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Browns Point, Washington
Browns Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, United States, bordered by Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma on the east and Puget Sound on all other sides. The population was 1,198 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The Tacoma neighborhood immediately adjacent to Browns Point is also referred to locally as "Browns Point" (although it is also often referred to as Northeast Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, Northeast Tacoma). Geography Browns Point is located at (47.305833, -122.443889). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.403 square miles (1.04 km), all land. History Originally named Point Harris, after Alvin Harris, a sailmaker on the Wilkes Expedition, Browns Point was later renamed by residents for an early landowner. Culture Browns Point is home to the Browns Point Lighthouse, which, although now fully automated, was once fully staffed and was fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |