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Port Orchard, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 7693
Housing Units (2000): 3178
Land area (2000): 4.023368 sq. miles (10.420474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.882370 sq. miles (2.285328 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.905738 sq. miles (12.705802 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55785
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.531563 N, 122.638405 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 3178
Land area (2000): 4.023368 sq. miles (10.420474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.882370 sq. miles (2.285328 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.905738 sq. miles (12.705802 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55785
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.531563 N, 122.638405 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Port Orchard
Port Orchard, part of Washington state's Puget Sound, is the strait that separates Bainbridge Island on the east from the Kitsap Peninsula on the west. It extends from Liberty Bay and Agate Pass in the north to Sinclair Inlet and Rich Passage in the south. It was named in May 1792 by George Vancouver after Harry Masterman Orchard, ship's clerk of Vancouver's ship Discovery.
The city of Port Orchard is named after this body of water.