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Seattle, Washington is made up of districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. Districts and neighborhoods are informal, boundaries may overlap, and multiple names may exist. Early European settlers established widely scattered home sites on the surrounding hills; these hamlets grew into neighborhoods and towns. Conurbations tend to have grown up organically from what became once-autonomous towns or unincorporated areas around such as trolley stops in the 19th and early 20th centuries; the transportation and street naming problems that developed have informed Seattle ever since.[1] No official designations of neighborhoods or boundaries have existed in Seattle since 1910.[2] Seattle incorporated twice, the second time after public unrest about city government was ameliorated.

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[edit] Informal districts

Conurbations tend to have grown up organically from what became once-autonomous towns or around such as trolley stops in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some neighborhoods do not have widely-recognized names for their greater districts, such as northwest Seattle. Particularly because there is city budgetary money and politics involved in neighborhoods and the city, there exists no official designation of neighborhoods or boundaries. Following the scandalous history of ward politics, the City of Seattle pointedly officially avoids any appearance of conflict of interest or favoritism with regard to neighborhoods.

Seattle politics has a long history of contesting between the Downtown Establishment (Seattle Establishment)[3] and neighborhoods. Seattle initially adopted ward politics (the town of Ballard joined Seattle as its own ward, 1907)[4] and rejected wards in 1910 in favor of Progressive Era reformers and non-partisan, at-large representation. Variations on ward politics have been proposed and rejected (1914, 1974, 1995) amid concerns about future ward politics, and eventual convictions for campaign-related money laundering (1998) after the 1995 campaign. Concerns were expressed, in each campaign for district-style elections of the city council, that the system would eventually bring east-coast style Gilded Age or Tammany Hall backroom politics. In the 1995 campaign, legal proceedings and subsequent convictions followed years after the election.[2] Little City Halls (1973) evolved, now formally known as Neighborhood Service Centers (NSC, 1991), handling municipal services. These are built on the Seattle Model City Program of the later 1960s and its Multi-Service Centers, as well as on customer service offices of public utilities and other city departments. These became a setting for jousting between the city council and the mayor; controversies over accountabilities, cronyism, and ward politics were hashed out (1974, 1976, 1988), and the results strengthen some connection between city government Downtown and community senses of districts and neighborhoods in public affairs including neighborhood planning and community involvement.[5]

The names and boundaries used in Wikipedia Seattle neighborhoods articles are generally accepted, as well as being widely used. They are based on such as the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas, which in turn is based on such as a neighborhood map produced by the Department of Community Development (relocated to the Department of Neighborhoods [9] and other agencies),[6] Seattle Public Library indexes, a 1984-1986 Neighborhood Profiles feature series in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (supplemented here with the Neighbors Project and Webtowns, both of the P-I),[7] numerous parks, land use and transportation planning studies, and records in the Seattle Municipal Archives [10].[8] "Seattle Neighborhoods" of the HistoryLink.org Encyclopedia of Washington State History[11] provides another well-documented set of interpretations that are, like the P-I projects, largely complementary yet again somewhat different.[9]

[edit] Defining neighborhoods

The city even posts signs indicating that you are entering a particular neighborhood, although the boundaries suggested by these signs can overlap one another. For example, locals refer to "Frelard" as the area shared by Fremont and Ballard between 3rd and 8th Avenues NW. Signs coming in opposite directions on NW Leary Way show the overlap.[10] After an acrimonious development process in 1966, a group of concerned Wallingford citizens enlisted the University of Washington Community Development Bureau to survey the neighborhood, house to house. So many residents of southwest Wallingford consider themselves citizens of Fremont that this boundary is more complex. The area has a name, "Freford", further complicated in that some residents refer to it as "Wallmont".[11] Taken all together, typically several well-documented interpretations can exist that each define a neighborhood in slightly different ways. See Wedgwood for a good example of multiple definitions of a single neighborhood.

Because the City of Seattle was established and developed its cast of character in a largely freebooting boom (1851-1901),[12] the plats and their development defined neighborhoods de facto, including the paper trail of developing public libraries and schools. The process of establishing property title, then proposing, funding, designing, contracting, and building any sizable project leaves documentation in archives. The establishment of locally-initiated community clubs or community councils further defines neighborhoods by sense of community and further civic participation, incidentally leaving a paper trail in public library and City archives.

[edit] Community clubs

In 1906, members of the Queen Anne Community Club peititioned the Seattle Parks Board for a scenic boulevard around Queen Anne Hill, in counterpoint to other neighborhoods in those years. The walls, on 8th Place W between Galer Street and Highland Drive, were named a Seattle Landmark in 1976, upgraded in the 1990s.[13]

Sometimes neighborhoods and districts have become defined starkly. Renton Hill Community Improvement Club was organized in 1901 for public improvements such as water, sidewalks, lighting, and beautification in the exclusive residential neighborhood that is now upper Capitol Hill.[14] The Renton Hill Community Club reorganized to exclude racial minorities (1929), together with the Capitol Hill Community Club. The community club was a reaction to the transition away from elite and exclusive with approaching African American population from the east, Asian from the south, and urban downtown from the west. Covenants restricting rental or sale of property to whites were not uncommon in residential Seattle, though sometimes they would merely exclude specific ethnicities, or they would be unwritten but effectively applied by Realtor selectivity and bank redlining. Restrictive covenants remained legal in Seattle until 1968,[15] though changing real estate covenants to comply with the open housing ordinance was not largely completed until the mid 2000s. (See also Covenants, below.)

[edit] Public library branches, public schools, and public parks

Establishing public library branches can also define districts as well as neighborhoods. Public libraries are among the most heavily used buildings.[16] Seattle has elected its city council at large since 1910, and an established way constituents voice their needs has long been through a variety of community clubs, which lobby council members for the interests of their neighborhood—such as for a library branch. Toward such an end, the community organizations build a voting constituency, and in so doing define a neighborhood. In the absence of ward politics, this and campaign finance legislation are seen as more open alternatives. The Greenwood-Phinney Commercial Club was particularly active in organizing toward the Greenwood branch that opened in 1928.[17]

The Lake City Branch Library of today started in 1935 as a few shelves of books in part of a room in Lake City School, shared with the WPA. Sponsorship was by the Pacific Improvement Club community group. Scout Troop 240 and other volunteers moved thousands of books into a new building in 1955.[18]

Elementary public schools effectively defined many neighborhoods, which are often synonymous with the name of the elementary school when the neighborhood and school were established. Thus, many of the neighborhoods listed below themselves contain a few smaller neighborhoods more closely defining child- and pedestrian-friendly social neighborhoods. Mann and Minor neighborhoods in Seattle's oldest residential neighborhood, the Central Area or Central District, grew up around their schools. The University Heights school (1903) in the north of the University District was named for the neighborhood, as was the Latona School (1906) in Wallingford.[11][19]

Parks similarly define some neighborhoods. Madrona Beach and Cowen and Ravenna Parks were initially privately established to lure buyers to residential development, turning to advantage otherwise unusable land.[20] The grand plan for Olmsted Parks attracted residential development and significantly influenced the character of neighorhoods around various parks and playgrounds in the eras of pedestrians.[21] East Phinney and West Meridian neighborhoods are sometimes called Woodland Park, as well as South Green Lake or North Wallingford for Meridian.[22]

[edit] Paper trail in City archives

The establishment of capital improvement financing and of Local Improvement Districts (usually initiated by petition of interested property owners) provides a long, detailed record of de facto neighborhoods and boundaries, in addition to the official boundaries of wards that officially defined neighborhood districts through 1910.[23] Without the local improvement district (LID) assessment system, the City wouuld have been unable to keep pace with its often rapid expansions in population and territory,[24] so the LIDs help define neighborhoods. The benefits of the improvements provide further definition. The styles of such as the buildings and sidewalks, indeed whether neighborhoods even have sidewalks, provide definition.

[edit] Covenants

Housing covenants became common in the 1920s and were validated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1926. Minorities were effectively closely limited to the International District and parts of a few neighborhoods in SE Seattle for Asian- and Native Americans; or the Central District for Blacks, clearly defining those neighborhoods.[25] Ballard – Sunset Hills, Beacon Hill, Broadmoor, Green Lake, Laurelhurst, Magnolia, Queen Anne, South Lake City, and other Seattle neighborhoods and blocks had racially or ethnically restrictive housing covenants, such as the following representative sample:

"No person or persons of [any of several minorities] blood, lineage, or extraction shall be permitted to occupy a portion of said property" and usually "except a domestic servant or servants who may actually and in good faith be employed by white occupants"[26]

Further restrictions on conveyance (rental, lease, sale, transfer) were also often included, effectively clearly defining most of the neighborhoods in Seattle during much of their formative decades.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1948 that racial restrictions would no longer be enforced. The Seattle Open Housing Ordinance became effective in 1968. Though unenforcable, legal complications prevent the covenants from actually being expunged from property title documents.[26] Remaining unwritten real eatate practices and bank redlining had largely diminished.by the mid 2000s.

[edit] Transportation

Minor arterials are generally located along the boundaries of neighborhoods; together with streets and highways built according to the street classification system.[27] These effectively help define neighborhoods in much the way rivers or canals did in the past.[28] Development in accordance with the street classification system helps maintain the livability of city neighborhoods as well as improving efficiency of the street transportation system, The layout of streets according to the classification system helps discourage higher speed "through" traffic from using local neighborhood streets, and local traffic from congesting regional travel.[29]

Transportation hubs, such as business zones and particularly transit stations such as Park and Ride facilities provide focal points for districts of neighborhoods in much the same way trolley stops (or their absence) defined neighborhoods before cars.

[edit] Districts and neighborhoods

Official names, districts, and boundaries have not existed in Seattle since 1910. The names of districts and neighborhoods in the Wikipedia category Seattle neighborhoods can be or are taken from the Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas; from Myra Phelps, A Narrative History, a history of Seattle through Engineering Department records and notes; from HistoryLink.org Encyclopedia of Washington State history, "Seattle Neighborhoods", particularly their "Thumbnail Histories", many of which reference records of neighborhood organizations and public library branches.[30] Another corroborating resource is the "Neighbors" project of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1996-2000), currently updated as the Webtowns section of the online P-I.[31] These can be further supplemented by reference to neighborhood articles in the archives of the P-I, The Times, and particularly local district newspapers, as well as books. The Transportation Department has built and designated secondary arterials (officially called minor arterials) predominantly along neighborhoods boundaries.[32] (See also the Public library branches, public schools, and public parks section, above.)

Shenk, Pollack, Dornfeld, Frantilla, and Neman (authors of the Seattle Atlas) drew largely upon primary sources. As credible archivists, their work qualifies as a high-caliber secondary source. Indeed given the circumstances described (see Informal districts, above), as professionals, they could not but work and state that their work is non-partisan. Phelps is also a high quality secondary source, since much of her sources were Department archives of official documents and reports, in addition to professional journal articles, as well as books and articles back to the early 20th century. Phelps and Shenk et al have complete citations in the Bibliography, below.[30]

The names of districts and neighborhoods in this section are taken from the Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas, which was "not designed or intended as an 'official' City of Seattle neighborhood map... [but] to define neighborhood district names and boundaries in a way that improves document indexing and retrieval." As such, many of them have no existence outside of the city's map and indexing system, such as Pike Market (Pike Place Market in actuality), Mann, Minor, and Mid Beacon Hill. In addition, reducing the number of top-level districts led to neighborhoods such as Harrison/Denny-Blaine being included in the Central District and Madison Park being included in Capitol Hill, which does not conform to facts on the ground.[33]

Seattle districts and neighborhoods are informal, boundaries may overlap, multiple names may exist; there are no official names or boundaries. Those used in Wikipedia Seattle neighborhoods are the most widely known, used, and documented. See also Seattle neighborhoods #Informal districts and Seattle neighborhoods #Districts and neighborhoods.

[edit] North city

Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) storefronts cover Lake City-North Seattle, University District-Northeast Seattle, Greenwood-Northwest Seattle, and Ballard has one for itself. NSC are also called Little City Halls; see also Seattle neighborhoods #Informal districts.

Ballard neighborhoods ( Ballard map [12], map North [13]), Ballard a former town for 17 years.

  • Adams
  • Loyal Heights
  • Sunset Hill
  • West Woodland
  • Whittier Heights[34]

Lake City neighborhoods (Lake City map [14]), Lake City a former township for 5 years
Lake City neighborhoods are now also known as Sand Point-Magnuson Park and neighborhoods northwest of Sand Point.

  • Cedar Park
  • Matthews Beach
  • Meadowbrook
  • Olympic Hills
  • Victory Heights[35]

Northgate neighborhoods (Northgate map [15])

University District (University District map [16]).

In addition to the central, N, S, E, and W designations for the main campus of the University of Washington, the district has The Ave and now-obscure neighborhoods such as University Heights and University Park.[37]

[edit] Central city

NSC storefronts cover Capitol Hill, Downtown, the Central Area, Queen Anne-Magnolia, and Lake Union-Fremont.

Magnolia (Magnolia map [17], Central map [18])

  • Briarcliff
  • Lawton Park
  • Southeast Magnolia

Queen Anne (Queen Anne map [19])

  • East Queen Anne
  • Lower Queen Anne (the Counterbalance)
  • North Queen Anne
  • West Queen Anne

Capitol Hill (Capitol Hill map [20])
North Capitol Hill and Stevens were formerly Renton Hill.[38] Portage and Union bays are convenient boundaries.

  • Broadway
  • Madison Park
  • Montlake
  • Portage Bay (Roanoke or Roanoke Park)
  • Stevens (north Capitol Hill, Interlaken)

Cascade (Cascade map [21])
(Northlake is usually south Wallingford, remote from Old Seattle by Salmon, Portage, and Union bays.)

Central District, Central Area, or "the CD" (Central Area map [22])

  • Atlantic (including Judkins Park)[39]
  • Harrison or Denny-Blaine
  • Leschi
  • Madrona
  • Mann
  • Minor

Downtown neighborhoods (Downtown map [23])

  • Belltown (north Downtown)
  • Central Business District (Old Seattle)
  • Central Waterfront (including "the Edge" or West Edge: west Pike Market and southwest Belltown)
  • Denny Regrade (northeast Downtown)
  • First Hill (Pill Hill, east Downtown: residential Old Seattle)
  • International District (southeast Downtown)
  • Pike Market [sic] neighborhood (Pike Place Market is also a building and an Historic District within Pike Market.)[40]
  • Pioneer Square (south Downtown, Old Seattle; distinct from SoDo, "SOuth of DOwntown" of the Industrial District)
  • Yesler Terrace (southeast Downtown)[41]

[edit] South city

NSC storefronts cover Greater Duwamish, West Seattle, Southeast Seattle, and Delridge.

Rainier Valley neighborhoods (Rainier Valley map [24], map South [25])

  • Brighton (Brighton Beach)
  • Columbia City, formerly a town for 15 years
  • Dunlap (Hillman City, Othello)
  • Mount Baker
  • Rainier Beach (Atlantic City)
    • Rainier View (Lakeridge)[42]

Beacon Hill (Beacon Hill map [26])

  • Holly Park
  • Mid Beacon Hill (Maplewood)
  • North Beacon Hill
  • South Beacon Hill (Van Asselt)

West Seattle (West Seattle map [27]), West Seattle formerly a town for 5 years

Delridge (Delridge map [28])

  • High Point
  • Highland Park
  • North Delridge
  • Riverview (South Seattle Community College)
  • Roxhill
  • Westwood (South Delridge)

[edit] Alphabetical list of neighborhoods

Annexation dates follow each name, unless the neighborhood was part of the original Old Seattle, that is, within the area of second incorporation, December 1869.[43]

Date is as of the actual annexation, not the date of the prerequisite enabling city ordinance. Neighborhoods of most of the largest districts are listed under their district, such as West Seattle and Delridge.

[edit] Annexed cities and towns

Seattle annexed eight municipalities between 1905 and 1910, nearly doubling the area size of the city. Annexations by law were begun by the annexee and had to be approved by the Seattle City Council. The appeal of the inexpensive and accessible electric power and water system services of the public utilities were the primary motivations for the annexation movements.

Ballard was its own incorporated town for 17 years, annexed as its own ward. West Seattle incoporated in 1902, then annexed Spring Hill, Riverside, Alki Point, and Youngstown districts. It was the largest of the incorporated towns to be annexed. Southeast Seattle merged with the towns of Hillman City and York, then incorporated for the only reason of being annexed. Georgetown was the last of the small incorporated cities (towns, actually) to be annexed to Seattle before 1950.

  • Town of South Seattle, annexed 20 October 1905,
    • Neighborhoods of the Duwamish Valley, mostly industrial, except Georgetown
    • (Remaining enclave adjacent with Georgetown, 1921)
  • Town of Southeast Seattle
    • Rainier Valley neighborhoods except Columbia City
    • Hillman City
    • York[59] incorporated July 1906, annexed 7 January 1907
  • Town of Ravenna, annexed 15 January 1907
  • City of Columbia (Columbia City), incorporated 1892, annexed 3 May 1907
  • Town of South Park, incorporated 1902, annexed 3 May 1907.
  • City of Ballard, incorporated January 1890, annexed 29 May 1907
  • City of West Seattle, incorporated April 1902, annexed 24 July 1907
  • City of Georgetown, incorporated 1904, annexed 4 April 1910[60][54]
  • Lake City, incorporated township 1949, annexed January 1954[61]

[edit] Towns annexed 1905–1910

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

[edit] Future expansion

Due to the cost of providing city services, low-density residential neighborhoods are net revenue losers to municipalities.[63] With the end of vehicle-license revenue subsidizing unincorporated car culture areas, these have become increasingly orphaned.

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. Its population is 32,000.

On December 11, 2006, the Seattle City Council agreed to designate North Highline a "potential annexation area." [29][42]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Phelps, p. 34; Chapter 16, "Street Names and House Numbering", pp. 225-235; Chapter 15, "Annexation", pp. 216–224, map "to 1921", p. 217; map "to 1975", p. 224, map key table pp.222-3.
  2. ^ a b Wilma (01 May 2002, Essay 3761), (20 March 2006 date corrected, Essay 4246)
  3. ^ Speidel
  4. ^ (1)First and second incorporations, 1865, 1869.
    (2) Phelps, pp. 216–224.
  5. ^ Crowley
  6. ^ (1) Cline, Scott, City Archivist (n.d., ~2006; second edition). "Department of Community Development (1600)". "Seattle Municipal Archives Record Descriptions", A Guide To The Archives Of The City Of Seattle. Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    (2) "Neighborhood Resources". Department of Neighborhoods. City of Seattle (2005). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
  7. ^ Neighborhood Profiles is not found online. The concept has been revisited 1996-2000 as the Neighbors [1] project, currently updated as the Webtowns [2] section. [Source: Neighbors [3].
  8. ^ (1) Shenk et al
    Not all resources are fully available online.
    "NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE SEARCH (1986-1999)" [4], Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Articles published between 1986 and 1999, written by the staff. "WEBSITE ARCHIVE BROWSE-BY-DATE", 1999-present. Archives before 1986 are not available online. The Seattle Times archives before 1990 are not available online.
    (2) "NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Hierarchical list of neighborhoods by districts, largely in geographical order from north to south.
    (3) full city map. Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas (n.d.). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Quick view and link to North, Central, and South city; link to
    • More detailed city map
    • List of Neighborhoods, semi-geographical order, N to S
    • About these maps.
  9. ^ "Seattle Interactive Map". Seattle Neighborhoods. HistoryLink.org. Retrieved on July 21, 2006.
    Index
  10. ^ (1) Dorpat, Paul (July 24, 2001). Seattle Neighborhoods: Wallingford -- Thumbnail History. HistoryLink Essays. HistoryLink.org. Retrieved on July 30, 2006.
    (2) Ambiguity is also part of the character of Fremont, "the center of the universe" (a true statement in the physics of cosmology).
  11. ^ a b c d (1) Dorpat (1994), ch. 42, 58, 64 (Fremont); 36, 37, 42, 64, 71 (Latona); 36, 37, 42, 71 (University).
    (2) Dorpat (24 July 2001, Essay 3461){
  12. ^ Speidel (1967, 1978)
  13. ^ Wilma (21 May 2001, Essay 3198)
  14. ^ Wilma, (01 April 2001, Essay 3157)
  15. ^ Wilma, (01 April 2001, Essay 3158)
  16. ^ Wilma, (5 July 2002), Essay 3879)
  17. ^ Wilma, (01 April 2001, Essay 3157; 08 October 2002, Essay 3980)
  18. ^ Wilma, (05 December 2002, Essay 4031)
  19. ^ Dorpat (1986), ch. 52
  20. ^ Wilma (20 August 2001, Essay 3502)
  21. ^ Williams
  22. ^ "Lake Union". Seattle Neighborhoods (n.d.). Retrieved on May 21, 2006.
  23. ^ Phelps, pp. 82–83
  24. ^ Phelps, p. 84
  25. ^ Hatt, Schmid, Nobbe, & Mitchell
  26. ^ a b (1) Gregory (2) Chardoul-Sutter et al
  27. ^ American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards for urban areas having more than 50,000 people
  28. ^ (1) "Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions" (PDF). "Street Classification Maps". Seattle Department of Transportation (2004-01-02). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    (2) "Street Classification Maps". Seattle Department of Transportation (2005). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    High-Resolution Version, PDF format, 16.1 MB
    Medium-Resolution Version, PDF format, 1.45 MB 12 January 2004.
    Low-Resolution Version, PDF format, 825 KB 12 January 2004.
    "Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions", PDF format. 12 January 2004.
    The high resolution version is good for printing, 11 x 17. The low and medium resolution versions are good for quicker online vewing. [Source: "Street Classification Maps, Note on Accessing These PDF Files"]
  29. ^ "Street Classification Maps, Note on Accessing These PDF Files". "Street Classification Maps". Seattle Department of Transportation (2005). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
  30. ^ a b (0) Only some Seattle neighborhoods articles are referenced, and only some of those are referenced formally.
    (1) Shenk et al
    (2) Phelps
    (3) "Seattle Interactive Map". Seattle Neighborhoods. HistoryLink.org (n.d.). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
  31. ^ "Neighbors". Seattle Post-Intelligencer (November 1996–2000). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    "Webtowns". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
  32. ^ (1) The street classifcations are per national standards.
    (1.1) "Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions" (PDF). Street Classification Maps. Seattle Department of Transportation (2004-01-12). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    From "Street Classification Maps"
  33. ^ About These Maps. Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas (2002-06-26). Retrieved on July 14, 2006.
    "The Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas is designed for subject indexing of legislation, photographs, and other documents in the City Clerk's Office and Seattle Municipal Archives. It provides a way to increase consistency in the way geographic names are used and to allow precise retrieval of documents concerning neighborhood districts. It is not designed or intended as an 'official' City of Seattle neighborhood map. There are many different ideas of what neighborhood districts exist in Seattle and what their names are, but the purpose of this atlas is to define neighborhood district names and boundaries in a way that improves document indexing and retrieval."
  34. ^ "Ballard", map. Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas (n.d., map .Jpg [sic] c. 2002-06-17). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg [sic] dated 13 June.
  35. ^ "Lake City", map. Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas (n.d., map .jpg 2002-06-17). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
  36. ^ "Northgate", map. Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas (n.d., map .jpg 2002-06-17). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Subsequent districts have so far not been given explicit citations, except as noted. Each district is linked after it is named, data is per the URL map of the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas.
  37. ^ (1) University of Washington Computing and Communications, Facilities Services (modified 18 May 2005)
    (2) UW Publication Services & UW Facility Services (revised July 1996)
    (3) University of Washington Publication Services (revised September 1991), from August 1971, revised Sherman (August 1991).
  38. ^ Wilma, (01 April 2001, Essay 3157)
  39. ^ (1) Merritt & Goldsmith
    (2) Judkins Foundation
  40. ^ The Pike Place Market is also the arcade (1907), the original Main Market. The Pike Market neighborhood of historic buildings (17 acres) is nearly twice the area of the Pike Place Market Historic District (9 acres). See Pike Place Market and Pike Market.
    (1) Lange (2006, Essay 1949)
    (2) Crowley (29 July 1999, Essay 102)
  41. ^ "Downtown", map. Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk (n.d., map .jpg c. 13-17 June 2002). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Maps "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg 17 June 2002, maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg [sic] 13 June.
  42. ^ a b "Rainier Valley", map. Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk (n.d., map .jpg c. 13-17 June 2002). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Maps "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg 17 June 2002, maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg [sic] 13 June.
  43. ^ (1) The State Legislature incorporated the town of Seattle in January 1865 and December 1869; disincorporated January 1867 after petition. The initial incorporation was with a board of trustees. The corporate-style board began with a tax (resented, and possibly leading to the petition for dissolution), followed by an ordinance "Concerning Swine" that began police regulation, followed by "Prevention of Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct". The trustees later passed an ordinance calling for the removal of Indians and providing for the punishment of those who might harbor them. Another aimed at preventing "Reckless and Fast Driving Through the Streets" (before cars). The second incorporation was with a mayor and town council.
    (1.1) Lange & Tate
  44. ^ Phelps
  45. ^ 1940, 1954, Phelps
  46. ^ Phelps
  47. ^ 1952, 1954, Phelps
  48. ^ 1883 and 1891, Phelps
  49. ^ 1891 and 1954, Phelps
  50. ^ E of 15th, N of E Galer, N of E Lynn, 1891, Phelps
  51. ^ See neighborhoods of Northgate; Phelps.
  52. ^ 1950 and 1954, Phelps
  53. ^ 1869, 1883, and 1891, Phelps
  54. ^ a b c Cline, Scott, City Archivist (n.d., ~2006; second edition). "Annexed Cities (9100)". "Seattle Municipal Archives Record Descriptions", A Guide To The Archives Of The City Of Seattle. Office of the Seattle City Clerk. Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
  55. ^ 1953, Phelps
  56. ^ {{Citation needed}}, not in Phelps
  57. ^ 1907, Phelps
  58. ^ Dates in preceding list except as noted are per Phelps.
  59. ^ (1) Rainier Valley neighborhoods south of Hanford Street to Rainier Beach at Kenyon Street, generally east of 24th Avenue S.
    (1.1) Phelps, pp. 216–218, 222–224
  60. ^ Phelps, pp. 216-218, 222-224
  61. ^ Wilma (05 December 2002, Essay 4031)
  62. ^ No sources have been provided for this section. Accessdate may be 8 February 2005.
  63. ^ Phelps, pp. 216-224

[edit] Bibliography

Includes sources used for Seattle neighborhoods lists.

[edit] Further reading

  • fullcity, Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas full city map, otherwise not titled.
    Click on a number or name for the more detailed north, central, or south city map or a map of a selected neighborhood.
  • "Seattle City Clerk Thesaurus" (Last update: 19 April 2004). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
    Provides a language for indexing and retrieving legislation and other records in the City Clerk's Office. For more details on how to use the thesaurus, read the Introduction.


Seattle neighborhoods

Ballard · Beacon Hill · Belltown · Bitter Lake · Blue Ridge · Broadmoor · Broadview · Bryant · Capitol Hill · Cascade · Central District · Crown Hill · Denny Regrade · Denny-Blaine · Downtown · Eastlake · First Hill · Fremont · Georgetown · Green Lake · Greenwood · Haller Lake · Harbor Island · Industrial District · Interbay · International District · Judkins · Lake City (Cedar Park, Matthews Beach, Meadowbrook, Olympic Hills, Victory Heights) · Laurelhurst · Leschi · Licton Springs · Lower Queen Anne · Madison Park · Madison Valley · Madrona · Magnolia · Montlake · Maple Leaf · Mount Baker · Northgate · Phinney Ridge · Pioneer Square · Queen Anne · Rainier Beach · Rainier Valley (Brighton, Columbia City, Dunlap) · Rainier View · Ravenna · Roosevelt · Sand Point · Seward Park · Sodo · South Lake Union · South Park · Squire Park · University District · University Village · View Ridge · Wallingford (Meridian, Northlake) · Washington Park · Wedgwood · Westlake · West Seattle · Windermere
West Seattle is further divided into:

Alki · Arbor Heights · Delridge (Highland Park, High Point, North Delridge, Pigeon Point, Riverview, Roxhill, South Delridge) · Fairmount Park · Fauntleroy · Gatewood · Genesee · North Admiral · Seaview
Street layout of Seattle
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