Reggie Holmes
Boundary Review Board
Yesler Building, Room 240
400 Yesler Way
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 296-6800

New city incorporations

New City Date of Incorporation Population (per study) and in 1997 Population Density (at time of Study) Per Capita Assessed Valuation (per study)
SeaTac Feb. 28, 1990 (22,694)
23,320
5.78 per acre $ 63,600
Federal Way Feb. 28, 1990 (67,554)
75,960
4.5 per acre $ 34,400
Burien Feb. 28, 1993 (27,610)
27,930
5.6 per acre $ 41,732
Woodinville Mar. 31, 1993 (8,650)
9,980
2.4 per acre $ 74,773
Newcastle Sept. 30, 1994 (7,751)
8,485
1.9 per acre $ 76,164
Shoreline Aug. 31, 1995 (48,600)
50,380
6.3 per acre $ 68,333
Maple Valley Aug. 31, 1997 10,978 3.0 per acre $ 61,992
Covington Aug. 31, 1997 12,500 3.56 per acre $ 44,396
Kenmore Aug. 31, 1998 16,998 4.3 per acre $ 67,849
Sammamish Aug. 31, 1999 26,800 2.05 per acre $100,907

Note: Populations, population densities, and per capita assessed valuations taken from incorporation feasibility studies are study estimates. Populations for 1997 are taken from the 1998 Washington State Yearbook, except for those for Kenmore and Sammamish, which are 1997 estimates from the incorporation studies.