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This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in King County, Washington, highlighting Renton in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Long a cultural center for the Duwamish, European settlers arrived in the area of present-day Renton in the 1870s. First among them were Henry Tobin and his wife Diana. The town of Renton was accessed via the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, the first railroad to be built to Seattle, and was in the vicinity of several coal mines that attracted entrepreneurs like Erasmus M. Smithers, who is ...
Kennydale is a neighborhood in Renton, Washington, in the United States. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 4,840. [1] It lies along the southeastern shore of Lake Washington and straddles Interstate 405 which runs north-south between Renton and Bellevue, and borders the Newport Shores neighborhood of Bellevue. The part of the ...
Fairwood is located 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Seattle.The Fairwood CDP is bordered to the north and west by the city of Renton and to the east by the Maple Heights-Lake Desire CDP, which shares a ZIP Code (Renton's 98058) with Fairwood.
The Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC) is the headquarters and practice facility of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, in Renton, Washington, a suburb southeast of Seattle.A privately funded facility, it is situated on 19 acres (0.077 km 2) of industrial property on the southeastern shore of Lake Washington.
Renton Municipal Airport (IATA: RNT, ICAO: KRNT, FAA LID: RNT) is a public use airport located in Renton, a city in King County, Washington, United States. [1] The airport was renamed Clayton Scott Field in 2005 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Clayton Scott. [ 2 ]
East Renton Highlands is part of the potential annexation area (PAA) [6] of Renton, but in February 2007 voters defeated a 1,475-acre (5.97 km 2) annexation proposal 3 to 1. In January 2008, the Renton City Council accepted a petition, using the 60% Direct Method, for the proposed Liberty Annexation: 193 acres (0.78 km 2 ) located in the ...
Swimming lessons were held in Lake Washington, and citizens held picnics on the beach. [6] The park is named after Gene L. Coulon, director of the Renton Parks Department from 1949 until his death in 1977. Coulon was born in 1916 in Seattle, Washington and attended the University of Washington where he played collegiate basketball. After ...