Issaquah, Washington
Issaquah, Washington Sunset Way, downtown Issaquah Sunset Way, downtown Issaquah Location of Issaquah, Washington Location of Issaquah, Washington Issaquah (/ s kw / iss- -kwah) is a town/city in King County, Washington, United States.
According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Issaquah ranked 6th of 279 eligible incorporated communities in populace growth between 2000 and 2005. Forbes.com ranked Issaquah the 2nd fastest-growing suburb in the state, and the 89th in the nation. 5.1 Issaquah Valley Trolley 5.5 Issaquah Salmon Hatchery 8 Issaquah School District Coal miners' homes in Issaquah, 1913.
"Issaquah" is an anglicized word for a small-town Native American name, meaning either "the sound of birds", "snake", or "little stream".
Issaquah was originally advanced to service the quarrying industry on close-by Squak and Cougar mountain, and began as the town of Gilman, Washington.
As the quarrying deposits neared depletion in the late 1890s, other companies started to realize Issaquah's potential to support a lucrative lumber business.
These companies exported timber from Issaquah and other small, small-town suburbs to Seattle and larger, quickly growing communities throughout Washington.
Microsoft and other technological industries moved into Redmond, Washington and other metros/cities in the area, and later established operations in Issaquah itself.
Both Boeing and Microsoft have decidedly affected Issaquah's history, cultural development, and distinct populace through their active improve participation and attraction of outside residents.
In June 1996, Costco moved its global command posts to Issaquah from close-by Kirkland, Washington.
Other Issaquah employers include Siemens Medical Solutions' Ultrasound Group, Gold - Sim Technology Group, Overtime Technologies, Boehm's Candies, and Darigold.
Issaquah is positioned 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Seattle at the south end of Lake Sammamish.
Issaquah resides inside the Mountains to Sound Greenway.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.40 square miles (29.53 km2), of which, 11.38 square miles (29.47 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. Issaquah is surrounded on three sides by the Issaquah Alps: Cougar Mountain on the west, Squak Mountain to the south, and Tiger Mountain to the east.
To the north of Issaquah is Lake Sammamish.
Cougar and Squak Mountains are home to sizeable neighborhoods, though the bulk of all three mountain peaks are preserved in enhance ownership as Squak Mountain State Park, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, West Tiger Mountain NRCA, and Tiger Mountain State Forest. Geologists have noted the chemical and geological content of these three mountain peaks to be much different than that of the Cascade Range, simply because they are not volcanic in origin, while the entire Cascade Range is postulated to have formed from volcanic action.
Climate data for Issaquah, Washington Issaquah In the town/city the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Issaquah is bisected by Interstate 90, which runs from Seattle to Boston, and Washington State Route 900, which joins the town/city to neighboring Renton.
In fact, the Issaquah City Council voted in 2008 to cancel the 15-year-running SE Bypass project.
Bus service in Issaquah is provided by King County Metro as well as county-wide Sound Transit routes to Seattle and Bellevue.
There are two major park-and-rides in the city, at Issaquah Transit Center and Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride, which have a total of 1,999 parking spaces. Since August 1995, the town/city and King County Metro provided a no-charge circulator bus (route 200) between company districts and improve centers in Issaquah as a form of traffic congestion relief. As part of the expansion of Sound Transit services, a Link light rail line to Issaquah from Bellevue is proposed to begin service by 2041. Village Theatre's First Stage, Issaquah The neighboring highlands are called the Issaquah Alps and feature hiking trails and outside activeness throughout the three mountain peaks encircling Issaquah: Tiger Mountain, Cougar Mountain, and Squak Mountain.
There are also many cultural and historical activities to be found in the town of Issaquah itself.
Issaquah Valley Trolley Main article: Issaquah Valley Trolley Issaquah Valley Trolley car.
The Issaquah Valley Trolley is a universal of the Issaquah Historical Society with the aim of starting a regular tradition street car service on the remaining section of barns track in downtown Issaquah.
By 2010, the Issaquah Historical Society had acquired three street cars of its own, but the prepared service had not yet begun operation, as two of the cars were narrow gauge, making them incompatible with the standard gauge rails left in Issaquah, and all three were not in operating condition.
A federal transit grant was obtained, providing funds for track evaluation and repairs, and in 2012 one of the two narrow gauge cars was sent to the Gomaco Trolley Company to be refurbished and regauged to standard gauge. The overhauled street car car, ex-Lisbon 519, returned to Issaquah in August 2012, and regular enhance rides began in October 2012. Operation is expected to be cyclic and on weekends only.
The Village Theatre has presented live stage plays on its chief stage in downtown Issaquah since 1979. It is an Equity theater. Issaquah Salmon Days is a two-day award-winning festival held in Issaquah on the first full weekend of October every year.
It is initiated by a parade, jubilates the return of the salmon to their birth waters, and praises Issaquah's history, culture, and ethnic range.
The Cougar Mountain Zoo is positioned on the north slope of Cougar Mountain, just to the west of Issaquah.
Issaquah Salmon Hatchery The Issaquah Salmon Hatchery was assembled in 1936 under the federal Works Project Administration.
It is positioned on the Issaquah Creek inside the town/city limits of Issaquah.
The hatchery is owned and directed by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. It annually raises about 4 million Chinook (King) and Coho (Silver) salmon which then migrate from the Issaquah Creek to Puget sound and on to the North Pacific.
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery (FISH) is a non-profit organization that trains volunteer guides who lead no-charge educational tours of the hatchery and promotes retaining and grade the historic hatchery.
The Issaquah Salmon Hatchery is positioned in the cultural and geographical heart of Issaquah and is the Department of Fish and Wildlife's most attended hatchery, with an estimated 350,000 visitors a year. Issaquah, Washington XXX Root Beer restaurant, one of two remaining Gilman Village is a specialty shopping center created from rescued buildings dating back to the origins of the Issaquah community.
Gilman Village was established in 1972, when developers Marvin and Ruth Mohl started saving old, unwanted farming and quarrying buildings, as well as pioneer homes, from around Issaquah.
Still, the buildings that home the shops and restaurants of Gilman Village represent a momentous portion of Issaquah's history.
In its initial decades, Gilman Village was a destination while Issaquah was still a somewhat non-urban area.
Over time, Gilman Village began to compete with other small-town shopping centers for tenants serving the Issaquah population. Their combined accomplishments have won official recognition by the King County Board of Realtors in 1976 and the Issaquah Design Commission in 1977 for character of design and landscaping.
Swedish Medical Center opened a full service hospital and healthcare facility in the Issaquah Highlands with a capacity of 175 inpatient beds and a 24-hour emergency room in 2012. Issaquah School District Main article: Issaquah School District Issaquah enhance schools are under the jurisdiction of the Issaquah School District.
Including schools outside of Issaquah, the Issaquah School District is home to 23 different schools.
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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"Issaquah Shuttle Free `Decongestant' Off And Running".
Issaquah Press.
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