List of neighborhoods in Seattle explained

The city of Seattle, Washington, contains many districts and neighborhoods. The city's former mayor Greg Nickels has described it as "a city of neighborhoods".^{[1] [2] [3]} Early European settlers established widely scattered settlements on the surrounding hills, which grew into neighborhoods and autonomous towns. Conurbations tended to grow from such towns or from unincorporated areas around trolley stops during the 19th and early 20th centuries; the city has consequently suffered from transportation and street-naming problems.^[4]

Definition of Seattle neighborhoods

Seattle was established during an economic boom fueled by the timber industry; its early years were characterized by hasty expansion and development, under which residential areas were loosely defined by widely scattered plats.^[5] This arrangement was further solidified by the establishment of locally initiated community clubs, public libraries, public schools, and public parks, which created a sense of community and civic participation. At the beginning of the 20th century, Seattle's community clubs became influential in the organization of public improvements. These had a significant effect upon the character of their neighborhoods and allowed them to remain distinct from the surrounding areas.^{[6] [7]} Some community clubs used covenants to restrict the ethnicity of residents.^[8]

Establishing public library branches can define districts as well as neighborhoods. Public libraries are among the most heavily used buildings.^[9] Seattle elected its city council at large from 1910 to 2014, and community clubs lobby councilors for the interests of local residents – such as for a library branch. The community organizations build a voting constituency, and in so doing define a neighborhood. In the absence of ward politics, this and campaign finance legislation are seen as more open alternatives. The Greenwood-Phinney Commercial Club was particularly active in organizing toward the Greenwood branch that opened in 1928.^[10] The Lake City Branch Library opened in 1935 as a few shelves of books in part of a room in Lake City School, shared with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), sponsored by the Pacific Improvement Club community group. The library moved into a new building in 1955.^[11]

Elementary public schools effectively defined many neighborhoods, which are often synonymous with the name of the elementary school when the neighborhood and school were established. Many of the neighborhoods contain a few smaller neighborhoods. Mann and Minor neighborhoods in the Central District, were built around their schools. The University Heights school (1903) in the north of the University District was named for the neighborhood, as was the Latona School (1906) in Wallingford.^[12]

Parks similarly define some neighborhoods. Madrona Beach and Cowen and Ravenna Parks were privately established to encourage residential development upon otherwise unusable land.^[13] The plan for Olmsted Parks fulfilled its goal and significantly influenced the character of neighborhoods around parks and playgrounds.^[14] East Phinney and West Meridian neighborhoods are sometimes called Woodland Park, as well as South Green Lake or North Wallingford for Meridian.^[15]

Covenants and racial restrictions

Housing covenants became common in the 1920s and were validated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1926. Minorities were effectively limited to the International District and parts of some neighborhoods in south-east Seattle for Asian- and Native Americans; or the Central District for people of African ancestry, clearly defining those neighborhoods.^[16] Ballard – Sunset Hill, Beacon Hill, Broadmoor, Green Lake, Laurelhurst, Magnolia, Queen Anne, South Lake City, and other Seattle neighborhoods and blocks had racially or ethnically restrictive housing covenants, such as the following sample:

No person or persons of [any of several minorities] blood, lineage, or extraction shall be permitted to occupy a portion of said property ... except a domestic servant or servants who may actually and in good faith be employed by white occupants.^[17]

Further restrictions on conveyance (rental, lease, sale, transfer) were often included, effectively defining most of the neighborhoods in Seattle during the first decades after establishment.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1948 that racial restrictions would no longer be enforced. The Seattle Open Housing Ordinance became effective in 1968. Although unenforceable, legal complications prevent the covenants from being expunged from property title documents.^[18]

Wards and Little City Halls

Seattle initially adopted a ward system; however, in 1910, this system was replaced by non-partisan, at-large representation. Variations on ward systems were proposed and rejected in 1914,^[19] 1926,^[20] 1974, 1995,^[21] and 2003^[22] and convictions for campaign-related money laundering followed the 1995 campaign.^[23] Critics claimed that district-style elections of the city council would result in Tammany Hall-style politics. In 1973, inspired by Boston's model, Mayor Wes Uhlman's administration implemented a system of Little City Halls, where Community Service Centers (CSCs) assumed responsibility for coordinating municipal services. Uhlman's political opponents called the CSCs a thinly disguised ward system designed to promote Uhlman's reelection.^[24] CSCs became a setting for political arguments between the city council and the mayor; controversies over accountability, cronyism, and ward politics occurred in 1974, 1976, and 1988. In 1991 the CSCs were renamed Neighborhood Service Centers (NSCs) and were placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Neighborhoods. More recently, their number has been reduced. As of 2011, there are NSCs located in Ballard, Lake City, the University District, the Central District, West Seattle, Southeast Seattle, and Delridge.^[25]

Local improvement districts

A local improvement district (LID) is a method by which a group of property owners can share the cost of transportation infrastructure improvements. This involves improving the street, building sidewalks and installing stormwater management systems. Without Seattle's LID assessment system, the city would be unable to maintain its rapid growth in population and territory.^[26] LIDs have helped define neighborhoods by localizing decisions about issues like sidewalks, vegetation and other features of the public space, permitting neighborhoods to remain distinct from their neighbors.

Informal districts

No official neighborhood boundaries have existed in Seattle since 1910.^{[19] [27]} Districts and neighborhoods are thus informal;^[28] their boundaries may overlap and multiple names may exist for a single district. Boundaries and names can be disputed or change over time. In 2002 a Department of Neighborhoods spokeswoman said, "I've seen my area go from the 'CD' to 'Madrona' to 'Greater Madison Valley' and now 'Madrona Park.' " Some neighborhoods, such as northwest Seattle, do not have widely recognized names for their greater districts.

Throughout Seattle one can find signs indicating the boundaries of neighborhoods; the locations of these signs have been specified by the city's many community councils. However, the boundaries suggested by these signs routinely overlap and differ from delineations on maps. For example, signs indicate that Lake City Way NE is the southeastern boundary of the Maple Leaf neighborhood,^{[29] [30]} while the city clerk's archival map places that district's southern boundary at 85th Street.^[31]

Another example of boundary ambiguity is "Frelard," which local residents call the area shared by Fremont and Ballard between 3rd and 8th Avenues NW. Signs facing opposite directions on NW Leary Way reveal the overlap.^[32]

Further difficulty in defining neighborhoods can result from residents' identification with neighborhoods different from those marked on signs and maps. After an acrimonious development dispute in 1966, a group of concerned Wallingford citizens enlisted the University of Washington Community Development Bureau to survey their neighborhood; the survey revealed that more residents of southwest Wallingford considered themselves citizens of Fremont than of Wallingford.^{[32] [33]}

Transportation

Minor arterial roads are generally located along the boundaries of neighborhoods, with streets and highways built according to the street classification system.^[34] These effectively help define neighborhoods.^[35]

Development in accordance with the street classification system maintains the quality of life of city neighborhoods and improves efficiency of the road system. The classification system discourages rat running through local neighborhood streets.^[36]

Transportation hubs, such as business zones and transit stations, such as Park and Ride facilities, provide focal points for districts of neighborhoods the same way trolley stops defined neighborhoods before cars.

Designated Historic Districts

The Department of Neighborhoods designates a number of Historic Districts, which have a similar status to Seattle Landmarks. these are:

• Ballard Avenue Landmark District
• Columbia City Landmark District
• Fort Lawton Landmark District
• Harvard-Belmont Landmark District
• International Special Review District
• Pike Place Market Historical District
• Pioneer Square Preservation District
• Sand Point Naval Air Station Landmark District

Source of list: ^[37]

List of districts and neighborhoods

Despite complications in Seattle's system of neighborhoods and districts, the names and boundaries in the following list are generally accepted and widely used.^[38] They are based on the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas,^[39] which in turn is based on a variety of sources, including a 1980 neighborhood map produced by the now-defunct Department of Community Development,^[40] Seattle Public Library indexes, a 1984-1986 "Neighborhood Profiles" feature series in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,^[41] numerous park, land use and transportation planning studies, as well as records in the Seattle Municipal Archives.

The following table is largely based on maps from the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas, but also includes designations from other sources.

width = 2%		width = 12%	Neighborhood name	width = 12%	Within larger district	width = 7%	Annexed^[42]	Locator map	Street map	Image	Notes
1	North Seattle	Seattle	Various				North of the Lake Washington Ship Canal^[43]
2	Broadview	North Seattle	1954				^[44]
3	Bitter Lake	North Seattle	1954				^[45]
4	North Beach / Blue Ridge	North Seattle	1940,^[46] 1954				^[47]
5	Crown Hill	North Seattle	1907,^[48] 1952, 1954				^[49]
6	Greenwood	North Seattle	1891, 1954				^[50]
7	Northgate	North Seattle	various 1891-1954				^[51]
8	Haller Lake	Northgate	1954				^[52]
9	Pinehurst	Northgate	1953				^[53]
10	North College Park (Licton Springs)	Northgate	1950, 1954				^[54]
11	Maple Leaf	Northgate	1891, 1907, 1941, 1945, 1949				^[55]
12	Lake City	North Seattle	1953, 1954				^[56] Before annexation to Seattle, Lake City was a township for 5 years. Lake City neighborhoods are now also known as Sand Point-Magnuson Park and neighborhoods northwest of Sand Point.
13	Cedar Park	Lake City	1954				^[57]
14	Matthews Beach	Lake City	1953				^[58]
15	Meadowbrook	Lake City	1953				^[59]
16	Olympic Hills	Lake City	1954				^[60]
17	Victory Heights	Lake City	1953, 1954				^[61]
18	Wedgwood	North Seattle	1945				^[62]
19	View Ridge	North Seattle	1942, 1953				^[63]
20	Sand Point	North Seattle	1910?, 1942?; 1953				^[64]
21	Roosevelt	North Seattle	1891				^[65]
22	Ravenna	North Seattle	1907, 1910, 1941, 1943, 1945				^[66] The 1907 annexation was the former town of Ravenna.
23	Bryant	North Seattle	1891				^[67]
24	Windermere	North Seattle	1910				^[68]
25	Hawthorne Hills	Windermere / North Seattle	1910				Of the area the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas designates as "Windermere", many consider the area west of Sand Point Way to be a separate neighborhood, Hawthorne Hills.
26	Laurelhurst	North Seattle	1910				^[69]
27	University District (U District)	North Seattle	1891				^[70] Known in the 1890s and 1900s as Brooklyn.^[71] The main campus of the University of Washington is itself divided into the main (central) campus, plus the large South Campus (south of NE Pacific Street) and East Campus (east of Montlake Boulevard NE), and a smaller North Campus (north of NE 45th Street) and miscellaneous buildings west of 15th Avenue NE that are collectively known as West Campus.^[72] ^[73] Beyond the university, the district has a shopping district known as "The Ave" and older neighborhoods such as University Heights and University Park that are nowadays rarely distinguished from the U. District as such.^[74]
28	University Village	Ravenna / University District	1891, 1907, 1910				Primarily, the name 'University Village' refers to a shopping center at a corner of what the City Clerk considers part of Ravenna, but it is also commonly used for the surrounding neighborhood on all sides, which ranges into what the City Clerk's maps consider Ravenna to the north and west and the east portion of the University District to the west. (To the south is the East Campus of the University of Washington.)
29	Wallingford	North Seattle	1891				^[75] Includes historic Latona and usually Tangletown/Meridian (the latter is sometimes considered part of Green Lake)
30	Northlake	Lake Union / Lower Wallingford, spilling over into Fremont and the University District.	1891
31	Green Lake	North Seattle	1891				^[76] Some people consider Meridian / Tangletown to be part of the Green Lake neighborhood.
32	Fremont	North Seattle	1891				^[77]
33	Phinney Ridge	North Seattle	1891				^[78]
34	Ballard	North Seattle	1907				^[79]
35	West Woodland	Ballard	1891 (East of 8th Ave NW), 1907 (West of 8th Ave NW)				^[80]
36	Whittier Heights	Ballard	1907				^[81]
37	Adams	Ballard	1907				^[82]
38	Sunset Hill	Ballard	1907				^[83]
39	Loyal Heights	Ballard	1907				^[84]
40	Central Seattle	Seattle	Various				Including everything south of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and north of Yesler Way, and some things a bit further south.
41	Magnolia	Central Seattle	1891				^[85]
42	Lawton Park	Magnolia	1891				^[86]
43	Briarcliff	Magnolia	1891				^[87]
44	Southeast Magnolia	Magnolia	1891				^[88]
45	Interbay	Central Seattle	1891				^[89]
46	Queen Anne	Central Seattle	[1869], 1883, 1891				^[90] Part of Lower Queen Anne was original 1869 Seattle; the area south of McGraw Street was annexed 1883, and the rest 1891.
47	North Queen Anne	Queen Anne	1891				^[91]
48	East Queen Anne	Queen Anne	1883, 1891				^[92] Annexed 1883 to McGraw Street, 1891 beyond
49	Lower Queen Anne	Queen Anne	[1869], 1883				^[93] Also known as 'Uptown'.
50	West Queen Anne	Queen Anne	1883, 1891				^[94]
51	Capitol Hill	Central Seattle	[1869], 1883, 1891				^[95] 1869: Broadway District was part of "original Seattle"
52	Portage Bay / Roanoke	Capitol Hill	1883, 1891				^[96] Annexed 1883 to E Lynn St, 1891 for the remainder. Includes the Roanoke Park Historic District.
53	Broadway	Capitol Hill	[1869]				^[97] The Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas map of the Broadway District shown here extends farther to the east and west than most present-day Seattleites would call Broadway. It appears to correspond roughly the portion of Capitol Hill that falls within the original 1869 city limits, and which was known as Broadway before the name Capitol Hill was introduced.
54	Pike-Pine Corridor / Pike/Pine^[98] ^[99] ^[100]	Capitol Hill / Broadway	[1869]				The Pike-Pine Corridor, running east-west through what the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas considers the "Broadway" District, has gained a strong identity in the early 21st century.
55	Montlake	Capitol Hill / Central Seattle	1891, 1950, 1952, 1953 (?)^[101]				^[102] The Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas classifies Montlake as part of Capitol Hill, but a valley along Boyer Avenue separates it from the hill.
56	Stevens	Capitol Hill					^[103] The name "Stevens" does not have much currency for most of this area except for the immediate vicinity of the Stevens School at 19th Avenue E and E Galer Street. The small neighborhood just north of that is often called Interlaken, after Interlaken Park; the area centered around 19th Avenue and E Madison Street was known in the early 20th century as Renton Hill, but that name has largely passed out of use.
57	Interlaken	Capitol Hill / Stevens					Consisting largely of Interlaken Park and Louisa Boren Park, the neighborhood between Capitol Hill proper and Montlake also contains a small number of private homes and the Seattle Hebrew Academy.
58	Madison Valley	Capitol Hill / Stevens / Central Seattle	1883, 1891				Annexed 1883 south of E Galer Street, 1891 for the remainder
59	Renton Hill	Capitol Hill / Stevens					Although the name has largely fallen out of use, the Renton Hill Community Improvement Club, founded June 18, 1901, was Seattle's first community club.
60	Madison Park	Capitol Hill / Central Seattle	1883, 1891				^[104] Annexed 1883 south of E Galer St; the remainder in 1891. The Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas classifies Madison Park as part of Capitol Hill, but a valley through the Washington Park Arboretum separates it from Capitol Hill proper.
61	Broadmoor	Madison Park	1883, 1891				Annexed 1883 south of the line of E Galer St; the remainder in 1891. A gated community within Madison Park.
62	Lake Union	North Seattle / Central Seattle					The City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas uses the term "Cascade" to refer to much of the area around Lake Union (see map here), but that use is not at all common.
63	South Lake Union, Seattle	Lake Union	1883				The City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas uses the term "Cascade" to refer to much of the area around Lake Union (see image here), but that use is not at all common.
64	Cascade, Seattle	South Lake Union	1883				Cascade, south and east of Lake Union originally extended west to Terry Avenue (though it is now generally considered to end at Fairview, south to Denny Hill (now the Denny Regrade) east to Melrose Avenue E (from which it is through the area now cut off by Interstate 5.^[105]
65	Westlake	Lake Union	1883				^[106]
66	Eastlake	Lake Union	1883, 1891				^[107]
67	Downtown	Central Seattle	[1869]				^[108]
68	Denny Triangle	Downtown	[1869]				^[109]
69	Belltown	Downtown	[1869]				^[110] Belltown currently is largely residential with some commercial office buildings, with 1st street containing a large concentration of nightlife dining and drinking establishments. The intersection of 2nd ave and Virginia is the highest point in the Downtown neighbourhood area.
70	Pike-Market	Downtown	[1869]				^[111] ^[112]
71	Central Business District	Downtown	[1869]				^[113]
72	First Hill	Downtown	[1869]				^[114] Widely known as "Pill Hill" for its many hospitals, this neighborhood immediately east of Downtown was once the city's most desirable residential area.
73	Pioneer Square	Downtown	[1869]				^[115] The original center of Seattle, the southwest part of present-day Downtown. Probable origin of the term "Skid Road" for a neighborhood. Includes the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District. Pioneer Square as defined by the City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas also includes the tide lands platted 1895, filled 1902, that are now the site of two professional sports stadiums.
74	International District ("ID")	Downtown	[1869]				^[116] Includes former tide lands platted 1895, filled 1902. Southeast Downtown. Sometimes referred to as "Chinatown", the neighborhood also includes Little Saigon east of Interstate 5, and remnants of the historic Japantown, especially around 6th Avenue and Main Street.
75	Yesler Terrace	Downtown	[1869]				^[117] Housing project east of Interstate 5; originally, it extended further west into present-day Kobe Terrace Park.
76	Central Waterfront	Downtown	[1869]				^[118]
77	West Edge^[119] ^[120]	Downtown	[1869]				The downtown area of both the Central Business District and Belltown from roughly halfway between First and Second Avenues to Alaskan Way (but not including the piers themselves) is sometimes called the Seattle's "West Edge".
78	Central Area / Central District ("CD")	Central Seattle	[1869], 1883				^[121]
79	Mann	Central Area	[1869]				^[122] The name Mann for this area around Garfield High School does not have much currency. It comes from the old Horace Mann School, later Nova, just north of Garfield.
80	Minor	Central Area	[1869]				^[123] The name Minor for this area does not have much currency. It comes from the T.T. Minor School.
81	Cherry Hill & Squire Park	Minor	[1869], 1905, 1921				Portions are part of original Seattle; Squire Park was annexed in 1905, and a remaining enclave in 1921.
82	Atlantic	Central Area	[1869], 1883				^[124] The northern portion of this area was part of original 1869 Seattle; south of Atlantic Street was annexed 1883
83	Judkins Park	Atlantic	[1869]				^[125] ^[126]
84	Madrona	Central Area	[1869], 1883				^[127] South of E Howell Street was original 1869 Seattle; the remainder was annexed 1883.
85	Madrona Valley	Madrona	[1869]
86	Harrison / Denny-Blaine	Central Area	1883				^[128]
87	Washington Park	Harrison/Denny-Blaine	1883
88	Leschi	Central Area	[1869]				^[129]
89	South End	Seattle	various
90	Rainier Valley	South End	[1869], 1883, 1907				^[130] North of Atlantic Street was original 1869 Seattle; in 1883, south to Hanford Street was annexed, and the rest in 1907
91	Mount Baker	Rainier Valley	[1869], 1883, 1907				^[131] North of Atlantic Street was original 1869 Seattle; in 1883, south to Hanford Street was annexed, and the rest in 1907
92	Columbia City	Rainier Valley	1907				^[132] A town for 15 years before it was annexed.^[133]
93	Hillman City	Rainier Valley / Columbia City	1907				South of Columbia City proper,^[134] ^[135]
94	Brighton	Rainier Valley	1907				^[136] The lakeshore next to this neighborhood was once called Brighton Beach, but has since been subsumed into Seward Park in common parlance and according to the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas
95	Dunlap / Othello	Rainier Valley	1907^[137]				^[138]
96	Rainier Beach / Atlantic City Beach	Rainier Valley	1907				^[139]
97	Rainier View / Lakeridge	Rainier Valley	1907				^[140]
98	Seward Park	South End	1907				^[141]
99	Lakewood	Seward Park					The northern part of the Seward Park neighborhood is sometimes referred to as "Lakewood"; the entire neighborhood also sometimes referred to as "Lakewood/Seward Park". The historic Lakewood Community Club is now called the Lakewood/Seward Park Community Club.
100	Beacon Hill	South End	[1869], 1875, 1883, 1886, 1907				^[142]
101	North Beacon Hill	Beacon Hill	[1869], 1875, 1883, 1886, 1907				^[143]
102	Mid Beacon Hill (Maplewood)	Beacon Hill	1907				^[144]
103	Holly Park / NewHolly	Beacon Hill	1907				^[145] Formerly the Holly Park housing project, now officially NewHolly.^[146]
104	South Beacon Hill / Van Asselt	Beacon Hill	1907				^[147]
105	Industrial District	South End	various 1895–1910				^[148] Tide lands west of Beacon Hill platted 1895, filled 1902. Other portions annexed 1907 along with West Seattle, Southeast Seattle, and South Park; 1910 with Georgetown.
106	SoDo	Industrial District	1895/1902				Tide lands west of Beacon Hill platted 1895, filled 1902.
107	Harbor Island	Industrial District	1910				^[149]
108	Georgetown	South End	1910				^[150] A city for 6 years before being annexed in 1910.
109	South Park	South End	1907				^[151] A town for 5 years before being annexed in 1907.
110	West Seattle	Seattle	1895/1902, 1907, 1950, 1954, 1956				^[152] Tide lands platted 1895, filled 1902 (although the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas places even the tidelands on the west side of the Duwamish in the Industrial District rather than West Seattle). West Seattle (including portions of Delridge) was a town for 5 years before being annexed in 1907. Some additional annexations 1950, 1954, and 1956, mainly in Arbor Heights.
111	Alki Point	West Seattle	1907				^[153]
112	North Admiral / Admiral District	West Seattle	1907				^[154]
113	Junction / West Seattle Junction / Alaska Junction	West Seattle	1907				^[155] Overlaps Genesee.
114	Seaview / Mee-Kwa-Mooks	West Seattle	1907				^[156]
115	Fairmount Park	West Seattle	1907				^[157]
116	Genesee	West Seattle	1907				^[158] Overlaps Junction.
117	Gatewood	West Seattle	1907				^[159]
118	Fauntleroy	West Seattle	1907				^[160]
119	Arbor Heights	West Seattle	1907, 1954, 1956				^[161]
120	Delridge	West Seattle / South End	1907, 1946, 1949				^[162] Most of Delridge was part of the city of West Seattle, annexed 1907; the remainder was annexed in 1946 and 1949.
121	North Delridge	Delridge	1907				^[163]
122	Pigeon Point	Delridge	1907				The extreme northeast portion of Delridge, east of Delridge Way and north of Puget Park.^[164]
123	Riverview	Delridge	1907				^[165]
124	Highland Park	Delridge	1907				^[166]
125	South Delridge	Delridge	1907, 1946, 1949				^[167]
126	Roxhill	Delridge	1907				^[168]
127	High Point	Delridge	1907				^[169]

Annexations

Seattle annexed eight municipalities between 1905 and 1910, nearly doubling the area size of the city. Annexations by law were begun by the annexee and had to be approved by the Seattle City Council. The appeal of the inexpensive and accessible electric power and water system services of the public utilities were the primary motivations for the annexation movements.

Ballard was its own incorporated town for 17 years, annexed as its own ward. West Seattle incorporated in 1902, then annexed Spring Hill, Riverside, Alki Point, and Youngstown districts. It was the largest of the incorporated towns to be annexed. Southeast Seattle merged the towns of Hillman City and York with other Rainier Valley neighborhoods, then incorporated for the only reason of being annexed.^[170] Similarly, the town of South Seattle consisted of mostly industrial Duwamish Valley neighborhoods (except Georgetown); one enclave adjacent to Georgetown omitted at this time was annexed 1921; some land near the river in this area remains part of unincorporated King County. In 1910 Georgetown was the last of this sequence of small incorporated cities and towns to be annexed to Seattle before the 1954 annexation of Lake City.

The following previously incorporated cities and towns were annexed by Seattle. This list is in order of annexation. Other areas annexed to Seattle, were unincorporated before annexation. Examples of the latter include the northern part of Queen Anne Hill, the University District, and the northern area of the city that were once part of then-unincorporated Shoreline.

• Town of South Seattle, incorporated 1905, annexed 20 October 1905.
• City of Columbia (Columbia City), incorporated 1892, annexed 3 May 1907
• Town of Ravenna, incorporated 1906, annexed 15 January 1907
• Southeast Seattle—Hillman City, York, and other Rainier Valley neighborhoods except Columbia City—incorporated July 1906, annexed 7 January 1907
• Town of South Park, incorporated 1902, annexed 3 May 1907.
• City of Ballard, incorporated January 1890, annexed 29 May 1907
• City of West Seattle, incorporated April 1902, annexed 24 July 1907
• City of Georgetown, incorporated 1904, annexed 4 April 1910^[171]
• Lake City, incorporated township 1949, annexed January 1954

Future

Because of the cost of providing city services, low-density residential neighborhoods represent a net revenue loss for municipalities.^[172] Because vehicle-license revenue is no longer used to subsidize unincorporated areas, these neighborhoods have become increasingly orphaned.

In April 2004, the City Council voted to defer a decision on Mayor Nickels' proposal to designate the West Hill and North Highline neighborhoods, part of unincorporated King County, as potential annexation areas (PAAs) for at least a year.^[173] Because of the tax revolt that took place in Washington in the late 1990s and early 21st century, the county's budget has been reduced and the county has said it is unlikely to be able to maintain adequate levels of funding for urban services in unincorporated areas. The nearby city of Burien, however, issued a 2004 draft report for its own annexation of all or part of North Highline.

North Highline, which adjoins SeaTac, Burien, and Tukwila in addition to Seattle, consists of the Boulevard Park neighborhood and part of White Center. West Hill, which abuts Tukwila and Renton as well as Seattle, consists of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Lakeridge, and Earlington. Its 2010 population is 15,645.

On December 11, 2006, the Seattle City Council agreed to designate North Highline a "potential annexation area".^[174]

See also

• Street layout of Seattle about transportation and street naming
• 110th Cascades SEA Street regarding a structure helping define a neighborhood

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• Web site: June 13–17, 2002 . Rainier Valley, map . Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas . Office of the Seattle City Clerk . April 21, 2006.
  Maps "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg 17 June 2002, maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg 13 June.
• Web site: Shenk . Carol . Pollack, Laurie . Dornfeld, Ernie . Frantilla, Anne . Neman, Chris . June 26, 2002 . About neighborhood maps . Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas . Information Services, Seattle City Clerk's Office . April 21, 2006.
  Sources for this atlas and the neighborhood names used in it include a 1980 neighborhood map produced by the Department of Community Development (relocated to the Department of Neighborhoods and other agencies), Seattle Public Library indexes (Special Collections, Seattle Collection in the Seattle Room), a 1984-1986 Neighborhood Profiles feature series in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, numerous parks, land use and transportation planning studies, and records in the Seattle Municipal Archives.
  [Maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg {{sic}} dated 13 June 2002; "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002.]
  "The Neighbors project was published weekly in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1996 to 2000. The page remained available for archival purposes for some years after being superseded by the P-I's Webtowns section.
• Web site: Wilma . David . July 18, 2001 . Seattle Neighborhoods: Lake City -- Thumbnail History . HistoryLink.org Essay 3449 . April 21, 2006.
• News: Webtowns . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . April 21, 2006.

Further reading

• Detailed city map, Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas. Detailed city map, otherwise not titled.
  Click on a number or name for the more detailed north, central, or south city map or a map of a selected neighborhood.
• Web site: 19 April 2004 . Seattle City Clerk Thesaurus . April 21, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209104159/http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/newtoc.htm . February 9, 2006 . dead.
  Provides a language for indexing and retrieving legislation and other records in the City Clerk's Office. For more details on how to use the thesaurus, read the Introduction.
• Neighborhoods GIS source data file (Shapefile format)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nickels Newsletter – July 2005 . Greg Nickels . July 2005 . October 11, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061025225457/http://seattle.gov/mayor/about/nicnewsJul05.htm . October 25, 2006.
2. There is a book about Seattle by Arthur J O'Donnell, In the City of Neighborhoods, iUniverse, Inc., 2004), .
3. News: New Seattle map: There goes the neighborhood . Jack Broom . Seattle Times . October 5, 2002 . October 11, 2007 . May 19, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070519055948/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=map051&date=20021005 . dead .
4. Phelps, p. 34; Chapter 16, "Street Names and House Numbering", pp. 225-235; Chapter 15, "Annexation", pp. 216–224, map "to 1921", p. 217; map "to 1975", p. 224, map key table pp.222-3.
5. Book: Speidel, William C. . Bill Speidel . Doc Maynard: the man who invented Seattle . 1978 . Nettle Creek Publishing Company . Seattle . 0-914890-02-6 . 196–197, 200 . . Book: Speidel, William C. . Bill Speidel . Sons of the profits; or, There's no business like grow business: the Seattle story, 1851-1901 . 1967 . Nettle Creek Publishing Company . Seattle . 0-914890-06-9 . 196–197, 200 .
6. Web site: Wilma . David . May 21, 2001 . Seattle Landmarks: West Queen Anne Walls (1913) . HistoryLink.org Essay 3198 . April 21, 2006.
   Cf. Web site: May 21, 2006 . West Queen Anne Walls, 'W' . Historic Preservation :: Department of Neighborhoods > Individual Landmarks & the Designation Process > Landmarks A-Z . April 21, 2006.
7. Web site: Wilma . David . April 1, 2001 . Renton Hill residents organize Seattle's first community club on June 18, 1901. . HistoryLink.org Essay 3157 . April 21, 2006.
8. Web site: Wilma . David . April 1, 2001 . Renton Hill Community Club reorganizes to exclude racial minorities from the neighborhood in 1929. . HistoryLink.org Essay 3158 . April 21, 2006.
9. Web site: Wilma . David . July 5, 2002 . Magnolia Branch, The Seattle Public Library . HistoryLink.org Essay 3879 . April 21, 2006.
10. Web site: Greenwood Branch, The Seattle Public Library – HistoryLink.org Essay 3980. David Wilma. October 8, 2002. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. May 6, 2009.
11. Web site: Wilma . David . December 5, 2002 . Lake City Branch, The Seattle Public Library . HistoryLink.org Essay 4031 . April 21, 2006.
12. Book: Dorpat, Paul . 1986 . Seattle, now & then, volume II . Tartu Publications . Seattle . 0-9614357-2-0 . 52.
13. Wilma (20 August 2001, Essay 3502)
14. Web site: Williams . David B. . May 10, 1999 . Olmsted Parks in Seattle -- A Snapshot History . HistoryLink.org Essay 1124 . April 21, 2006.
15. Web site: n.d. . Lake Union . Seattle Neighborhoods . May 21, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060224062202/http://www.historylink.org/I-map/LU.htm . February 24, 2006 . dead .
16. Hatt, Schmid, Nobbe, & Mitchell
17. Web site: Gregory . James . Segregated Seattle . Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project . The University of Washington . 2004–2011 . April 18, 2011.
18. News: Lornet . Turnbull . Homeowners find records still hold blot of racism . Local News . The Seattle Times . B1– . June 3, 2005 . May 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060517183528/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002297312_covenants03m.html . May 17, 2006.
19. Web site: Wilma . David . May 1, 2002 . Seattle voters reject a city manager and district elections on June 30, 1914 . HistoryLink.org Essay 3761 . May 4, 2009.
20. Web site: Wilma . David . May 11, 2002 . Seattle voters reject district city council elections and Rich Man's Charter on November 2, 1926 . HistoryLink.org Essay 3768 . May 4, 2009.
21. Web site: Kit Oldham . David Wilma . amp . September 7, 2006 . Washington voters reject property rights, casino gambling, and other ballot measures on November 7, 1995 . HistoryLink.org Essay 7916 . May 4, 2009.
22. News: Matt Rosenberg . June 15, 2005 . Red in a Blue City: Seattle Republicans . Seattle Weekly. April 19, 2011.
23. News: Stewart Case: $5 Million Fine . Seattle Times . Jake Batsell . Jack Broom . Barbara A. Serrano . March 18, 1998 . May 4, 2009.
24. Web site: Seattle's Little City Halls . HistoryLink.org . Walt Crowley . May 9, 2001 . April 27, 2009.
25. http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nsc/ Neighborhood Service Centers
26. Phelps, pp. 82–84
27. Web site: Wilma . David . March 20, 2006 . Seattle voters reject district elections for city council on November 7, 1995. . HistoryLink.org Essay 4246 . April 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071028071312/http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=4246 . October 28, 2007.
28. Maria Christensen, Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in Seattle: Including Bellevue, Redmond, Everett, and Tacoma, Newcomer's Handbooks, First Books, 2007, . p. 17. "Unlike many other major cities, Seattle neighborhoods do not have official borders."
29. http://seattlepi.com/neighbors/mapleleaf/ Maple Leaf: Neighborhood is another one of Seattle's best-kept secrets
30. https://archive.today/20120803230546/http://www.mapleleafcommunity.org/w-w-w_map01_pg.html MLCC – Neighborhood Map
31. Web site: June 17, 2002 . "Maple Leaf", map . Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas . April 27, 2009.
32. Web site: Dorpat . Paul . July 24, 2001 . Seattle Neighborhoods: Wallingford -- Thumbnail History . HistoryLink Essays . HistoryLink.org . July 30, 2006.
33. Book: Dorpat, Paul . 1984, 2nd ed. 1994 . Seattle, now & then . Tartu Publications . Seattle . 0-9614357-0-4 . 42, 58, 64 (Fremont); 36, 37, 42, 64, 71 (Latona); 36, 37, 42, 71 (University). 1984 .
34. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards for urban areas having more than 50,000 people
35. (1)Web site: January 2, 2004 . Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions . Street Classification Maps . Seattle Department of Transportation . April 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060117223442/http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/streetclassmaps/arterialslegend.pdf . January 17, 2006 . mdy-all.
    (2)Web site: 2005 . Street Classification Maps . Seattle Department of Transportation . April 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060614071142/http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/streetclassmaps.htm . June 14, 2006 . mdy-all.
    High-Resolution Version, PDF format, 16.1 MB
    Medium-Resolution Version, PDF format, 1.45 MB 12 January 2004.
    Low-Resolution Version, PDF format, 825 KB 12 January 2004.
    "Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions", PDF format. 12 January 2004.
    The high resolution version is good for printing, 11 x 17. The low and medium resolution versions are good for quicker online viewing. (Source: "Street Classification Maps, Note on Accessing These PDF Files".)
36. Web site: 2005 . Street Classification Maps, Note on Accessing These PDF Files . Street Classification Maps . Seattle Department of Transportation . April 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060614071142/http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/streetclassmaps.htm#pdfnote . June 14, 2006 . mdy-all.
37. Web site: Historic Districts. Seattle Department of Neighborhods. September 7, 2021.
38. Other well-documented interpretations of names and boundaries of Seattle's neighborhoods can be found in the following:
    • "Seattle Neighborhoods" from the HistoryLink Encyclopedia of Washington State History (particularly their "Thumbnail Histories", many of which reference records of neighborhood organizations and public library branches).
    • Myra Phelps, A Narrative History (a history of Seattle through Engineering Department records and notes).
    • The "Neighbors" project of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1996-2000), currently updated as the "Webtowns" section of the online Post-Intelligencer.
    • Neighborhood articles in the archives of the Post-Intelligencer,http://seattlepi.com/search/ The Times, and local district newspapers. (Post-Intelligencer archives before 1986 are not available online. The Seattle Times archives before 1990 are not available online.)
    • "Street Classification Maps" from the Seattle Department of Transportation. The Transportation Department has built and designated secondary arterials (officially called minor arterials) predominantly along neighborhood boundaries.Web site: The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History . May 31, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206082606/http://www.historylink.org/ . February 6, 2016.
39. Web site: List of Neighborhoods . Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas . April 29, 2009.
    Shenk, Pollack, Dornfeld, Frantilla, and Neman (authors of the Seattle Atlas) drew largely upon primary sources. Phelps is also a high quality secondary source, since much of her sources were Department archives of official documents and reports, in addition to professional journal articles, as well as books and articles back to the early 20th century. Phelps and Shenk et al. have complete citations in this article's Bibliography.
    The Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas was "not designed or intended as an 'official' City of Seattle neighborhood map ... [but] to define neighborhood district names and boundaries in a way that improves document indexing and retrieval." As such, some of its designations have no existence outside of the city's map and indexing system, such as Pike Market (Pike Place Market in actuality), Mann, Minor, and Mid Beacon Hill. In addition, the map's attempt to reduce the number of top-level districts has led to certain discrepancies from facts on the ground, such as Harrison/Denny-Blaine being included in the Central District and Madison Park being included in Capitol Hill.
40. Web site: Cline . Scott, City Archivist . 2006 . Department of Community Development (1600) (second edition) . "Seattle Municipal Archives Record Descriptions", A Guide To The Archives Of The City Of Seattle . April 21, 2006.
41. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Neighborhood Profiles" are not available online. The concept has been revisited 1996-2000 as the "Neighbors" project, currently updated as the "Webtowns" section.
42. 1869
43. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/fullcit2.htm (Map breaking city into three major areas)
44. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1005S.htm Broadview
45. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1010S.htm Bitter Lake (neighborhood)
46. Phelps
47. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1013S.htm North Beach/Blue Ridge
48. Parts of Crown Hill annexed 1907 as part of Ballard
49. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1015S.htm Crown Hill
50. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1020S.htm Greenwood
51. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1030S.htm Northgate
52. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1032S.htm Haller Lake
53. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1034S.htm Pinehurst
54. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1036S.htm North College Park
55. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1038S.htm Maple Leaf
56. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1040S.htm Lake City
57. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1043S.htm Cedar Park
58. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1047S.htm Matthews Beach
59. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1049S.htm Meadowbrook
60. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1041S.htm Olympic Hills
61. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1045S.htm Victory Heights
62. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1050S.htm Wedgwood
63. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1060S.htm View Ridge
64. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1070S.htm Sand Point
65. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1080S.htm Roosevelt
66. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1085S.htm Ravenna
67. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1090S.htm Bryant
68. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1100S.htm Windermere
69. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1110S.htm Laurelhurst
70. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1120S.htm Windermere
71. Souvenir guide of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition – held at Seattle, Washington, June 1st to October (Seattle 1909), p.11. Image online.
72. Web site: University of Washington Computing and Communications, Facilities Services . May 5, 2010 . Northeast Campus Map . UW Home > UWIN > About the UW > Campus Maps . April 18, 2011.
73. Book: Publication Services & UW Facility Services . July 1996 . The University of Washington Campus & Vicinity . map . University of Washington . Seattle.
74. Book: University of Washington Publication Services . September 1991 . The University of Washington Campus & Vicinity . map . University of Washington . Seattle. Compiled, designed, drafted in cooperation between Physical Plant and the Department of Geography, August 1971, revised Sherman (August 1991).
75. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1130S.htm Wallingford
76. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1140S.htm Green Lake
77. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1150S.htm Fremont
78. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1160S.htm Phinney Ridge
79. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1170S.htm Ballard
80. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1172S.htm West Woodland
81. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1173S.htm Whittier Heights
82. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1175S.htm Adams
83. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1177S.htm Sunset Hill
84. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1178S.htm Loyal Heights
85. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1180S.htm Magnolia
86. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1182S.htm Lawton Park
87. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1184S.htm Briarcliff
88. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1186S.htm Southeast Magnolia
89. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1190S.htm Interbay
90. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1200S.htm Queen Anne
91. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1202S.htm North Queen Anne
92. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1204S.htm East Queen Anne
93. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1206S.htm Lower Queen Anne
94. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1208S.htm West Queen Anne
95. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1210S.htm Capitol Hill
96. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1213S.htm Portage Bay
97. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1217S.htm Broadway
98. Tyrone Beason, Seattle's Pike/Pine corridor does density right, Seattle Times, January 23, 2010, corrected February 19, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
99. http://www.seattlearchitecture.org/tour_pike.html Pike/Pine: Cars, Bars, and Dead Rock Stars
100. Erica C. Barnett, The Death of Pike/Pine, The Stranger, November 29, 2006. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
101. A somewhat cryptic older note here says "1891, E of 15th, N of E Galer, N of E Lynn, 1891, Phelps. 1950, 1952, 1953. This needs clarification: This would have the farthest part of Montlake from the city center annexed in 1891, and the rest more than half a century later.
102. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1220S.htm Montlake
103. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1223S.htm Stevens
104. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1226S.htm Portage Bay
105. http://www.scn.org/neighbors/cascade/history.htm History, Organizational Description, Boundaries
106. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1234S.htm Westlake
107. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1237S.htm Eastlake
108. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1240S.htm Downtown
109. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1243S.htm Denny Regrade
110. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1247S.htm Belltown
111. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1250S.htm Pike-Market
112. The 17acres Pike Market neighborhood is nearly twice the area of the 9acres Pike Place Market Historic District.
     (1) Web site: Lange . Greg . January 1, 1999 . lead paragraph updated 2006 . Seattle's Pike Place Market opens on August 17, 1907. . HistoryLink.org Essay 1949 . July 21, 2006.
     (2) Web site: Crowley . Walt . Walt Crowley . July 29, 1999 . Pike Place Market (Seattle) -- Thumbnail History . HistoryLink.org Essay 1602 . July 21, 2006.
113. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1253S.htm Central Business District
114. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1257S.htm First Hill
115. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1260S.htm Pioneer Square
116. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1263S.htm International District
117. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1267S.htm Yesler Terrace
118. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1270S.htm Central Waterfront
119. https://web.archive.org/web/20091016203107/http://seattlewestedge.org/ seattlewestedge.org home page
120. http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2001/07/16/tidbits.html So that would make downtown East West Edge?
121. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1280S.htm Central Area
122. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1283S.htm Mann
123. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1287S.htm Minor
124. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1290S.htm Atlantic
125. News: Mike . Merritt . Goldsmith, Steven . The neighborhood that time forgot . Neighbors, History and background on Judkins Park, Neighbors project . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . July 13, 1994 . April 21, 2006.
126. Web site: Judkins Foundation . February 9, 1999 . Where is Judkins Park? . Judkins Park Review . City of Seattle . April 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060323023823/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/commnty/judkins/whereis.htm . March 23, 2006 . mdy-all .
127. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1293S.htm Madrona
128. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1297S.htm Harrison & Denny-Blaine
129. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1298S.htm Leschi
130. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1300S.htm Rainier Valley
131. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1310S.htm Mount Baker
132. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1315S.htm Columbia City
133. Several articles about Columbia City (and other places in the Rainier Valley) can be found at Articles, Rainier Valley Historical Society.
134. http://www.hillmancitybiz.org . Possibly dead link April 2011; a backup can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/20080703172423/http://www.hillmancitybiz.org/sitemap
135. http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/colcity/ Neighborhood Plans: Columbia City / Hillman City
136. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1320S.htm Brighton
137. Web site: Cline . Scott, City Archivist . 2006 . Annexed Cities (9100) . "Seattle Municipal Archives Record Descriptions", A Guide To The Archives Of The City Of Seattle, second edition . Office of the Seattle City Clerk . April 21, 2006 . September 26, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224213/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/leg/clerk/guide/9100.htm . dead .
138. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1325S.htm Dunlap
139. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1330S.htm Rainier Beach
140. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1335S.htm Rainier View
141. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1400S.htm Seward Park
142. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1410S.htm Beacon Hill
143. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1415S.htm North Beacon Hill
144. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1420S.htm Mid Beacon Hill
145. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1425S.htm Holly Park
146. http://www.seattlehousing.org/CommunitySites/newhollycommunity/newhollycommunity.htm (Untitled page)
147. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1430S.htm South Beacon Hill
148. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1440S.htm Industrial District
149. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1450S.htm Harbor Island
150. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1460S.htm Georgetown
151. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1470S.htm South Park
152. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1500S.htm West Seattle
153. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1505S.htm Alki
154. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1510S.htm North Admiral
155. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1520S.htm North Admiral
156. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1522S.htm Seaview
157. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1525S.htm Fairmount Park
158. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1527S.htm Genesee
159. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1530S.htm Gatewood
160. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1533S.htm Fauntleroy
161. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1537S.htm Arbor Heights
162. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1550S.htm Delridge
163. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1555S.htm North Delridge
164. http://www.pigeonpoint.org/WhoWeAre.html Who We Are
165. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1560S.htm Riverview
166. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1565S.htm Highland Park
167. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1570S.htm South Delridge
168. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1575S.htm Roxhill
169. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1580S.htm High Point
170. Rainier Valley neighborhoods south of Hanford Street to Rainier Beach at Kenyon Street, generally east of 24th Avenue S. - Phelps, pp. 216–218, 222–224
171. Phelps, pp. 216-218, 222-224
172. Phelps, pp. 216-224
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174. Web site: City Council to pursue annexing North Highline. Angela . Galloway. December 12, 2006. Hearst Seattle Media, LLC.