Kent (Washington)

Kent
	Location of the city in the county and the county in the state
Basic data
Foundation :	1890
State :	United States
State :	Washington
County :	King County
Coordinates :	47 ° 23 ′ N , 122 ° 14 ′ W 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 ).