Grants Pass, Oregon Grants Pass, Oregon City of Grants Pass, Oregon Grants Pass, Its the Grants Pass, Oregon is positioned in the US Grants Pass, Oregon - Grants Pass, Oregon State Oregon Website City of Grants Pass Grants Pass is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The town/city is positioned on Interstate 5, northwest of Medford.
Attractions include the Rogue River, famous for its rafting, and the close-by Oregon Caves National Monument positioned 30 miles (48 km) south of the city.
Grants Pass is 256 miles (412 km) south of Portland, the biggest city in Oregon.
Early Hudson's Bay Company hunters and trappers, following the Siskiyou Trail, passed through the site beginning in the 1820s.
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Grants Pass postal service was established on March 22, 1865. The town/city of Grants Pass was incorporated in 1887. Nibley, was created, dominant to a sugar beet factory being assembled in Grants Pass in 1916. Before the factory opened, Oregon-Utah Sugar was consolidated into the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. Due to workforce shortages and low acreage planted in sugar beets, the refining machinery was moved to Toppenish, Washington in 1918 or 1919. Grants Pass is positioned in the Rogue Valley; the Rogue River runs through the city.
Route 199 passes through the city, and joins Interstate 5.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.03 square miles (28.57 km2), of which, 10.87 square miles (28.15 km2) is territory and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) is water. Welcome sign in Grants Pass True to its motto, "It's the climate!", Grants Pass has a Zone 7 climate. According to the Koppen climate classification system, Grants Pass has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa).
Summer days are sunny, dry and hot, with dramatic cooling at evening; the average August high temperature is 88.8 F or 31.6 C, but the low is only 53.7 F or 12.1 C.
Winters are cool and fairly rainy, with only occasional snow; the average January high temperature is 46.6 F or 8.1 C and the low, 35.1 F or 1.7 C.
Grants Pass receives roughly 31 inches or 790 millimetres rain per year, with three-quarters of it occurring between November 1 and March 31.
The record low temperature of 1 F ( 18.3 C) was on December 9, 1972 until 1990 when it reached 3 F ( 19.4 C). There are an average of 51.3 afternoons annually with highs of 90 F or 32.2 C or higher, eight afternoons reaching at least 100 F or 37.8 C and 77.5 mornings annually with lows of 32 F or 0 C or lower.
The most rain in one month was 20.63 inches (524.0 mm) in December 1996, and the most rain in one day 5.27 inches (133.9 mm) on October 29, 1950 part of a two-day fall of 9.38 inches (238.3 mm) and ending a five-day fall of 11.26 inches or 286.0 millimetres.
Climate data for Grants Pass, Oregon (1981 2010 normals) Average high F ( C) 46.6 Average low F ( C) 35.1 Record low F ( C) 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.3 0.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.3 1.1 As of the censusof 2010, there were 34,533 citizens , 14,313 homeholds, and 8,700 families residing in the city.
There were 15,561 housing units at an average density of 1,431.6 per square mile (552.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.9% White, 0.5% African American, 1.2% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 2.3% from other competitions, and 3.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 14,313 homeholds of which 30.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.94.
The median age in the town/city was 39.3 years.
24.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 25% were from 45 to 64; and 18.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 citizens , 9,376 homeholds, and 5,925 families residing in the city.
There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile (503.5/km ).
By 2008, the city's populace had increased to 33,239.
Enumeration figures from the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, the ethnic composition of the city's populace was 93.6% white, 0.2% black, 1.6% American Indian, 1.1% Asian, 1.2% other race, and 2.3% two or more competitions.
Hispanics or Latinos, who may be of any race, formed 7.2% of the city's population.
There were 9,376 homeholds out of which 31.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,197, and the median income for a family was $36,284.
About 12.2% of families and 34.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
The lumber trade was the primary employer for Grants Pass up until the 1970s.
Grants Pass is the place of birth of Dutch Bros.
Fire Mountain Gems has been operating in the Rogue Valley since 1986 and moved to Grants Pass in 2000. They are a well-known direct marketing company, providing jewelry-making supplies to designer-artists around the world. Jetboat on the Rogue River at Grants Pass The historic Rogue Theatre downtown has been transformed into a performing arts venue that hosts mostly small-town acts. The Grants Pass Towne Center Association's "Back to the '50s" Celebration includes no-charge concerts, a nearly 600-vehicle Classic Car Cruise, poker runs, and thematic shopping in the town's downtown historic district. The Grants Pass postal service contains two tempera murals done through the U.S.
There are ten government-sponsored New Deal era murals in Oregon; Grants Pass is the only postal service that contains two.
Grants Pass has various and diverse parks and green spaces. Notable city-run parks include Riverside Park, summer home to the small-town Concerts in the Park series, and the Reinhart Volunteer Park, a park largely assembled through the accomplishments of improve volunteers and featuring facilities for many sports. Grants Pass region enhance schools are served by Grants Pass School District, including Grants Pass High School, and Three Rivers School District, including Illinois Valley High School, North Valley High School, and Hidden Valley High School.
Rogue Community College's (RCC) chief (Redwood Campus) is positioned south of Grants Pass on Redwood Highway with additional campuses positioned in Medford, Oregon (Riverside Campus) and White City (Table Rock Campus). The Grants Pass Daily Courier is the region's newspaper.
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