Facts About Vancouver
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Canadian and American city of Vancouver was named after the sea captain George Vancouver, the American city is older.
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Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, located in Clark County.
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The population of Vancouver is 186,192, as of 2020, Making it the fourth largest city in Washington state.
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Vancouver was incorporated in 1857.
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The Vancouver area was inhabited by several Native American tribes, most recently the Chinook and Klickitat nations, with permanent settlements of timber longhouses.
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The community hub, Esther Short Park, is the oldest public square in the West. The 5.4-acre park was dedicated in 1855 and remains the area’s gathering place in downtown Vancouver.
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The city has a total area of 49.86 sq mi, of which 46.46 sq mi is land and 3.4 sq mi is water.
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Vancouver is twinned with one sister city Jōyō, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan.
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Vancouver was Originally established in 1825 around Fort Vancouver, a fur-trading outpost, the city is located on the Washington–Oregon border along the Columbia River, directly north of Portland.
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Vancouver was home to Washington’s oldest apple tree until it died at age 194.
