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{{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Point Roberts, Washington | settlement_type = [[Census-designated place]] | image_skyline = Point Roberts cannery, Washington, ca 1918 (COBB 185).jpeg | imagesize = | image_caption = Point Roberts cannery c. 1918 | nickname = The Point, Point Bob | mapsize = | map_caption = Red dot (above) indicates location of Point Roberts, west of contiguous Whatcom County and the rest of Washington state. | pushpin_map = Washington#USA#North America | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Washington##Location within the United States##Location within North America | pushpin_label = Point Roberts | pushpin_label_position = bottom <!-- Location --> | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Washington|County]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Washington (state)|Washington]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Whatcom County, Washington|Whatcom]] <!-- Government --> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | established_title = [[Unincorporated area|Established]] | established_date = June 15, 1846 <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = 4.884 | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> | population_total = 1191 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Point%20Roberts%20CDP,%20Washington|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2021|title=2020 U.S. Census Results - Point Roberts CDP, Washington}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = 94 | population_density_sq_mi = 244 | population_est = 1249 | pop_est_as_of = 2022 | population_metro = <!-- General information --> | timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] | utc_offset = −08:00 | timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] | utc_offset_DST = −07:00 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 121 | coordinates = {{Coord|48|59|40|N|123|03|32|W|region:US-WA|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes and others --> | postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]] | postal_code = 98281 | area_code = [[Area code 360|360]] | blank_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank_info = 2586745<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2586745}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://www.pointrobertschamberofcommerce.com|Point Roberts website}} | footnotes = | module = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=12 |frame-height=300 | stroke-width=1 |shape-fill-opacity=0.2 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}} }} '''Point Roberts''' is a [[Enclave and exclave#"Practical" enclaves, exclaves and inaccessible districts|pene-exclave]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] on the southernmost tip of the [[Tsawwassen, British Columbia|Tsawwassen]] peninsula, south of [[Vancouver]], British Columbia. The area, which had a population of 1,191 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]],<ref name=GR2 /> is reached from the rest of the United States by traveling {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} through Canada, or by boat or private airplane.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last1=Bleiberg |first1=Larry |title=A US town only reached through Canada |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20191201-a-us-town-only-reached-through-canada |access-date=April 29, 2024 |publisher=BBC Travel |date=December 2, 2019 |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430061405/https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20191201-a-us-town-only-reached-through-canada |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a [[census-designated place]] in [[Whatcom County, Washington|Whatcom County]], Washington, with a [[post office]], and a [[ZIP Code]] of 98281.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=98281 |title=Zip Code Lookup |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615083207/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=98281 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Direct sea and air connections with the rest of the U.S. are available across [[Boundary Bay]]. Point Roberts was created when the United Kingdom and the United States settled the [[Oregon boundary dispute|Pacific Northwest American–Canadian border dispute]] in the mid-19th century with the [[Oregon Treaty]].<ref name="bbc"/> The two parties agreed that the 49th parallel would define [[Canada–United States border|the boundary]] between their respective territories, and the small area that incorporates Point Roberts is south of the 49th parallel. Questions about ceding the territory to the United Kingdom and later to Canada have been raised since its creation; however, its status has remained unchanged.
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