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King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, [1] making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 12th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, [2] also the state's most populous city.
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2023 population of 755,078 [2] it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
Shoshone County, Idaho County, and Nez Perce County were established in Washington Territory in 1861, and Boise County in 1863, until they split off into the Idaho Territory in March 1863, leaving the current borders of Washington. [51] Ferguson County, named for Washington legislator James L. Ferguson, was established on January 23, 1863, from ...
The Seattle metropolitan area covers 6,309 square miles (16,340 km 2) of land and water in Western Washington divided between the three counties; [1] King County is the largest county at over 2,115 square miles (5,480 km 2), followed by Snohomish and Pierce counties. [32]
Seattle, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Mercer Island, Bainbridge Island, Vashon Island: Original statewide area code until 1957, when area code 509 was created for Eastern Washington. Further splits in 1995 to create area code 360 for most of Western Washington, and 1997 to form area codes 253 and 425. 564 will be added to the 206 area in 2025. 509
The Eastside is to the right (east) of Seattle. The Eastside of the King County, Washington area in the United States is a collective term for the suburbs of Seattle located on the east side of Lake Washington. The most common definitions of the Eastside include the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Newcastle, and ...
Two people were killed near Seattle and more than a half-million homes and businesses were left in the dark Wednesday in the wake of back-to-back storms that battered the Pacific Northwest.
Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States.A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census [4] which made it the sixth largest city in King County and the twelfth largest city in the state of Washington.