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Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-uhl) 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 name "Seattle" for the city (c. 1853) [34] is an Anglicization of si'áb Si'ahl, the Duwamish and Suquamish chief (si'áb, high status man). [35] The name for the city is attributed to 'Doc' Maynard, a complex figure, who named the city after Chief Seattle , an enigmatic one. [ 36 ]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Talbert, Paul (1 May 2006). "SkEba'kst: The Lake People and Seward Park". The History of Seward Park. SewardPark.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005 "University District". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk. June 2002
The Depression and the Urban West Coast, 1929-1933: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland (2000) Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, ed. Shaping Seattle architecture: a historical guide to the architects (University of Washington Press, 2017). Oldham, Kit; Peter Blecha (2011). Rising Tides and Tailwinds: The Story of the Port of Seattle, 1911 ...
Four people represented the Duwamish on the treaty: Seattle, Ts'huahntl, Nowachais, and Hasehdooan. [31] [28] [29] Seattle signed the treaty under for the Duwamish, Suquamish, and twenty-one other tribes designated as "allied tribes" under the Duwamish, creating the notion that he was the paramount chief of a large confederation of tribes. [6]
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.
Traditionally, the Snohomish occupied a wide area of land, including the Snohomish River, parts of Whidbey and Camano Islands, and the nearby coastline of Skagit Bay and Puget Sound. They had at least 25 permanent villages throughout their lands, but in 1855, signed the Treaty of Point Elliott and were relocated to the Tulalip Reservation.
Seattle, which is across Lake Washington to the west of Kirkland, as well as Redmond to the east, are both accessible through State Route 520. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.83 square miles (46.18 km 2), of which 17.818 square miles (46.15 km 2) are land and 0.012 square miles (0.03 km 2) are water ...