Moxee, Washington
{{Short description|City in Washington, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Moxee
|settlement_type = City
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|image_map = Yakima_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Moxee_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of Moxee, Washington
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Washington
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Yakima
|government_footnotes =
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|leader_title = Mayor
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1867
|unit_pref = I020
|area_total_km2 = 6.13
|area_land_km2 = 6.13
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.37
|area_land_sq_mi = 2.37
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_est = 4405
|pop_est_as_of = 2021
|population_total = 4326
|population_density_km2 = 669.65
|population_density_sq_mi = 1734.57
|timezone = PST
|utc_offset = -8
|timezone_DST = PDT
|utc_offset_DST = -7
|elevation_ft = 1040
|coordinates = {{coord|46|33|30|N|120|23|14|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 98936
|area_code = 509
|area_code_type = Area code
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 53-47665{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 2411188{{GNIS|2411188}}
|website = {{URL|https://cityofmoxee.us/|cityofmoxee.us}}
|footnotes =
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Moxee is a small suburban community southeast of Yakima, Washington. Yakima and Moxee are both north of the Yakama Indian Reservation in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population of Moxee was 4,326 at the 2020 census.{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Moxee_city,_Washington?g=1600000US5347665 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 13, 2022}}
According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management,{{cite web|title=April 1 official population estimates|url=http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/april1|website=ofm.wa.gov|publisher=Office of Financial Management|accessdate=June 6, 2014}} Moxee ranked 5th of 279 eligible incorporated communities in population growth between 2000 and 2005.
History
Moxee was first settled by Mortimer Thorp and several French-Canadian farmers who arrived in 1867. A warm spring on the Thorp ranch emitted steam year 'round and never froze. It was known as "Moxee" by the native people, a Sahaptin word for an edible root,{{cite book |last= Bright |first= William |title= Native American placenames of the United States|year= 2007 |publisher= University of Oklahoma Press |isbn= 978-0-8061-3598-4 |page= 299}} online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C Google Books] and was the name was adopted for the settlement. Over time, the community has been variously known as: "Artesian", "Moksee", "Moxie", "Moxee City", and "Moxee."[http://genealogytrails.com/wash/yakima/post.htm Post Offices of Yakima County] downloaded February 12, 2009.
The sandy soil and mild climate of the region were ideal for growing hops used in the brewing of beer, and for growing grapes. By the turn-of-the century, the Northern Pacific Railroad had completed a railway line nearby and irrigation projects were being constructed making rich farmland available to new settlers. This attracted more French and French-Canadian farmers who had first immigrated to northern Minnesota and northern Michigan. A French school was established on La Framboise Road and masses at Holy Rosary Parish were said in French up to World War I.
The town of Moxee City was incorporated on April 27, 1921.[http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/wanames/wpnv2.asp Tacoma Public Library, Washington Place Names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709222942/http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/wanames/wpnv2.asp |date=July 9, 2011}} Street and road names in the vicinity, such as Charron, Faucher, Rivard, Beaudry, Desmarais, Robillard, Beauchene, Gamache, Champoux, Morrier, and St. Hilaire, continue to reflect Moxee's French-Canadian heritage. However, almost one-third of residents are of Hispanic descent today.
In 2016, several homes near Moxie were evacuated because of the Range 12 fire, which ultimately destroyed over tens-of-thousands of acres in Yakima County.{{Cite news |last=Morey|first=Mike |title=Yakima Training Center blaze prompts evacuations for homes along Rattlesnake Ridge |date=July 30, 2016|url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-training-center-blaze-prompts-evacuations-for-homes-along-rattlesnake-ridge/article_ddf98830-56b8-11e6-884a-abeaf23aebfc.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |newspaper=Yakima Herald-Republic |language=en}}
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|1.69|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.{{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|accessdate=December 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=January 25, 2012}}
=Climate=
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Moxee has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=886554&cityname=Moxee%2C+Washington%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Moxee, Washington]
{{Weather box
|location = Moxee (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1946–2018)
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high F = 65
|Feb record high F = 68
|Mar record high F = 76
|Apr record high F = 87
|May record high F = 99
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 108
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 72
|Dec record high F = 61
|year record high F = 108
|Jan avg record high F = 53.8
|Feb avg record high F = 57.6
|Mar avg record high F = 67.9
|Apr avg record high F = 77.2
|May avg record high F = 86.9
|Jun avg record high F = 92.4
|Jul avg record high F = 99.1
|Aug avg record high F = 97.4
|Sep avg record high F = 90.2
|Oct avg record high F = 76.7
|Nov avg record high F = 61.6
|Dec avg record high F = 52.6
|year avg record high F = 100.3
|Jan high F = 37.8
|Feb high F = 45.0
|Mar high F = 54.3
|Apr high F = 62.3
|May high F = 71.9
|Jun high F = 78.8
|Jul high F = 88.0
|Aug high F = 86.7
|Sep high F = 77.4
|Oct high F = 62.3
|Nov high F = 47.2
|Dec high F = 36.8
|year high F = 62.4
|Jan mean F = 31.3
|Feb mean F = 36.1
|Mar mean F = 42.8
|Apr mean F = 49.0
|May mean F = 57.3
|Jun mean F = 63.7
|Jul mean F = 71.1
|Aug mean F = 70.1
|Sep mean F = 62.1
|Oct mean F = 50.0
|Nov mean F = 38.4
|Dec mean F = 30.5
|year mean F = 50.2
|Jan low F = 24.8
|Feb low F = 27.2
|Mar low F = 31.2
|Apr low F = 35.7
|May low F = 42.8
|Jun low F = 48.5
|Jul low F = 54.2
|Aug low F = 53.5
|Sep low F = 46.8
|Oct low F = 37.7
|Nov low F = 29.7
|Dec low F = 24.2
|year low F = 38.0
|Jan avg record low F = 8.8
|Feb avg record low F = 14.3
|Mar avg record low F = 20.1
|Apr avg record low F = 24.4
|May avg record low F = 29.9
|Jun avg record low F = 37.0
|Jul avg record low F = 43.0
|Aug avg record low F = 43.1
|Sep avg record low F = 34.5
|Oct avg record low F = 24.0
|Nov avg record low F = 14.9
|Dec avg record low F = 8.6
|year avg record low F = 2.8
|Jan record low F = -21
|Feb record low F = -20
|Mar record low F = 3
|Apr record low F = 18
|May record low F = 19
|Jun record low F = 28
|Jul record low F = 29
|Aug record low F = 32
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = 8
|Nov record low F = -7
|Dec record low F = -23
|year record low F = -23
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.94
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.62
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.61
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.74
|May precipitation inch = 0.86
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.63
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.22
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.18
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.29
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.83
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.84
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.08
|year precipitation inch = 7.84
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.7
|Feb precipitation days = 5.4
|Mar precipitation days = 5.0
|Apr precipitation days = 4.7
|May precipitation days = 5.8
|Jun precipitation days = 4.0
|Jul precipitation days = 1.8
|Aug precipitation days = 1.8
|Sep precipitation days = 2.6
|Oct precipitation days = 6.1
|Nov precipitation days = 6.8
|Dec precipitation days = 7.9
|year precipitation days = 58.6
|Jan snow inch = 3.2
|Feb snow inch = 1.2
|Mar snow inch = 0.4
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 1.7
|Dec snow inch = 3.4
|year snow inch = 9.9
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.3
|Feb snow days = 0.7
|Mar snow days = 0.3
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.7
|Dec snow days = 2.9
|year snow days = 6.9
|source 1 = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00455688&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = MOXEE CITY 10 E, WA US USC00455688
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = June 5, 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230605095544/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00455688&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|archive-date = June 5, 2023}}
|source 2 = WRCC{{cite web
|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?wa5688
|title=MOXEE CITY 10 E, WASHINGTON (455688)
|accessdate=November 18, 2015
|publisher=Western Regional Climate Center }}}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1930= 283
|1940= 335
|1950= 543
|1960= 499
|1970= 600
|1980= 687
|1990= 814
|2000= 821
|2010= 3308
|2020= 4326
|estyear=2021
|estimate=4405
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{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|accessdate=August 31, 2014}}
2020 Census
}}
=2010 census=
As of the 2010 census, there were 3,308 people, 1,014 households, and 809 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1957.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,032 housing units at an average density of {{convert|610.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 70.9% White, 0.6% African American, 2.3% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 21.2% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39.0% of the population.
There were 1,014 households, of which 57.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 20.2% were non-families. 15.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.26 and the average family size was 3.59.
The median age in the city was 27.7 years. 36.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 32.4% were from 25 to 44; 16.4% were from 45 to 64; and 5.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.
=2000 census=
As of the 2000 census, there were 821 people, 292 households, and 202 families residing in the city. The population density was 697.3 people per square mile (268.6/km2). There were 307 housing units at an average density of 260.8 per square mile (100.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 66.99% White, 0.73% African American, 1.58% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 27.65% from other races, and 2.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.79% of the population.
There were 192 households, out of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.48.
In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 33.3% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $40,500. Males had a median income of $35,667 versus $20,313 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,176. About 7.8% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
- Jeremiah Green (1977–2022), musician
References
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External links
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- [https://cityofmoxee.us/ City of Moxee]
{{Yakima County, Washington}}
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