Main city: Goldendale
Timezone: Pacific
Phone type: Cell Number
Operator: New Cingular Wireless PCS

Goldendale, a rural agricultural town and county seat of Klickitat County, Washington, United States, near the Columbia River Gorge. The population within city limits was 3,760 at the 2000 census and 3,407, a 9.4% decrease at the 2010 census. A nationally known point of interest is north of town, Goldendale Observatory State Park. The valley area in which Goldendale is located offers a sweeping and dramatic views of the Cascade Range Mountains 40 mile to the west and the Simcoe Hills to the north. ^source

North American area code 509 is the telephone area code for the eastern two-thirds of Washington. The western boundary of 509 roughly follows the Cascades. The 509 area includes: Spokane, the Tri-Cities (Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick), Yakima, Walla Walla, Tekoa, and Wenatchee. The 509 code was created in a split from 206 in a flash-cut on January 1, 1957. ^source