Kent (Washington)
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Location of the city in the county and the county in the state
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Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1890 |
State : | United States |
State : | Washington |
County : | King County |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 23 ′ N , 122 ° 14 ′ W |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
126,000 (as of 2015) 3,407,848 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 1.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 73.2 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 72.6 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 13 m |
Postcodes : | 98000-98099 |
Area code : | +1 253 |
FIPS : | 53-35415 |
GNIS ID : | 1530952 |
Website : | www.kentwa.gov |
Mayor : | Suzette Cooke |
Kent is a city in the western US state of Washington . With around 126,000 inhabitants ( estimate by the United States Census Bureau 2015 ) , it is the fourth largest city in King County after Seattle , Bellevue and Federal Way and belongs to the Seattle metropolitan area .
history
Kent became a parish on May 28, 1890 with a population of 793 . Originally Kent was called Titusville . A sign still reminds of this name today. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kent was mainly influenced by agriculture , which earned it the nickname Lettuce Capital of the World (German: World Capital of Salad ).
geography
In the urban area running Interstate 5 and through the adjacent Tukwila of Interstate 405 . Lake Meridian is located in the city . The neighboring towns are Tukwila, Renton , Covington , Auburn , Federal Way , Des Moines and SeaTac .
sons and daughters of the town
- Paul Zachary Myers (* 1957), biologist
- Jackson Douglas (* 1969), actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Rodney Stuckey (born 1986), basketball player
Town twinning
Web links
- Entry in the Washington encyclopedia HistoryLink (English)
- kentwa.gov - official website ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ factfinder.census.gov - official website of the United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 4, 2016