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Sandpoint's major industry is tourism and recreation, thanks to its proximity to scenic Lake Pend Oreille and Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort . It is also home to the headquarters for the mail-order clothing catalog Coldwater Creek . HISTORY The Flathead Indians of Montana built encampments on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille every summer, fished, made baskets of cedar, and collected huckleberries before returning to Montana in the fall. The encampments ended before 1930. {Link without Title} In the 1880s the Northern Pacific Railroad brought European and Chinese settlement to the area. Sandpoint was officially incorporated in 1901. Timber harvesting drove the economy for nearly a century after as lumberjacks moved in from the overharvested Great Lakes region. The economy was given a boost during World War II from Faragut Naval Station , a training center for the US Navy located at the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille. The opening of Schweitzer Mountain Resort in 1963 turned the area into a tourism destination based on its natural beauty. In the 1990s nearby Coeur D'Alene and Hayden Lake attracted nationwide publicity when White Supremacist Neo-Nazi groups (most notably the Aryan Nations ) set up headquarters in the area. Many Sandpoint residents reacted negatively to such groups; some formed the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force in opposition. In 2001 the Aryan Nations lost a lawsuit filed against them. The lawsuit bankrupted the organization and forced them to give up their Hayden Lake property and disband. NOTABLE RESIDENTS
GEOGRAPHY Sandpoint is located at 48°16'32" North, 116°33'33" West (48.275603, -116.559151). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 12.3 Km&2 (4.7 Mi&2 ). 10.1 km&2 (3.9 mi&2) of it is land and 2.2 km&2 (0.8 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 17.72% water. Geologist J. Harlan Bretz was the first to recognize evidence that this area was created by the periodic rupturing of ice dams (sometimes reaching heights of 2,000 feet) in what is now referred to as the Missoula Floods . DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census of 2000, there were 6,835 people, 2,873 households, and 1,680 families residing in the city. The Population Density was 676.7/km&2 (1,750.9/mi&2). There were 3,188 housing units at an average density of 315.6/km&2 (816.7/mi&2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.24% White , 0.12% African American , 1.01% Native American , 0.41% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 0.47% from Other Races , and 1.71% from two or more races. 2.46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,873 households out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were Married Couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.5% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.94. In the city the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $32,461, and the median income for a family was $41,596. Males had a median income of $35,533 versus $20,795 for females. The Per Capita Income for the city was $20,643. 18.0% of the population and 14.9% of families were below the Poverty Line . 27.9% of those under the age of 18 and 5.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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