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Friday Harbor, Washington

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The coastal town of Friday Harbor is located on San Juan Island.

Friday Harbor is located in San Juan County and is the county seat.

Typical abbreviation for Friday Harbor: Friday Hbr. (or less commonly used: Friday Harb. or Friday Hrbr.)

The community of Friday Harbor is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Friday Harbor lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Friday Harbor, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Friday Harbor had a population of 1,989 people<2> (or 14.06% of the total population of San Juan County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Friday Harbor had a population of 2,130 people. This is an increase of 7.09% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Friday Harbor.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20082,130+7.09%+2.6% since 2007
20072,076+4.37%-0.67% since 2006
20062,090+5.08%+0.92% since 2005
20052,071+4.12% 
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20001,989The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Brentwood Bay (BC)   W20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Gordon Head (BC)   W13 mi [20.92 km]---
 North Saanich (BC)<*>   NW20 mi [32.19 km]10,8233.71% increase
 Oak Bay (BC)<*>   SW15 mi [24.14 km]17,9080.62% increase
 Saanichton (BC)   W18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Saturna (BC)   N18 mi [28.97 km]---
 
 
<*>   When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Friday Harbor.

Website for Friday Harbor

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Friday Harbor or San Juan County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.fridayharbor.org/
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Friday Harbor. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Friday Harbor:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Friday Harbor? Please visit the Map Page for Friday Harbor.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friday Harbor - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Friday Harbor.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Friday Harbor and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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