Mabton Washington History Geography Statistics

The Mabton area's original inhabitants were the Yakama, who were forced onto a reservation in 1855. Mabton existence as a town is due to the Northern Pacific Railway, which arrived in the area around 1884. The town's name is an abbreviation of Mabletown; a railroad official's daughter was named Mable. Mabton was officially incorporated on November 7, 1905.

Perhaps the best known person from Mabton is Mel Stottlemyre , a pitcher and later a pitching coach for the New York Yankees. He won 164 games for them as a pitcher from 1964 to 1974, with three 20-win seasons.

A small ranch near Mabton was home to the first confirmed case of mad cow diseaseBovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE or commonly mad cow disease is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle. The disease is believed to be transmissible to humans. Misshaped prion proteins cause the degeneration and spread the disease between individ in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.

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Mabton is located at 46°12'42" North, 119°59'47" West (46.211618, -119.996520) ¹The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page.. Its ZIP codeA ZIP Code is the postal code used by the United States Postal Service, which always writes it with capital letters. ZIP is an acronym for the Zone Improvement Plan but was also cleverly meant to imply the fact that mail travels more efficiently (and ther is 98935.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ½ miThis article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is² (1.2 km²); none of the area is covered with water.

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Results from the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f of 2000 taken by the United States Census Bureau are as follows:

There are 1,891 people, 445 households, and 381 families residing in the city.
The population density is 1,553.4/km² (4,026.3/mi²).
There are 463 housing units at an average density of 380.4/km² (985.8/mi²).
89% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race; this figure includes the 80.5% who reported themselves as Mexican. The racial makeup of the city is 21.73% White, 1% Asian, 0.48% Native American, 0.11% African American, and no Pacific Islanders, 73.88% from other races, and 2.80% from two or more races.
There are 445 households out of which 60% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% are married couples living together, 17.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 14.2% are non-families. 12.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 4.22 and the average family size is 4.54.
The median house value is $69,800; 64.7% of the housing units are owner-occupied. 77.2% of the homes were built before 1980.
41.9% of the population is under the age of 18, 12.9% is from 18 to 24, 25.8% is from 25 to 44, 12.9% is from 45 to 64, and 6.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The median age is 22 years.
There are more men than women: for every 100 females there are 104 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 104.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $26,650, and the median income for a family is $26,198. Males have a median income of $18,917 versus $21,667 for females.
The per capita income for the city is $7,694. 32.7% of the population and 27.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 44.0% of those under the age of 18 and 18.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

The city's library is open six afternoons and three evenings per week. In a space of about 1260 ft² it has over has over 5,000 volumes of hardback books, over 2000 paperbacks, and 26 magazine subscriptions. Many of its books and magazines are in Spanish.

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