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These three grid patterns (due north, 32 degrees west of north, and 49 degrees west of north) are the result of a disagreement between David Swinson "Doc" Maynard, whose land claim lay south of Yesler Way, and Arthur A. Denny and Carson D. Boren, whose land claims lay to the north (with Henry Yesler and his mill soon brought in between Denny and the others): [2] Denny and Boren preferred that ...
This 1909 map of Seattle shows many neighborhood names that remain in common use today—for example, Ballard, Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, and Beacon Hill—but also many that have fallen out of use—for example, "Ross" and "Edgewater" on either side of Fremont, "Brooklyn" for today's University District, and "Renton Hill" near the confluence of Capitol Hill, First ...
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.With a population of 755,078 in 2023, [3] it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
The City of Seattle does not publish an official neighborhood map, and many neighborhood boundaries in Seattle are somewhat informal. Neighborhoods within the district include: University Park (east from 15th to 25th Avenues NE, north from NE 50th Street to NE Ravenna Boulevard) Greek Row (NE 45th to NE 50th Streets, 15th to 22nd Avenues NE)
Map of King County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,307 square miles (5,980 km 2), of which 2,116 square miles (5,480 km 2) is land and 191 square miles (490 km 2) (8.3%) is water. [27] King County has nearly twice the land area of the state of Rhode Island.
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 ...
The Metropolitan Tract is an area of land in downtown Seattle owned by the University of Washington. [1] Originally covering 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ), the 1962 purchase of land for a garage for the Olympic Hotel [ 2 ] expanded the plot to 11 acres (45,000 m 2 ).