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Will the real Yakima, Washington, please stand up? The city of Union Gap was originally called Yakima City. In 1884, the Northern Pacific Railroad decided to bypass Union Gap and place its train depot four miles down the road, so the citizens of the city picked up and moved. Using rollers and horses, more than 100 buildings were relocated to the site of the new train depot. This new city was called North Yakima until 1918, when it was changed to simply Yakima, and the original Yakima was renamed...
Union Gap is located in Yakima County in south-central Washington. It's a city of 6,047 residents, according to 2010 U.S. Census data, and it encompasses a total area of 5.06 square miles. What was once the sleepy little city to the south has become the retail and entertainment center of the entire Yakima Valley, primarily due to the redevelopment and expansion of the 590,000-square-foot Valley Mall. View Union Gap City Guide