.2
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|Jan mean F = 23.6
|Feb mean F = 27.9
|Mar mean F = 36.3
|Apr mean F = 43.8
|May mean F = 52.5
|Jun mean F = 58.1
|Jul mean F = 65.3
|Aug mean F = 64.6
|Sep mean F = 56.0
|Oct mean F = 43.2
|Nov mean F = 31.5
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|Feb low F = 17.7
|Mar low F = 23.9
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|May low F = 37.0
|Jun low F = 42.4
|Jul low F = 46.5
|Aug low F = 45.2
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|Oct low F = 29.4
|Nov low F = 23.3
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|Jun record low F =  25
|Jul record low F =  29
|Aug record low F =  27
|Sep record low F =  14
|Oct record low F =  −5
|Nov record low F = −20
|Dec record low F = −38
|year record low F= −38

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|Sep precipitation inch = 0.87
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|Nov precipitation inch = 1.86
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.19
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 | Feb precipitation days  = 8.3
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 | Apr precipitation days  = 9.1
 | May precipitation days  = 10.5
 | Jun precipitation days  = 10.3
 | Jul precipitation days  = 5.6
 | Aug precipitation days  = 4.3
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 | Nov precipitation days  = 11.4
 | Dec precipitation days  = 12.4
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 | Jul snow days  = 0.0
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 | Sep snow days  = 0.0
 | Oct snow days  = 0.2
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</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00456039&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
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The hot dry summers and valley airflow can result in wildfire smoke and haze shrouding the town and greater Sanpoil valley when large fires are burning in the region.<ref name="CWPP2006">{{cite web |url=https://www.dnr.wa.gov/publications/rp_burn_cwppferry.pdf |title=Ferry County, Washington Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) |date=December 8, 2006 |publisher=Washington state Department of Natural Resources}}</ref>  A number of wildfires in the past 50 years have burned close to Republic in both the Okanogan Highlands and the Kettle River Range, including the [[1988 White Mountain Fire]], 2001 [[Mount Leona Fire]],<ref name="CWPP2006"/> and the 2015 [[Okanogan Complex fire|North Star fire]].<ref>{{cite press release |date=August 31, 2015 |title=Okanogan Complex and Chelan Complex Fire Update for Aug. 31, 2015 |url=http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4534/28715/ |work=InciWeb |publisher=National Wildfire Coordinating Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904225200/http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4534/28715/ |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=September 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Longlake">{{cite news |last1=Landers |first1=R. |title=Long Lake area in Ferry County reported burned in North Star Fire |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=September 4, 2015 |url=https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2015/sep/04/long-lake-area-ferry-county-reported-burned-north-star-fire/}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900 = 2050
| 1910 = 999
| 1920 = 781
| 1930 = 710
| 1940 = 922
| 1950 = 895
| 1960 = 1064
| 1970 = 862
| 1980 = 1018
| 1990 = 940
| 2000 = 954
| 2010 = 1073
| 2020 = 992
| 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: Republic, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Republic%20city,%20Washington |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name ="wwwcensusgov2020">{{cite web|title=Republic city, Washington|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Republic_city,_Washington?g=160XX00US5357850 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref> there were 992 people and 478 households living in the city, a decrease from the 2010 census.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov2020"/> There were 531 housing units in 2020, down from 536 in 2010. The racial makeup of the city was 80.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.8% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.7% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov2020"/>

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]],<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-19}}</ref> there were 1,073 people, 493 households, and 263 families living in the city, a 12.5% increase over the 2000 census.<ref name="2010 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|work=American FactFinder|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=17 September 2012}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|674.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 536 housing units at an average density of {{convert|337.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.7% of the population.

There were 493 households, of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.7% were non-families. 37.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.68.

The median age in the city was 45.3 years. 19.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 20.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.1% male and 53.9% female.

===2000 census===
[[Image:View of Republic WA.jpg|thumb|right|Library, Wild West Farm and Garden, and Catholic church in Republic]]
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 954 people, 411 households, and 244 families living in the city. The population density was 602.9 people per square mile (233.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 500 housing units at an average density of 316.0 per square mile (122.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 92.56% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.84% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.73% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.73% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.83% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.99% of the population.

There were 411 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city, the population age distribution is spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,284, and the median income for a family was $30,357. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $24,286 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,427. About 20.2% of families and 24.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==

Republic has a number of businesses that line Clark Avenue, the [[main street]] of town, including Anderson's Grocery, first established in 1900, the Republic Drug Store, established two years later in 1902, and the Stonerose Interpretive Center.{{cn|date=June 2024}} The Ferry County Memorial Hospital is the largest employer in the county. The town is the [[county seat]] of [[Ferry County, Washington|Ferry County]], and a number of city county and state jobs are located in Republic as a result.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> [[Curlew Lake (Washington)|Curlew Lake]], {{convert|7|mi|km}} long, lies northeast of Republic and has summertime fishing and boating. Swan Lake is small mountain lake {{convert|14|mi|km}} to the south of Republic and also serves to be a popular lake for local residents and tourists to visit. Republic is surrounded by the [[Colville National Forest]] and 13 miles to the south is the [[Colville Indian Reservation]] boundary.<ref name="13mile">{{cite web |title=Thirteen Mile Trailhead |publisher=[[United States Forest Service]] |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/colville/recarea/?recid=67912 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref>

The oldest operating business in Republic is [[Anderson's Grocery]], founded in the summer of 1900.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=john |title=A century in the family |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=June 25, 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATozAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Anderson%27s+grocery%22+centennial&pg=PA11 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615182151/https://books.google.com/books?id=ATozAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA11&dq=%22Anderson%27s%20grocery%22%20centennial&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22Anderson's%20grocery%22%20centennial&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Republic Drug Store]] founded in 1904, was reported to be the oldest continually family run drugstore in the state of Washington as of 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=J. |title=Forecast calls for keen observer |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=June 24, 2003 |page=B6 |volume=121 |issue=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNdYAAAAIBAJ&dq=Republic+drug+store&pg=PA24}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Republica weatbrooki holotype SR 06-59-08 img1.tif|thumb|right|150px|''[[Republica weatbrooki]]'' wing fossil, [[Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site|Stonerose collections]]]]
[[File:Florissantia quilchenensis 01 SRIC.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''[[Florissantia quilchenensis]]'' flower fossil, inspiration for the Republic Skatepark]]
The areas history of mining and logging is celebrated during the annual Prospector's Days weekend, held during the second weekend in June. Events are staged across Republic, and people attending can try their hand at competing in mining and logging competitions, panning for gold, and watching an old west gun fight.

The [[Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site]], famous for the [[Eocene]] [[fossil]]s found in a 49 [[mya (unit)|mya]] [[Klondike Mountain Formation]] lake bed at the north end of Republic is housed on the corner of North Clarke Avenue and Highway 20. A number of extinct plants and animals found in the lake bed have been named in honor of Republic, including ''[[Acer republicense]]'', a [[maple]], ''[[Rhus republicensis]]'', a [[sumac]], and ''[[Republica hickeyi]]'' an extinct flowering plant. Insects named for Republic include ''[[Republica weatbrooki]]'', a damselfly, ''[[Republicopteron douseae]]'', a [[katydid]]-relative, and ''[[Ulteramus republicensis]]'' a [[sawfly]].<ref name="Archibald2015">{{Cite journal|last1=Archibald |first1=S.B. |last2=Rasnitsyn |first2=A.P. |year=2015 |title=New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America |journal=[[The Canadian Entomologist]] |volume=148 |issue=2 |pages=209–228 |doi=10.4039/tce.2015.55 |s2cid=85743832 }}</ref>

At the [[Ferry County Fairgrounds]], located {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of town on [[Washington State Route 20|State Route 20]], is the [[Ferry County Carousel]] originally built between 1895 and 1900.

==Government and politics==
Republic is the county seat of Ferry County and the only incorporated municipality in the county.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

In October 2020, the Republic City Council voted to switch from a city police department to contract with the [[Ferry County, Washington#Government|Ferry County Sheriff]] who had been responding to emergency calls since early 2020.  The vote eliminated the city police department and its only police officer, then gubernatorial candidate [[Loren Culp]], from the city payroll.<ref name="Seattletimes">{{Cite news|last=Brunner|first=Jim|date=November 4, 2020 |title=Washington Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp loses police chief job |work=Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-loren-culp-loses-police-chief-job/|access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>  Ferry county Sheriff Ray Maycumber had offered a position with the sheriff's department to Culp, but the offer was not accepted.  The city retained all the physical police property and equipment, should there be a decision to reactivate the city police.<ref name="klxy">{{cite news |last1=Luck |first1=Melissa |date=November 5, 2020 |title=Ferry Co. Sheriff: Loren Culp has a job with his department if he wants it |work=KLXY |url=https://www.kxly.com/ferry-co-sheriff-loren-culp-has-a-job-with-his-department-if-he-wants-it/|access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>

==Education==

The [[Republic School District]] operates four [[State school|public schools]] in the town that enrolled 278 students during the 2022–23 school year.<ref name="RSD22-23">{{cite web |title=Public School District Directory Information: Republic School District |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5307260 |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> It employs 23 teachers  and 27 administration and other staff members.<ref name="RSD22-23"/> The district primarily serves Republic south to the Colville Reservation boundary, as well as north to the northern end of Curlew Lake, with boundaries extending east towards Sherman pass and west towards Wauconda along Highway 20.<ref>{{cite map |date=June 23, 2024 |title=Republic School District Data and Boundary Map |url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/school-district/washington/republic-school-district |publisher=ZipDataMaps |access-date=June 23, 2024 }}</ref> 

==Parks and recreation==

A [[skate park]] built in conjunction with [[Grindline Skateparks]] of Seattle, Washington was completed in 2024.<ref name="Skateboarding">{{cite web |title=A New Skatepark in Republic, WA, Is Nearing Completion |last1=Mast |first1=H. |date=December 19, 2023 |url=https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/republic-wa-new-skatepark |website=skateboarding.com}}</ref>  The park was built on a {{cvt|.73|acre|m2}}<ref name="RCOpark">{{cite web |title=Republic Skatepark |website=Washington State Recreation and Conservation office |access-date=March 10, 2024|url=https://secure.rco.wa.gov/prism/search/projectsnapshot.aspx?ProjectNumber=20-1632 }}</ref> lot at the south end of Republic, across from the Republic schools and next to the western terminus of the Golden Tiger Trail.<ref name="FCView11.1.23">{{cite news |last1=Starkey |first1=B. |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Skate Park to open in Spring |work=Ferry County View |pages=1–2}}</ref> The park was designed and shaped with the main bowl stylized after a ''[[Florissantia (plant)|Florissantia]]'' blossom.<ref name="FCView11.1.23"/>  Letters supporting the intuitive were received by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation office from [[Jay Inslee]], then [[Washington State Governor]]; [[Jeff Ament]], [[Pearl Jam]] bassist; and a number of local residents and organizations.<ref name="RCOpark"/>

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