Renton

Also known as Renton, Washington, Renton, WA

city in King County, Washington, USA

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Renton is a city located in King County, Washington, situated in the Seattle metropolitan area. It is an important regional hub that has developed as a major center for industry, commerce, and residential communities in the Pacific Northwest.

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Official name: Renton
Population: 106785
Area: 4.561455
Elevation: 14
Official website: www.rentonwa.gov
Image: Renton, WA city hall.jpg
Households: 39157
Dialing code: 425

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Commons category: Renton, Washington
postal code: 98059
inception: 1875-00-00
native label: Renton
P8168: Notaspidea
water as percent of area: 1.78
per capita income: 40594

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Renton is a city in King County, Washington, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Seattle, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River. As of the 2020 census, the population of Renton was 106,785, up from 90,927 at the 2010 census. The city is currently the 6th most populous municipality in greater Seattle and the 8th most populous city in Washington.

After a long history as an important salmon fishing area for Native Americans, Renton was first settled by people of European descent in the 1860s. Its early economy was based on coal mining, clay production, and timber export. Today, Renton is best known as the final assembly point for the Boeing 737 family of commercial airplanes, but it is also home to a growing number of well-known manufacturing, technology, and healthcare organizations, including Boeing Commercial Airplanes Division, Paccar, Kaiser Permanente, Providence Health & Services, UW Medicine, and Wizards of the Coast.