Moses Lake

Moses Lake

Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,366 as of the 2010 census. Moses Lake is the largest city in Grant County. Moses Lake, on which the city lies, is made up of three main arms over 18 miles long and up to one mile wide. It is the largest natural body of fresh water in Grant County and has over 120 miles of shoreline covering 6,500 acres . Before it was dammed in the early 1900s and then incorporated into the Columbia Basin Project, Moses Lake was a smaller, salty, shallow lake. One of its early names was "Salt Lake". To the south of the...
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quick facts
County:Grant County
State:Washington
Population:20,086
Area:11.9 sq. mi.
Time zone:Pacific Time Zone
Also known as:Moses Lake, Washington, Grant County / Moses Lake city

Population history for Moses Lake

YearEstimated Population
2009 20,086
2008 18,885
2007 17,977
2006 17,083
2005 16,625
2004 16,371
2003 16,160
2002 15,928
2001 15,679
2000 15,446
1999 16,304
1998 15,804
1997 15,342
1996 14,830
1995 14,351
1994 13,762
1993 13,243
1992 12,835
1991 12,447
1990 12,057
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Colleges and universities in Moses Lake

Famous people born in Moses Lake

Clarence Gilyard
Clarence Gilyard
Film Actor, TV Actor

Clarence Darnell Gilyard, Jr. is a former American actor and a current college professor who has been featured in movies and television since 1980....
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Matt Cedeño
Matt Cedeño
TV Actor, Film Actor

Matt Cedeño is an American actor and former male fashion model. He was born in Moses Lake, Washington to an Afro-Cuban father and an...
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Merissa Mathes
Merissa Mathes
Film Actor

Merissa Mathes is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1962 issue. Her centerfold was...
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Airports in or near Moses Lake

Grant County International Airport
Grant County International Airport
Airport code:MWH
Tri-Cities Airport
Tri-Cities Airport
Airport code:PSC
Pangborn Memorial Airport
Pangborn Memorial Airport
Airport code:EAT
Richland Airport
Richland Airport
Airport code:RLD

U.S. state

Washington
Washington
Population:1,201 (1850)

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Washington...
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