Longview

Washington, United States
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Longview, city, Cowlitz county, southwestern Washington, U.S., at the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers, 50 miles (80 km) north of Portland, Oregon. A planned community, it was founded in 1923 by R.A. Long of the Long-Bell Lumber Company on the site of old Monticello, where a convention met to seek creation of Washington Territory in 1852. Long planned the city as a community of 75,000 and set forth regulations on every aspect of construction, including wide streets and unusually tall ceilings in the structures; the city plan mandates specific districts for commercial, warehouse, industrial, governmental, and residential use. ...(100 of 154 words)