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Incorporated Areas of King County

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Summary


This coverage contains boundaries and names of existing incorporated places and one village.

CITY is the recommended municipal boundary source for general reference; medium to small scale map displays and simple analyses.

Description


Current boundaries for King County incorporated places.

This is extracted from CITY_ANNEX_AREA.


Layer information

Layer Name city_area
Subject Category Administrative
Title Incorporated Areas of King County
Feature Count 65
Feature Type Polygon
Next Update As needed
Spatial reference EPSG:2926
Control ID 448
Place Keywords Washington State, King County, WA, Pacific NW
Theme Keywords Admin, Cities, None
Supplemental Information

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Attribute information

Shape

From ESRI

Description

Feature Geometry

Domain

Coordinates defining the features

JURIS

From DDES

Description

jurisdiction code

Domain

AL - Algona

AU - Auburn

BA - Beaux Arts

BD - Black Diamond

BE - Bellevue

BO - Bothell

BU - Burien

CA - Carnation

CH - Clyde Hill

CO - Covington

DM - Des Moines

DU - Duvall

EN - Enumclaw

FW - Federal Way

HP - Hunts Point

IS - Issaquah

KE - Kent

KI - Kirkland

KM - Kenmore

LF - Lake Forest Park

ME - Medina

MI - Mercer Island

MT - Milton

MV - Maple Valley

NB - North Bend

NC - Newcastle

NP - Normandy Park

PA - Pacific

RM - Redmond

RN - Renton

SE - Seattle

SH - Shoreline

SK - Skykomish

SM - Sammamish

SN - Snoqualmie

ST - SeaTac

TU - Tukwila

WO - Woodinville

YP - Yarrow Point

CITYNAME

From DDES

Description

full jurisdiction name

Domain

Not Found

OBJECTID

From ESRI

Description

Internal feature number.

Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Shape.STArea()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry.

Domain

Double

Shape.STLength()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance.

Domain

Double


Contact information

Maintained by DLS - Permitting
Primary Paul McCombs

paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov


Terms of Use

Summary


This coverage contains boundaries and names of existing incorporated places and one village.

CITY is the recommended municipal boundary source for general reference; medium to small scale map displays and simple analyses.

Description


Current boundaries for King County incorporated places.

This is extracted from CITY_ANNEX_AREA.


Contact information

Maintained by DLS - Permitting
Primary Paul McCombs

paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov


Terms of use and copyright


Change history

1/1/2026

Addition of five contiguous, city-owned parcels (212970-0240, 212970-0245, 212970-0260, 212970-0270, and 212970-0271) adjacent to Big Rock Park for municipal purposes, as per City of Duvall Ord.

No.

1341, effective January 1, 2026.

9/23/2025

Addition of a portion of the SE 440th Street right of way to the City of Enumclaw as per KC Ord No 19973 and Addition of a portion of the 384th Ave SE right of way to the City of Snoqualmie as per KC Ord No 19974.

7/1/2024

Addition of the NE 97th Street Annexation to the City of Redmond, as per BRB File 2418 and City of Redmond Ordinance 3165.

3/27/2024

Previous 2022 Annexation of SE 448th St right-of-way (from the wester right-of-way of 244th Ave SE approximately 1148' westerly) to the City of Enumclaw as per file LUA 2022-0041 – Gambrel Preliminary Plat.

1/1/2024

Annexation of the property known as The Bridges, currently located in the City of Kent, into the City of Auburn as per Auburn Ordinance No.

6928, pusuant to RCW 35.10.217(2).

11/1/2023

City of Redmond annexation of city-owned parcel 272605-9145 via Ordinance No.

3128, pursuant to RCW 35A.14.300, Annexation For Municipal Purposes.

3/13/2023

Addition of Grace Point Annexation to the City of Enumclaw as per BRB 2413 and City of Enumclaw Ord No 2479.

11/23/2021

Addition of Falkenberg Annexation to the City of Carnation as per BRB 2397 and Carnation Ord No 926.

10/19/2021

Correction to southern boundary of the 240th and 180th St Park annexation to the City of Covington as per OrdNo 908.

8/27/2021

Addition of City of Woodinville Roundabout annexation, City of North Bend 428th Ave SE and SE 136th & 436th Ave SE boundary revisions.

3/6/2021

Addition of the Graves Annexation area to the City of Renton.

3/1/2021

Addition of the Mt Rainier Christian Center Annexation area to the City of Enumclaw.

9/3/2020

Addition of the Warner Ave/SE 456th Street Annexation area to the City of Enumclaw and modification of the NE corner of the South 320th Street Annexation to the City of Federal Way.

7/29/2020

Addition of the South 320th Street Annexation area to the City of Federal Way.

12/22/2019

Addition of the Bill Annexation area to the City of Renton and addition of ROW to the City of Normandy Park.

11/10/2019

Addition of the Highland Meadow Annexation area to the City of Renton.

7/29/2019

Addition of the Hill Creek Annexation area to the City of Milton.

5/29/2019

Recent Annexations to Renton and Maple Valley and pending annexation to Milton, adjustments to match redrawn cadastral features.

3/23/2018

Recent Annexations, adjustments to match redrawn cadastral features, and correction to remove a portion of 205th Street NW incorrectly included in the original Shoreline incorporation area.

7/7/2017

Recent Annexations, adjustments to match redrawn cadastral features

4/14/2016

Recent Annexations, adjustments to match redrawn cadastral features

8/14/2015

Added old park annexation to Enumclaw on White river

6/26/2015

Updated with annexations since last update.

1/13/2015

Updated with 3 effective Renton annexations, 1 pending Issaquah annexation, and a proposed annexation each for Seattle and Sammamish.

Many thanks to Daisy Tamayo for her tireless efforts mapping legal descriptions.

2/28/2014

Updated with several annexations, most notably Bothel Islands.

10/17/2013

Updated with several annexations of varying vintages.

Several ROW annexations now documented.

6/20/2013

Updated Woodinville boundary at Woodinville-Duvall road to correct a long standing, recently discovered positional error.

6/6/2013

Added Annexations from October 2012 through May 2013. Added Park Annexation to Enumclaw from 1996 which was brought to light only since last update. Historic details added by Daisy Tamayo including changes to KC boundary along the white river

10/30/2012

Added Annexations from Late July 2012 through October 2012. Lots of old details added by Daisy Tamayo.

Update 30

Recent Annexations, adjustments to match redrawn cadastral features