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1533368 [ 5] Website. cityofpuyallup.org. Puyallup ( / pjuːˈæləp / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma [ 8] and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. [ 9] It had a population of 42,973 at the 2020 census. [ 6]
Tacoma (/ t ə ˈ k oʊ m ə / tə-KOH-mə) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. [6] A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle, 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Bellevue, 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital, Olympia, 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park, and 80 miles (130 km) east ...
Washington, officially the State of Washington, [ 3] is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington state[ a] to distinguish it from the national capital, [ 4] both named for George Washington (the first U.S. president ). Washington borders the Pacific Ocean to the west ...
McMillan Reservoir. / 38.9251; -77.0173. The McMillan Reservoir is a reservoir in Washington, D.C., that supplies the majority of the city's municipal water. It was originally called the Howard University Reservoir or the Washington City Reservoir, and was completed in 1902 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [1]
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians ( / pjuːˈæləp / pew-AL-əp; Twulshootseed: spuyaləpabš, lit. 'people of the bend'; [ 1][ note 1] commonly known as the Puyallup Tribe) [ 2] is a federally-recognized tribe of Puyallup people from western Washington state, United States. The tribe is primarily located on the Puyallup Indian Reservation ...
Puyallup Indian School. Coordinates: 47°14′16″N 122°24′37″W. The Puyallup Indian School (later named Cushman Indian School) was a government Indian boarding school in Washington State that ran from 1860 [1] to July 1, 1920. [2] The school was located around the intersection of East 29th street and Portland Avenue in Tacoma, Washington.
The history of Washington, D.C., is tied to its role as the capital of the United States. The site of the District of Columbia along the Potomac River was first selected by President George Washington. The city came under attack during the War of 1812 in an episode known as the Burning of Washington. Upon the government's return to the capital ...
The Levy Court was disbanded in 1871 with the Mayor when congress consolidated all the remaining governments in DC. Some of the more prominent members of the Levy Court include Thomas Corcoran, John Cox, George W. Riggs, and Sayles J. Bown [ 2] Image. Mayor [ 5] Term began.