1780History
These caused massive death tolls among Native American populations in 1780 and 1835, as they had no acquired immunity.
1791Infrastructure
The city's harbor was dubbed Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Port of Our Lady of the Angels) by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza in 1791.
1856Economy
In 1856–57, the first settlers arrived and were followed by the Cherbourg Land Company in 1859.
1884Architecture
In 1884, a hotel was built and the trading post was expanded into the area's first general store.
1886Infrastructure
A village of 300 in 1886, Port Angeles' population grew to 3,000 by 1890.
1887Government
Hundreds of its new residents were part of the Puget Sound Cooperative Colony, which was established in 1887 and built several of the settlement's first permanent civic faciliti...
1890Infrastructure
Board of Trade in 1890 to dub Port Angeles the "Second National City." Settlers soon followed slowly, but Smith's death in the sinking of the Brother Jonathan led to the loss of...
1914Architecture
In 1914, large-scale logging began with construction of a large mill and a railway connecting the hinterlands to the mill.
1916Government
== Media ==
=== Newspapers ===
The local newspaper is the Peninsula Daily News, originally the Port Angeles Evening News (founded 1916).
1938History
Roosevelt in 1938, during the Great Depression.
1945Government
The station is also broadcast on FM 101.7 (founded 1945).
1990Infrastructure
The Strait of Juan de Fuca north of Port Angeles was used for filming some of the open water scenes in the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October.
1994Infrastructure
Port Angeles was also used in the last scene of the 1994 movie Wyatt Earp when Wyatt and Josie were on the boat out from the harbor with the Olympic Mountains in the distance.
1995Infrastructure
== Sister city ==
Mutsu, Aomori, Japan and Port Angeles became sister cities in 1995.
1997Economy
The mills began to close in the 1970s and 1980s until only one pulp mill remained in operation; the Rayonier specialty pulp mill was shuttered in 1997.
2000History
=== 2000 census ===
As of the 2000 census, there were 18,397 people, 8,053 households, and 4,831 families residing in the city.
2003Architecture
In August 2003, a $275 million construction project known as the Graving Dock Project was started in Port Angeles near the water as part of the Hood Canal Bridge east-half repla...
2004History
Because of the significance of the site for Native American history, in December 2004, the graving dock project was abandoned.
2010History
=== 2010 census ===
As of the 2010 census, there were 19,038 people, 8,459 households, and 4,808 families residing in the city.
2016Infrastructure
In 2016, Port Angeles installed two street signs in English and Klallam to revitalize and preserve the area's Klallam culture.
2021Infrastructure
On June 27, 2021, Port Angeles set a new all-time record high of 97 °F (36 °C), breaking the city's previous all-time record high of 96 °F (36 °C).
2022Infrastructure
== Demographics ==
As of the 2022 American Community Survey, there are 9,087 estimated households in Port Angeles with an average of 2.15 persons per household.