Rock Island, Washington

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The city of Rock Island is located on the Columbia River (central Washington state).

Rock Island is located in Douglas County.

Typical abbreviation for Rock Island: Rock Is. (or less commonly used: Rock Isld. or Rock Islnd.. In Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

The community of Rock Island is 190 feet [57.91 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Communities that are also named Rock Island can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Rock Island had a population of 863 people^<2> (or 2.64% of the total population of Douglas County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Rock Island had a population of 827 people. This is a decrease of 4.17% 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 Rock Island.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cashmere	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	2,843	4.11% decrease
	East Wenatchee Bench	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	East Wenatchee	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	12,286	113.41% increase
	Entiat	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	1,043	8.99% increase
	Ephrata	E	28 mi [45.06 km]	7,344	7.87% increase
	George	SE	24 mi [38.62 km]	571	8.14% increase

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

The Commemorative Quarter for Washington<4>

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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) Rock Island. 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.

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