Kent is a city located in King County, Washington, United States. It is the sixth largest city in the state. Kent is in the heart of the Seattle–Tacoma metroplex, located 19 miles south of Seattle and 19 miles northeast of Tacoma. Incorporated in 1890, it is the second oldest incorporated city in King County after Seattle. Kent's population as of April, 2010 was 92,411 according to the 2010 census.
Population: 92,411
Latitude: 47° 22' 51.35" N
Longitude: -122° 14' 5.42" W
The Mount Baker Station is a Sound Transit Central Link light rail station in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle. It opened on July 18, 2009 and is projected to have 3500 daily boardings in 2020 – although this number will increase with the …
Longacres was a racetrack in Renton, Washington from 1933-92. It was the home of thoroughbred racing in western Washington and was the longest continually operated track on the West Coast. Longacres was the first racetrack on the coast based on pari…
The Kent Station is a Sounder commuter rail station serving the city of Kent, Washington.
Kennydale is a neighborhood in Renton, Washington, in the United States. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 4,840. It lies along the southeastern shore of Lake Washington and straddles Interstate 405 which runs north-south between Renton …
KKNW (1150 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format licensed to serve the Seattle, Washington, USA area. The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. and features a variety of talk and call-in shows where th…
Genessee Park is a 57.7-acre (234,000 m2) park in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. A waterway, Wetmore Slough, before the lowering of Lake Washington by nine feet in 1917 as part of the construction of the Lake Washington Ship…
Evergreen Lutheran High School (commonly shortened to "Evergreen") is a private secondary school owned and operated by the Pacific Northwest Lutheran High School Association. It is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Evangel…
Dunlap is a neighborhood in south Seattle, Washington, just west of Rainier Beach. It is home to Dunlap Elementary School, part of the Seattle Public Schools.
Dash Point State Park is a 398-acre (161 ha) Washington state park on Puget Sound that straddles the line between King and Pierce counties.
The Columbia City Station is a Sound Transit Central Link light rail station in the Rainier Valley area of Seattle. It is an at-grade, or surface, station. It features side platforms.
The Bubbleator was a large, bubble-shaped hydraulic elevator with transparent acrylic glass walls operated from an elevated chair built for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. These transparent walls gave the illusion of looking through an actual 'soa…
Greenwood Memorial Park is a cemetery in Renton, Washington.
Waller is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Three Tree Point is a low, gravelly, triangle-shaped spit jutting into the east side of Puget Sound. It is about the midpoint between Seattle and Tacoma.
Taylor Creek is a stream in Seattle, Washington, flowing from Lakeridge Park in Deadhorse Canyon, west of Rainier Avenue S at 68th Avenue S, to Lake Washington. The creek's name comes from the Taylor sawmill, which in the late 1880s was located wher…
The South Park Bridge (also called the 14th/16th Avenue South Bridge) is a Scherzer Rolling Lift double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington, United States, constructed in 1929–31. It carries automobile traffic over the Duwamish River near Boe…
Seahurst Park, in Burien, Washington (a suburb of Seattle), is a 178-acre (0.72 km2) park with forests and a beach on Puget Sound.
Point Robinson Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Point Robinson on the coast of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington.