Kirkland, Washington Kirkland, Washington Aerial Kirkland Washington November 2011.JPG Official seal of Kirkland, Washington Location of Kirkland inside King County, Washington, and King County inside Washington.
Location of Kirkland inside King County, Washington, and King County inside Washington.
Kirkland is a town/city in King County, Washington, United States.
The populace was 87,281 at the 2015 census estimate, which made it the 6th biggest city in King County and the 12th biggest city in the state. Kirkland is the former home of the Seattle Seahawks; the NFL team's command posts and training facility were positioned at Northwest University before to 2008.
Warehouse chain Costco previously had its command posts in Kirkland (now in Issaquah); the town/city is the namesake of its "Kirkland Signature" store brand.
Google has a evolution office in Kirkland.
The 1982 Kirkland National Little League team won the Little League World Series.
Since 1999 Kirkland has been the home of the Little League Junior Softball World Series held each August at Kirkland's Everest Park.
Kirkland in 1912, at the modern-day intersection of Fourth Avenue and First Street overlooking Lake Washington Under their new venture, the Kirkland Land and Development Company, Kirk and Hunt purchased thousands of acres of territory in what is now Kirkland's downtown in July 1888.
After beginning the town/city of Kirkland in 1888, officially one of the earliest on the Eastside at the time, Kirk's vision of a "Pittsburgh of the West" was beginning to take form.
Map of Kirkland in 2006, before to annexations In spite of everything, Kirk was determined not to give up on his namesake town, and Kirkland was finally incorporated in 1905 with a populace of roughly 532.
A final attempt at a steel foundry in Kirkland was prepared by James A.
The first woolen foundry in the state of Washington was assembled in Kirkland in 1892.
Kirkland annexations Since the incorporation of Kirkland in 1905, the town/city has grown to roughly 12 times its initial geographic boundaries, almost doubling in size amid the 1940s and 1960s.
Kirkland merged with the neighboring town of Houghton on July 31, 1968 to form one town/city of 13,500.
It took in the neighborhood of Totem Lake in 1974, and the neighborhoods of South Juanita, North Rose Hill, and South Rose Hill in 1988, which were the biggest annexations undertaken in Washington in almost two decades.
This added a further 16,119 citizens to Kirkland's populace and was responsible for 76 percent of Kirkland's populace increase between 1980 and 1990.
On November 3, 2009, responding to a county initiative to encourage metros/cities to annex or incorporate many of the unincorporated areas inside the county, as well as a state revenue tax incentive intended to ease the process, three previously unincorporated districts north of the City Finn Hill, Juanita, and Kingsgate voted on whether to annex to Kirkland.
The measure floundered by seven votes to reach the 60% margin, which was required because the measure encompassed accepting a share of the city's voter-approved debt. However, since the affirmative vote was over 50%, the town/city council could and did vote to accept the annexation, without the assumption of debt.
The annexation added 33,000 inhabitants (combined total populace of around 80,000) and almost 7 square miles (18 km2) to Kirkland on June 1, 2011.
The town/city of Kirkland has designated three buildings as town/city landmarks. Heritage Hall Kirkland Kirkland Woman's Club 1925 2011 407 First Street Kirkland, WA - Kirkland Women's Club 01.jpg Kirkland is positioned at 47 41 9 N 122 11 30 W (47.685821, -122.191729). It is bordered to the west by Lake Washington, to the east by Redmond, to the south by Bellevue, and to the north by Kenmore, Woodinville, and Bothell.
Kirkland is accessible via Interstate 405, which joins it with other Eastside cities, including Bellevue, Renton, and Bothell.
Seattle, which is west of Kirkland, as well as Redmond to the east, are both accessible through State Highway 520.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.83 square miles (46.18 km2), of which, 17.818 square miles (46.15 km2) is territory and 0.012 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. The altitude varies from 14 to 500 feet (150 m) above sea level.
Kirkland As of the census of 2000, there were 45,054 citizens , 20,736 homeholds, and 11,031 families living in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 18.5% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 38.1% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Kirkland has a non-partisan council-manager form of government, with seven council members voted for at large for staggered four-year terms.
Kirkland is in the Lake Washington School District.
Kirkland Junior High School Kirkland is home to Lake Washington Technical College and Northwest University, formerly Northwest College of the Assemblies of God.
Kirkland is bordered on the northwest by the ground of Bastyr University, which is in Kenmore.
Kirkland is served by a several news sources, including: The Seattle Times, the biggest everyday journal in the Seattle-Metro area, is designated the town/city of Kirkland's official journal of record.
Kirkland Views, an online everyday news origin for the greater Kirkland area, was established in 2008.
Published by Kirkland residents, Kirkland Views is a member of The Seattle Times small-town news partnership program. The Kirkland Reporter, formerly the Kirkland Courier, is a weekly printed announcement established in 1978.
The City Update Newsletter is the city's official newsletter, dedicated to knowledge about town/city programs, legislative updates and neighborhood highlights.
Currently Kirkland is the city's official video news segment and airs every two weeks on Kirkland's two small-town TV stations, K Life and K Gov. Marina Park in Kirkland During the summer, small-town inhabitants of neighboring metros/cities flock to Kirkland to visit Kirkland's many coastline parks on Lake Washington.
Kirkland has neighborhood parks as well, includes a corner of Saint Edward State Park, and abuts the equestrian Bridle Trails State Park.
Juanita Beach Park is another primary park in Kirkland, and is a tourist attraction.
Kirkland had a loggia precinct downtown until recent years when all but three arcades closed or moved away.
The Kirkland Performance Center hosts a number of performing arts affairs.
The Kirkland Arts Center, positioned in the historic Peter Kirk Building on Market Street, provides classes, workshops and community-oriented loggia space.
Kirkland hosted the annual Kirkland Concours d'Elegance at Carillon Point until 2011, attracting vintage and classic automobiles from athwart the country.
Main article: List of enhance art in Kirkland, Washington The Kirkland Teen Union Building (KTUB) in downtown Peter Kirk Park is supported by the town/city and a number of nonprofit organizations.
In 2006, Kirkland was the first town/city in Washington to adopt a Complete Streets ordinance, whereby pedestrian and bicycle facilities are addressed as a part of all road assembly and enhancement planning projects.
Kirkland has two Little Leagues: Kirkland American Little League and Kirkland National Little League.
Kirkland National won the 1982 Little League World Series championship.
The Kirkland Baseball Commission provides recreational baseball for players ages 13 18.
The small-town Lake Washington High School lacrosse team defeated intercity rival Juanita High School in the state championship 8-7 in 2015 to secure a state title.
Kirkland has one sister town/city - Emmerich, Germany. Dori Hillestad Butler, children's author, resides in Kirkland List of companies based in Kirkland, Washington King County, Washington (July 4, 2007).
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