Longview is located in
Cowlitz County at the confluence of the Columbia and Cowlitz rivers. It lies along
Interstate 5 in a region of extensive forests.
Longview was named for Robert A. Long, president of the lumber company that planned and built a new city in 1922 on the site of Monticello, which was destroyed by flooding in 1867.
Today Longview is a leading industrial city and deepwater port that produces and ships wood and aluminum products. Nearby is Mount St Helens, a volcano that erupted violently in 1980.
The urban area consists of Longview and neighboring Kelso.
There is also a Longview, Texas.
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