Lake Hills, Bellevue Explained

Lake Hills is a neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington. It lies to the south of the Crossroads and north of the Eastgate neighborhoods.[1]

In the early 1900s, Japanese immigrants farmed the part of Lake Hills between present day Larsen Lake and Phantom Lake.[2] This agricultural activity was abruptly curtailed following the Japanese American Internment in 1942, and was eventually replaced by suburban housing.[3] [4] Lake Hills was annexed into Bellevue in 1969.[4]

Today the Lake Hills neighborhood contains Bellevue College,[5] the Lake Hills Greenbelt Urban Demonstration Garden (also known as the Bellevue Demonstration Garden), and Larsen Lake.[1]

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47.6033°N -122.1308°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of Bellevue: Neighborhood Areas . February 22, 2024.
  2. Web site: City of Bellevue Parks and Recreation: Lake Hills Greenbelt Trails . City of Bellevue . 22 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Marsha. Alia. How Bellevue businessmen who stoked fears benefited after Japanese American incarceration. The Seattle Globalist. 19 February 2017 . February 21, 2017.
  4. Web site: Lake Hills Library, King County Library System. HistoryLink. September 27, 2016. Schein. Michael.
  5. Web site: West Lake Hills (Official City of Bellevue Website) . Ci.bellevue.wa.us . May 17, 2016.