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The Census Bureau adopted metropolitan districts in the 1910 census to create a standard definition for urban areas with industrial activity around a central city. [11] At the time, Seattle had the 22nd largest metropolitan district population at 239,269 people, a 195.8 percent increase from the population of the equivalent area in the 1900 census. [12]
Northwest Asian Weekly – Seattle; Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Seattle (print edition 1863-2009, online only edition 2009-) [1] Seattle Weekly – Seattle; The Stranger – Seattle; The Voice of the Valley – Maple Valley
The old Seattle Times building in downtown Seattle is on the National Register of Historic Places. Seattle's major daily newspaper is The Seattle Times. The local Blethen family owns 50.5% of the Times, [5] the other 49.5% being owned by the McClatchy Company. [6] The Times holds the largest Sunday circulation in the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is a 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.
The Seattle metropolitan area is shown in light blue. The Combined Statistical Area consists of both the blue and gold areas. The urban region designated the Puget Sound Region is centered on Seattle and consists of nine counties, two urban center cities and four satellite cities making up what has been dubbed "Pugetopolis."
West Seattle. West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an independent town in 1902 before being annexed by Seattle five years later.
It is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the city's West Seattle district. Alki is the peninsular neighborhood on Alki Point. Alki was the original settlement in what was to become the city of Seattle. It was part of the city of West Seattle from 1902 until that city's annexation by Seattle in 1907.
City expands, annexing Atlantic City, Ballard, Columbia, Dunlap, Rainier Beach, Ravenna, South-East Seattle, South Park, and West Seattle. [2] Pike Place Market opens. [17] St. James Cathedral built. 1908 The Great White Fleet visits Seattle and Puget Sound area. [22] 1909 June 1: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition opens.