King County Cities

  

• Cities are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right •

NOTE: City Naming History adapted from the book Washington State Place Names (8th Printing, 1997)
with permission from the Publisher: University of Washington Press.
King County
 King County's Web Site
12th Largest County by Area - County Seat: Seattle
county map

King County a land of Puget Sound shores, lakes, valley lowlands, and forested Cascade Mountains, is located in west central Washington. King County was created by the Oregon Territorial Legislature on December 22, 1852, and named in honor of William R. King, Vice-President of the U.S. from 1852 to 1856.