Neighborhoods near Kessler Elementary School in Longview, WA

In southwest Washington, Longview is a former lumber mill city with a lingering industrial presence and boasting the only hospital for about 50 miles. Downtown Longview is the city’s main shopping and dining center. For such a commercial sector, it’s calm and quiet with no honking car horns. “This is the little downtown hub,” says Kristin

The streets of Old West Side are lined with mighty oak trees. Blending into the neighborhood’s dense tree cover are several of Longview’s famous squirrel bridges. Squirrels are important to Longview, and Old West Side is central to that. Nutty Narrows Bridge on Olympia Way in the neighborhood “started as kind of a joke, kind of not a joke,” says

New West Side is one of Longview's most walkable neighborhoods. This gridded lakefront area sits within walking distance of Lake Sacajawea Park, the largest and most popular park in Longview. Several churches, an elementary school and the region’s main hospital are in and around the area, which has natural beauty on top of its practical

Living in Saint Helens means being within walking distance of daily activities, like going to the park, heading to school or volunteering with a local organization. Between the Lions Club and the food distribution center at St. Rose de Viterbo Roman Catholic Church, serving the community is a focus here. Saint Helens borders Lake Sacajawea, one of

Across the Oregon border and the Columbia River sits the small city of Longview, Washington. “Longview used to be a big mill town from the mid-80s to the mid-90s,” says Nick Shivers, Principal Broker at Keller Williams Realty East Portland with over 25 years of experience. Highlands is the closest neighborhood to Longview’s industrial sector,