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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 ...
Buildings and structures in Tacoma, Washington (8 C, 51 P) C. Culture of Tacoma, Washington (4 C, 12 P) E. Economy of Tacoma, Washington (1 C, 4 P)
Mount Rainier from Ricksecker Point, 1932 Tacoma—seat of Pierce County Mount Rainier hazard map. Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 921,130, [1] up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous county in Washington, behind King County, and the 59th-most populous in the United States.
The neighborhood's boundaries are South 19th Street to the north, Center Street to the south, Tacoma Ave. to the east, and South L Street to the west. The McCarver Neighborhood was once a center of blight but in recent years has gentrified with new condominium & townhome developments along with condominium conversions from apartments.
It is also home to two buildings on the National Historic Registry: St. Peter's Church, the first church built in Tacoma and now Tacoma's oldest existing building, [3] and Slavonian Hall. The area is sometimes called Ruston Way, although the Ruston Way waterside walk spans far beyond the accepted bounds of Old Tacoma.
In 2007, the Tacoma City Council adopted new official boundaries for downtown Tacoma which included a portion of the Hilltop neighborhood as far west as South L Street and changed the name of the Hilltop business district to the Upper Tacoma Business District, a name that local business owners had started using to avoid the gang and crime ...
The Stadium District is a neighborhood of the north end of Tacoma, Washington, USA. It is named after Stadium High School, a historic landmark. The district is located between the North Slope residential neighborhood and the Stadium Business District and the Hilltop neighborhood further to the south. The area shares more in common with Tacoma's ...
Universities and colleges in Tacoma, Washington (4 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Tacoma, Washington" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.