Seattle:neighborhoods

Seattle, in Washington state, is made up of many districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. Annexation dates follow each name, unless the neighborhood was part of the area of first incorporation.


 * Ballard, 1907
 * Beacon Hill
 * Belltown
 * Bitter Lake, 1954
 * Blue Ridge, 1953
 * Broadmoor, 1891
 * Broadview, 1953
 * Bryant, 1891
 * Capitol Hill
 * Cascade
 * Central District
 * Crown Hill, 1907
 * Denny Regrade
 * Denny-Blaine
 * Downtown
 * Eastlake, 1886 and 1891
 * First Hill
 * Fremont, 1891
 * Georgetown, 1910
 * Green Lake, 1891
 * Greenwood, 1891 and 1953
 * Haller Lake, 1954
 * Harbor Island, 1910
 * Industrial District, tide lands platted 1895
 * Interbay, 1891
 * International District, original, plus tide lands platted 1895
 * Judkins
 * Lake City, 1953
 * Cedar Park
 * Matthews Beach
 * Meadowbrook
 * Olympic Hills
 * Victory Heights
 * Laurelhurst, 1910
 * Leschi
 * Licton Springs, 1950 and 1953
 * Lower Queen Anne
 * Madison Park, 1891
 * Madison Valley
 * Madrona
 * Magnolia, 1891
 * Montlake, 1891
 * Maple Leaf, 1891, 1907, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953
 * Mount Baker
 * Northgate, 1952 and 1953
 * Phinney Ridge, 1891
 * Pioneer Square, original, plus tide lands platted 1895
 * Queen Anne, original, plus 1896 and 1891
 * Rainier Beach, 1907
 * Rainier Valley, original, plus 1907
 * Brighton
 * Columbia City
 * Dunlap
 * Rainier View, 1907
 * Ravenna, 1907, 1910, 1943, 1945
 * Roosevelt, 1891
 * Sand Point, 1910, 1942, 1953
 * Seward Park, 1907
 * Sodo, tide lands platted 1895
 * South Lake Union
 * South Park, 1907
 * Squire Park
 * University District, 1891
 * University Village, 1891, 1907, 1910
 * Uptown
 * View Ridge, 1953
 * Wallingford, 1891
 * Northlake
 * Washington Park
 * Wedgwood, 1945
 * Westlake
 * West Seattle, tide lands platted 1895, plus 1907, 1950, 1954, 1955
 * Alki
 * Arbor Heights
 * Delridge
 * Highland Park
 * High Point
 * North Delridge
 * Riverview
 * Roxhill
 * South Delridge
 * Fairmount Park
 * Fauntleroy
 * Gatewood
 * Genessee
 * North Admiral
 * Seaview
 * Windermere, 1910

The following towns were annexed by Seattle from 1905 to 1910:


 * South Seattle, 1905-1905
 * Ballard, 1890-1907
 * Columbia City, 1893-1907
 * West Seattle, 1902-1907
 * South Park, 1905-1907
 * Ravenna, 1906-1907
 * Southeast Seattle, 1906-1907
 * Georgetown, 1904-1910

Future expansion
In April 2004, the City Council voted to defer a decision on Mayor Nickels' proposal that Seattle designate the West Hill and North Highline neighborhoods, part of unincorporated King County, as potential annexation areas (PAAs), for at least a year. Because of the tax revolt that took place in Washington in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the county's budget has been shrinking, and the county has said it is unlikely to be able to maintain adequate levels of funding for urban services in unincorporated areas. The nearby city of Burien, however, has issued a 2004 draft report for its own annexation of all or part of North Highline.

North Highline, which abuts SeaTac, Burien, and Tukwila in addition to Seattle, consists of the Boulevard Park neighborhood and part of White Center. West Hill, which abuts Tukwila and Renton in addition to Seattle, consists of Skyway, Bryn Mawr, Lakeridge, and Earlington. None of the adjacent cities has yet claimed any of these neighborhoods as PAAs.