Shoreline, Washington Location of Shoreline, Washington Shoreline is a town/city in King County, Washington, United States, 9 miles (14 km) north of Downtown Seattle bordering the northern Seattle town/city limits.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 53,007, making it the 20th biggest city in the state of Washington.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Shoreline rates 91st of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Shoreline began in 1890 with the platting of the neighborhood of Richmond Beach, on Puget Sound, in anticipation of the arrival of the Great Northern Railway the next year.
Over the next two decades, Shoreline was connected to Seattle via the Seattle-Everett Interurban streetcar line (1906) and a newly paved North Trunk Road (now Aurora Avenue N., State Route 99) (1913), helping to increase its population.
The name "Shoreline" first came to be applied to this stretch of unincorporated King County in 1944 when it was given to the school district, since the school precinct boundaries stretched from "Shore to Shore" (Puget Sound to Lake Washington) and "Line to Line" (the old Seattle town/city limit of 85th St to the Snohomish County Line).
Although the undivided borders of the town/city do not stretch to Lake Washington, the region kept the "Shoreline" name.
After the incorporation of Lake Forest Park in 1961, the remainder of the Shoreline School District remained an unincorporated portion of King County.
Fifty-one years after it had been named, on August 31, 1995 Shoreline was officially incorporated as a code town/city and adopted the council-manager form of government.
(See City government in the state of Washington.) Residents used Seattle, WA as their address only until 1995 when the town/city was formed and addresses changed to Shoreline, WA.
Shoreline contracts with the King County Sheriff's Office for police services.
Deputies appointed to Shoreline wear town/city uniforms and drive patrol cars marked with the town/city logo.
As of 2012, there are 52 full-time employees appointed to the Shoreline Police Department. The Shoreline Police Department has a burglary/larceny unit, traffic unit, and a street crimes unit. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.70 square miles (30.30 km2), of which, 11.67 square miles (30.23 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. The town/city of Shoreline also includes a gated community, The Highlands, which manages its own utilities separately from Shoreline.
The Richmond Beach neighborhood is situated in the northwest corner of the city, around 47.7695415 N 122.3901313 W. There are 330 acres (1.3 km ) of park territory in Shoreline, divided among 25 parks.
Boeing Creek and Shoreview Park, which abut Shoreline Community College, contain a ravine through which flows Boeing Creek on its way to Hidden Lake and Puget Sound.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 71.4% White, 5.0% African American, 0.8% Native American, 15.2% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 2.2% from other competitions, and 5.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 21,561 homeholds of which 27.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.4% were married couples residing together, 10.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 42.1 years.
As of the census of 2000, there were 53,025 citizens , 20,716 homeholds, and 13,486 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 76.99% White, 2.77% African American, 0.91% Native American, 13.23% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 1.51% from other competitions, and 4.27% from two or more competitions.
There were 20,716 homeholds out of which 30.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 51.2% were married couples residing together, 10.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $51,658, and the median income for a family was $61,450.
Main article: Neighborhoods of Shoreline, Washington The town/city of Shoreline is split into 14 separate neighborhoods plotted out by the city.
The City of Shoreline has designated the following landmarks: Ronald Grade School 1912 1995 749 N 175th Street Shoreline, WA - Ronald School 01.jpg "Shoreline offers to annex prepared Point Wells development".
"City of Shoreline Police Service Report 2012" (PDF).
Chief Shawn Ledford, City of Shoreline Police Department.
United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Shoreline.
City of Shoreline.
City of Shoreline Municipalities and communities of King County, Washington, United States
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Shoreline, Washington - Cities in King County, Washington - Cities in the Seattle urbane region - Populated places established in 1890 - Populated places on Puget Sound
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