Mountlake Terrace, Washington Mountlake Terrace, Washington Mountlake Terrace welcome sign Mountlake Terrace welcome sign Location of Mountlake Terrace, Washington Location of Mountlake Terrace, Washington Mountlake Terrace is a town/city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
Interstate 5 runs north-south through the city, and services the town/city via three exits.
The site of Mountlake Terrace was thickly forested in the mid-Nineteenth Century and formed part of the traditional hunting-gathering areas of the Snohomish citizens .
They titled their evolution "Mountlake Terrace" because from some parts of the property they could see both Mount Rainier and Lake Washington, and the old runway looked a little like a terrace.
One resident, Patrick Mc - Mahan, became frustrated by these conditions, and ordered the Mountlake Terrace Study Committee, which led a campaign to incorporate the community.
The council had its first meeting on November 24 and chose Gilbert "Gil" Geiser, a 35-year-old hardware store owner, as Mountlake Terrace's first mayor.
With the filing, on November 29, Mountlake Terrace officially became a third-class city. Mountlake Terrace's populace doubled between 1950 and 1960 and then almost doubled again by 1970.
The John Fluke Corporation moved its electronics center from Seattle to Mountlake Terrace in 1959.
The 1980 census showed that Mountlake Terrace's populace had dropped by nearly 5 percent in 10 years.
The town/city budget was repeatedly trimmed, but Mountlake Terrace entered 1989 with a $1.3 million deficit. Intersection of 236th St SW and 56th Ave W in downtown Mountlake Terrace.
Mountlake Terrace is served by Community Transit and Sound Transit Express buses.
Mountlake Terrace Transit Center serves as a hub.
According to Mountlake Terrace's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 3 City of Mountlake Terrace 167 3.33% Mountlake Terrace is positioned at 47 47 27 N 122 18 24 W (47.790969, -122.306636). The city's altitude above sea level ranges between 262 and 530 feet (160 m), with an average altitude of 440 feet (130 m).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.17 square miles (10.80 km2), of which, 4.06 square miles (10.52 km2) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) is water. The total region is 2.65% water.
The lake itself is positioned partially in Mountlake Terrace and partially in neighboring Edmonds. As of the census of 2010, there were 19,909 citizens , 8,192 homeholds, and 4,891 families living in the city.
There were 8,192 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 41.2% were married couples residing together, 12.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 36.6 years.
21.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.4% were from 25 to 44; 27.4% were from 45 to 64; and 10.3% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the 2000 census, there were 20,362 citizens , 7,962 homeholds, and 5,016 families living in the city.
There were 7,962 homeholds out of which 32.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.2% were married couples residing together, 11.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $47,238, and the median income for a family was $52,117.
Mountlake Terrace High School a b c d e f g "Mountlake Terrace -- Thumbnail History".
"Mountlake Terrace History".
City of Mountlake Terrace.
City of Mountlake Terrace CAFR 2013 United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Mountlake Terrace Cassandra Tate (April 6, 2008), Mountlake Terrace -- Thumbnail History, History - Link Mountlake Terrace, Washington at DMOZ
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