Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in King County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It was named for William Philip King, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Adjacent Counties Foard County Cottle County Knox County Haskell County Stonewall County Dickens County Communities Dumont Finney Grow Guthrie (County Sea...
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County , Washington. With a 2022 population of 749,256 it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in King County, Washington. On December 22, 1852, the Oregon Territory legislature formed King County out of territory from within Thurston County. The county was named after Alabamian William R. King, who had just been elected Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce. Seattle was made the county seat on Janua...
Wikipedia he University of Washington (UW), commonly referred to as Washington or informally UDub, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, UW is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast and features one of the most highly regarded medical schools in the world. UW has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university co...
Greenwood Memorial Park is a cemetery in the northwest United States, located in Renton, King County, Washington, a suburb southeast of Seattle. It is notable as the resting place of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970), a Seattle native; over 14,000 fans visit his memorial annually. Also interred at Greenwood are professional football players Clancy Williams (1942–1986) and Nesby Glasgow (...
Pacific Lutheran is at the rear of Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park , near the corner of North 115th Street and Meridian Avenue, in Seattle, King County, Washington. It's also known as Parkland Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery . Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 6701 30 Avenue SW, Seattle, King County, Washington. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Columbarium resides in Seattle, King County, Washington. The first Saint Mark's was built in 1890 at 5th Avenue and Stewart Street downtown. By 1896, the parish had outgrown this small church and in 1897 moved into a bigger and grander one at Seneca and Broadway on First Hill. In 1958, Cathedral House was constructed at the west end of the building. This much-...
The Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery was founded in 1884 by David T. Denny (1832-1903) and his wife Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916) on one of their many land investments in Seattle's north end. The cemetery straddles Aurora Avenue N beginning just beyond N 109th Street. Most members of David's branch of Denny family, and that of his cousin Henry Levi Denny, are buried there. Begun as the Oak Lake Cem...
Wikipedia =Goddard College is an accredited private liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, Port Townsend, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor institutions dating to 1863, Goddard College was founded in 1938 as an experimental and non-traditional educational institution based on the ideas of John Dewey: that exp...
Located in King County, Mountain View Cemetery was established November 8, 1890, a full year before the town of Slaughter was incorporated as a 4th class town. (The name was changed to Auburn in 1893). At the instigation of social societies, including Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, the Mountain View Cemetery Association was formed for the purpose of purchasing land wel...
This cemetery is located on 3400 South 140th Street, Tukwila, King County, Washington. Find a Grave Billion Graves
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Seahawks are owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and ...
City University of Seattle (CityU) is a private university in Seattle, Washington. In 2016–17, CityU enrolled 6,755 students worldwide. The university consists of the School of Business and Management, The School of Education and Leadership, The School of Technology and Computing, The School of Health and Social Sciences, and Washington Academy of Languages. CityU of Seattle offers campus educa...
Wikipedia Tahoma National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Kent, in King County, Washington. Find a Grave
On December 1, 1889, Calvary Cemetery was blessed and formally dedicated as a Diocesan Cemetery by Fr. Louis Schram, the Vicar General for Bishop Junger of the Diocese of Nesqually in the Territory of Washington. Since that time more than 45,000 people have been buried in Calvary Cemetery. Strolling the 40-acre grounds of Calvary Cemetery is a walk though Seattle’s past. Members of the Catholi...
Official Website Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington , United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle . It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area. The city's name is derived from the French term belle vue ("beautiful view"). Bellevue is home to some of the world's largest technology companies. Before and after the 2008 recession,...
Wikipedia Seattle University (SU) is a Jesuit Catholic university in the northwestern United States, located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools and is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges a...
The cemetery is located on 14951 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located in Seattle, King County, Washington. Also known as Free Methodist Cemetery and Seattle IOOF Cemetery, the earliest burials date from the 1840s through the present. The cemetery is still active. One of Seattle's oldest burying places, and comprised of several ethnic origins, denominations, and cultures. Nils Peterson, a Queen Anne Hill homesteader, deeded 10 a...
This project is for those buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington. In 1872, the Seattle Masonic Cemetery was incorporated. Located atop Capitol Hill, one of the renowned "Seven Hills of Seattle", the cemetery offered unbroken vistas of Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains to the east and Lake Washington and the Olympic Mountains to the west. The cemetery name was officially chan...
The team was founded in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots, an expansion team of the American League (AL), in Seattle, Washington. The Pilots played their home games at Sick's Stadium. After only one season, the team relocated to Milwaukee, becoming known as the Brewers and playing their home games at Milwaukee County Stadium. In 1998, the Brewers joined the National League.* Milwaukee Brewers (1970–pr...