Des Moines, Washington Des Moines, Washington Official seal of Des Moines, Washington Location of Des Moines, Washington Location of Des Moines, Washington Des Moines (/d m nz/ d -moinz) is a town/city in King County, Washington, United States.

Des Moines is positioned on the east shore of Puget Sound, roughly halfway between the primary cities of Seattle and Tacoma.

Property inside the town/city has been the subject of territory buyouts because of noise from airplane landing or taking off from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Des Moines. There is no evidence that Indian tribes had permanent settlements in Des Moines.

However, there is sizeable evidence that the Duwamish and Muckleshoot Indian tribes came to Des Moines for fishing and clamming.

What was to turn into Des Moines was first explored by Europeans on May 26, 1792, amid the exploration of British naval Captain George Vancouver on his flagship HMS Discovery.

Blasher persuaded some friends in his home town/city of Des Moines, Iowa, to help finance the evolution of a town on Puget Sound.

The work was done by the Des Moines Improvement Company. In 1889 the region was platted into lots and sold by the Des Moines Improvement Company, which had been incorporated by F.

Early transit to Des Moines was by water.

The first cross-Puget Sound automobile ferry started service from Des Moines to Portage on November 13, 1916.

With increased population, the county government was unable to supply the level of service and small-town control desired by Des Moines residents.

In response to this, Des Moines was officially incorporated on June 17, 1959.

Des Moines is positioned at 47 23 39 N 122 19 5 W (47.394120, -122.317983). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.50 square miles (16.83 km2), all of it land. Most of the town/city rolls gently down to the waters of Puget Sound from an altitude of about 400 feet (120 m) along the easterly town/city boundary on Pacific Highway, allowing many homes to appreciate an unobstructed view of the sound and Vashon Island.

The ravines of Des Moines Creek and Massey Creek deeply incise this broad slope.

Des Moines The Des Moines Field House / Activity Center, a impact of the WPA, is listed as a King County landmark.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 63.5% White, 9.1% African American, 1.1% Native American, 10.7% Asian, 2.4% Pacific Islander, 7.8% from other competitions, and 5.4% from two or more competitions.

There were 11,664 homeholds of which 30.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 43.8% were married couples residing together, 12.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families.

As of the census of 2000, there were 29,267 citizens , 11,337 homeholds, and 7,289 families living in the city.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 74.15% White, 7.20% African American, 0.96% Native American, 8.28% Asian, 1.34% Pacific Islander, 3.32% from other competitions, and 4.76% from two or more competitions.

In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older.

Most of Des Moines is inside the Highline Public Schools district; the neighborhoods of Woodmont and Redondo are inside the Federal Way School District.

Elementary schools inside Des Moines include Des Moines Elementary School, Midway Elementary School, North Hill Elementary School, Olympic Hill Elementary School, Parkside Elementary School, and Woodmont Elementary School (Woodmont is a part of the Federal Way School District). Pacific Middle School and Mount Rainier High School are the secondary schools of Des Moines. Des Moines pupils, pre-K through 8th grade, are also served by St.

CWU-Des Moines is positioned in Des Moines, WA.

Saltwater State Park is in Des Moines. The City of Des Moines has designated the following landmark: Des Moines Beach Park (the former Covenant Beach Bible Camp) 1917 1931 2005 Cliff Ave.

47 24 26 N 122 19 43 W Des Moines Beach Park 02.jpg The pronunciation of the town/city name is de Moine without the s and is recorded as such in the town/city council records Des Moines Historical Society Time Line 1970's One Hundred Years of the "Waterland" Community: A History of Des Moines, Washington, 1989 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

United States Enumeration Bureau.

City of Des Moines.

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