Burien, Washington Official seal of Burien, Washington Location of Burien, Washington Location of Burien, Washington Burien (/ bj ri n/ byur-ee- n) is a suburban town/city in King County, Washington, United States, positioned south of Seattle.
As of the 2010 Census, Burien's populace was 33,313, which is a 49.7% increase since incorporation.
Settlement in the Burien region dates to 1864, when George Ouellet (1831 1899), a French-Canadian born in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec, purchased his first of a several land patents for homestead sites directly from a Federal territory office. Ouellet had first appeared in the Washington Territory at Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, off of the Kitsap Peninsula, in 1858.
Three years after purchasing his homestead in the Burien area, he married 14-year-old Elizabeth Cushner, who was born in the Washington Territory, and started a family.
Today, a several long-time inhabitants still refer to the Burien region as Sunnydale.
In 1884, Gottlieb Burian (1837 1902) and his wife Emma (Wurm) Burian (1840 1905), German immigrants from Hussinetz, Lower Silesia, who owned two taverns in downtown Seattle, appeared in Sunnydale. The tiny improve was without improved roads or commercial buildings, reached primarily by trails. Burian assembled a cabin on the southeast corner of Lake Burien and announcedly formed the improve into a town bearing his name (misspelled over the years). A real estate office was assembled and soon thriving large numbers of new inhabitants to Burien. Several proposals to incorporate the greater Burien area, an unincorporated portion of King County, were attempted but failed.
Citizens also felt that multi-family apartements and dwellings had proliferated out of control in Burien and other unincorporated areas of King County, and that they had no small-town voice in government, other than the King County Council, that would hear their concerns.
The City of Burien was finally incorporated on February 28, 1993 after voter approval.
Late in 2004, the City assessed the possibility of annexing North Highline (which contains White Center and Boulevard Park), "one of the biggest urban unincorporated areas of King County," which would double the size of Burien.
Other people welcomed the expansion, as they felt parts of the so-called "North Highline" region should have been part of the initial Burien incorporation, and the region in question is part of the larger Highline area.
(The Highline region contains the metros/cities of Burien, Seatac, Des Moines, Federal Way and an unincorporated region called "North Highline.") In May 2008, the Burien City Council proposed an annexation of the southern portion of North Highline, comprising 14,000 residents.
In late summer of 2008, the City of Burien prepared to submit their annexation proposal to King County's Boundary Review Board.
However, after the City of Seattle protested Burien's proposal, Burien opted to withdraw their annexation plan and resubmit it after new countywide planning policies went into effect.
In October 2008, the Burien City Council voted to resubmit their annexation plan to the county Boundary Review Board.
However, the metros/cities of Burien and Seattle, along with King County and other interested partys, first participated and instead of mediation to ensure the interests of all parties involved were met.
Affected interested partys would have agreed to a preliminary annexation framework that stipulated how annexation would play-out between the metros/cities of Burien and Seattle and with King County.
It is not known if Seattle has any future plans for annexation of any part of the North Highline area.
On April 16, 2009, the Boundary Review Board of King County allowed Burien's proposal for annexation of the southern portion of the North Highline area.
In early May 2009, both King County and the City of Burien passed resolutions to place an annexation vote on the August 18th major ballot.
The annexation region voted on consisted of southern North Highline and had an region of about 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) and roughly 14,000 people.
The ballot copy was allowed by a majority of southern North Highline residents, and on April 1, 2010, southern North Highline became part of Burien. After the annexation vote, a special census was conducted, and it was determined that the newly took in area had 14,292 residents.
This resulted in a new populace total of 49,858, making Burien the 23rd biggest city in Washington State.
The Boundary Review Board allowed a second proposal for Burien to annex northern North Highline (also known as Area Y) in February 2012, but this was rejected by Area Y inhabitants in November 2012. Burien's downtown region underwent a several renovations instead of in 2009.
Olde Burien is a reference for the region surrounding SW 152nd Street.
The Burien City Hall is positioned in Olde Burien as well.
Burien contracts with the King County Sheriff's Office for police services.
Deputies appointed to Burien wear town/city uniforms and drive patrol cars marked with the town/city logo.
The United States Postal Service operates the Burien Post Office and the Seahurst Post Office. Burien is served by the Highline School District.
High schools in Burien include Highline High School, Big Picture, CHOICE Academy, and the Puget Sound Skills Center, as well as Catholic schools like John F.
King County Library System operates the Burien Library. The current 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m2) facility opened on June 13, 2009. The Boulevard Park Library is a smaller, improve library (6,356 sq ft) in the Burien town/city limits.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.23 square miles (34.27 km2), of which 7.42 square miles (19.22 km2) is territory and 5.81 square miles (15.05 km2) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 31,881 citizens , 13,399 homeholds, and 8,066 families living in the city.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
City of Burien, WA.
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"UPDATE: North Highline voters clearly diminish Burien's annexation offer".
"Burien Library." "New Burien Library Opens!." "Burien Washington Archived June 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.." Enumeration figures for 1980 & 1990 enumerated before to incorporation as Burien CDP.
Municipalities and communities of King County, Washington, United States
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