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Raymond, WA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Raymond a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Raymond Home page. The Raymond Home page provides as much information as possible on Raymond. Knowing Raymond’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Raymond’s Home page, you will also find Raymond’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Raymond has a population of 2970. 51.2% of Raymond’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.8 are female. 45.1% of Raymond is married and 78.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $87,851, and the average rent is $763. Household median income in Raymond is $51,524, and the individual median income is $23,296. Raymond’s Ethnic is the following: White(69.1%), Hispanic(15.8%), Other(11%), Multiple(7.9%), Native(6.2%), Asian(5.9%).
Raymond was incorporated on August 6, 1907. Raymond was named after L.V. Raymond, who was the first postmaster in Raymond. In the early years, Raymond's business section was built on stilts five or six feet above the tidelands and sloughs that crisscrossed the site. Elevated sidewalks and streets connected most of the buildings.
Raymond claimed a population of 6,000 in the year 1913 and had a reputation as a wild and wooly lumber mill town. City fathers resisted the unwanted reputation with promotions of Raymond as "The Empire City of Willapa Harbor" and "The City That Does Things". Lyricist Robert Wells, who wrote "The Christmas Song" with Mel Tormé, was born in Raymond in 1922. Raymond was the city where the grunge band Nirvana played their first gig, on March 7, 1987.Raymond saw an influx of cannabis manufacturing and agricultural jobs after the passing of Initiative 502 in November 2012, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana.
Raymond has embraced all aspects of this lucrative industry by welcoming many new start-up businesses including commercial marijuana grow operations, marijuana-infused goods manufacturing, as well as retail marijuana stores.
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