Lakewood (Washington)
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 Location in the county
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | February 28, 1996 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Washington |
| County : | Pierce County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 122 ° 32 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 58,211 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 1,314 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 49.1 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 44.3 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 80 m |
| Postcodes : | 98498, 98499 |
| Area code : | +1 253 |
| FIPS : | 53-38038 |
| GNIS ID : | 1512373 |
| Website : | www.cityoflakewood.us |
| Mayor : | Douglas Richardson |
Lakewood is a city in the US state of Washington . It is a major suburb of Tacoma . Lake Steilacoom also belongs to the urban area .
Sister city is Okinawa in Japan.
history
The area was inhabited by the Nisqually tribe , the first settlement by white immigrants in 1833.
In 1849, because of the Whitman massacre near Lake Wyatchew , the US Army built Fort Steilacoom, which served as the headquarters of the 9th Infantry Regiment. In 1853, Andrew Byrd built a dam in Chambers Creek to run a sawmill, transforming the small pond of Lake Wyatchew into today's Lake Steilacoom, which covers 21 hectares.
In 1854-5 the 9th Infantry Regiment defeated the Nisqually in the Puget Sound War , then the Indians were taken to a reservation. In 1868 the US military closed Fort Steilacoom as a military base. From 1871 the building found a new purpose as a madhouse, from which the Western State Hospital , the largest madhouse in the USA west of the Mississippi, developed.
In 1908 the botanical Lakewood Gardens were founded and in 1909/10 Thornewood built. This property consists of three buildings including Thornewood Castle, which is made from the imported bricks of a house built in England in the 15th century and later dismantled.
In 1996, after a referendum, the town of Lakewood was founded in the previously unincorporated area.
photos
Panorama of Lake Steilacoom
Thornewood under construction in 1910
Fort Steilacoom
sons and daughters of the town
- Jermaine Kearse (born 1990), American football player
- Andrea Geubelle (* 1991), triple jumper
literature
- Coulombe, Charles A. (2005). Haunted Castles of the World: Ghostly Legends and Phenomena from Keeps and Fortresses Around the Globe , Globe Pequot, ISBN 1-59228-534-1 .
- Dunkelberger, Steve; Neary, Walter (2005). Lakewood , Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-3045-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Online Directory: Washington, USA . In: Sister Cities International . Archived from the original on October 1st, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
