Lakewood, Washington This article is about the town/city in Pierce County, Washington.
Lakewood, Washington Official logo of Lakewood, Washington Location of Lakewood in Pierce County and Washington Lakewood, Washington is positioned in the US Lakewood, Washington - Lakewood, Washington Lakewood is a town/city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Lakewood is the second-largest town/city in Pierce County and is home to the Clover Park School District, the Lakes Water District, Fort Steilacoom Park and Western State Hospital, a county-wide state psychiatric hospital. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 18.95 square miles (49.08 km2), of which, 17.17 square miles (44.47 km2) is territory and 1.78 square miles (4.61 km2) is water. There are a several lakes inside the town/city limits; the biggest in region are American Lake, Lake Steilacoom, Gravelly Lake, Lake Louise, and Waughop Lake.
The end of State Route 512 is in Lakewood, at its intersection with Interstate 5.
The proposed State Route 704 would be the only other state highway entering the city.
In 2004, the City of Lakewood formed the community's first Police Department, a move that has dropped the crime dramatically in recent years and has created a safer improve in general.
There were 24,069 homeholds of which 29.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 39.3% were married couples residing together, 15.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.1% were non-families.
As of the census of 2000, there were 58,211 citizens , 23,792 homeholds, and 15,084 families living in the city.
There were 23,792 homeholds out of which 30.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 44.4% were married couples residing together, 14.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.6% were non-families.
The City of Lakewood contracted with the Pierce County Sheriff's Office for police services between 1996 and 2004.
According to the City of Lakewood website, The Lakewood Police Department started autonomous police and patrol operations on November 1, 2004.
Main article: 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers The shooting is believed to be the most deadly attack on law enforcement in the state of Washington, and the second deadliest attack on law enforcement in the United States (the Dallas attack on July 7th 2016 had 5 officers killed and 2 wounded) since the March 21, 2009 gun crimes that left four Oakland, California police officers dead. The four were the first Lakewood police officers to be killed in the line of duty since the department's establishment in 2004.
The Clover Park School District operates all enhance schools inside Lakewood.
Lakewood is also home to Pierce College Fort Steilacoom and Clover Park Technical College.
Lakewood's news is primarily veiled by The News Tribune (Tacoma), and sometimes by the media in Seattle.
Earlier weekly newspapers for the improve were the Lakewood Log (circa 1930s), Suburban Times (1960s-1982), Lakewood Press (1980s), and Lakewood Journal (1990s).
KVTI-FM, known as "I-91 FM", broadcast top 40 music from its Lakewood studio at Clover Park Technical College until 2010, when the college transferred management of the station to Washington State University's Northwest Public Radio who discontinued the locally produced programming in favor of a network feed from the University's Pullman campus.
Lakewood receives Seattle region tv and airways broadcasts.
Buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood.
Buried in Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood.
Lakewood and Pierce County were titled among the 100 Best Places for Young People by America's Promise. United States Enumeration Bureau.
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Enumeration area returned as Lakes District in 1970 & 1980.
"Press Release: Pierce County Sheriff's Department RE: Murder of four Lakewood Police Officers".
"City of Lakewood Identifies Slain Police Officers".
"Lakewood police shooting suspect killed by Seattle police officer in South Seattle early this morning".
"4 Lakewood officers slain; hunt is on for gunman".
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