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Amboy () is a
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(CDP) in
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,
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, United States. The population was 1,838 at the 2020 census, up from 1,608 at the 2010 census. It is located 33 miles northeast of
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which is part of the
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.


History

Amboy was named by Amos M. Ball, who settled in the area in 1879 and whose family operated the Post Office after it was established in 1880. According to some sources, there were several settlers in the area, including Ball, with the initials A.M.B., who referred to themselves as the A.M. Boys. Reportedly, Ball named the town after that group. Another story states that the town was named after Ball's son, referred to by locals as the A.M. Boy. A historical church known as the Amboy United Brethren Church was built in 1910 and converted into a museum in 2000.


Geography

Amboy is located in northern Clark County at the junction of Chelatchie Creek and Cedar Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Lewis River.
Washington State Route 503 State Route 503 (SR 503) is a state highway serving Clark and Cowlitz counties in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels north from a short concurrency with SR 500 in Orchards through Battle Ground, the eastern t ...
passes through the community, leading southwest to Lewisville and northeast to
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. Amboy is located approximately northeast of
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. According to the
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, in 2010 the Amboy CDP had a total area of , of which , or 0.16%, is water. This was a reduction from a total area of at the 2000 census.


Demographics

As of the censusof 2000, there were 2,085 people, 633 households, and 529 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 145.7 people per square mile (56.3/km2). There were 658 housing units at an average density of 46.0/sq mi (17.8/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.78%
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, 0.43%
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, 1.25% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.19%
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, 0.77% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.73% of the population. 14.2% were of German, 14.1% Finnish, 12.6% American, 10.6% Irish, 9.5% English and 5.0% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000. There were 633 households, out of which 45.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.1% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.61. In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 36.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $50,896, and the median income for a family was $52,170. Males had a median income of $41,535 versus $22,128 for females. The
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for the CDP was $16,973. About 6.5% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the
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, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.


Education

Most of it is in the Battle Ground School District. Parts in the northwest are in the Green Mountain School District.
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/ref> The Battle Ground district operates Amboy Middle School. The Battle Ground portion of Amboy is zoned to Yacolt Primary School, Amboy Middle School, and
Battle Ground High School Battle Ground High School (BGHS) is a public high school in Battle Ground, Washington, United States. It is part of the Battle Ground Public Schools district. Sports Battle Ground is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Asso ...
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{{authority control Census-designated places in Clark County, Washington Census-designated places in Washington (state)