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  1. Website. rentonwa.gov. Renton is a city in King County, Washington, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown 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, [4] up from 90,927 ...

  2. Renton is a city in King County, Washington, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown 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 ...

  3. Apr 10, 2024 · Renton. Renton Public Library over the Cedar River, Renton, Wash. Renton, city, King county, western Washington, U.S., on the flats of the Cedar River at its mouth on Lake Washington, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Seattle. Settled on the site of a Duwamish Indian village in the 1850s and platted in 1876, it was named for William Renton, an ...

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  4. Renton’s history makes it a unique city for many reasons. Located at the juncture of the Black and Cedar rivers and Lake Washington, the land that had been Duwamish tribal homelands for centuries would become the City of Renton with the influx of coal miners, loggers, and other workers. By 1901 the area’s coal mining operations had brought ...

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  6. Apr 26, 2024 · The first non-Native settlers arrived in the area in the 1850s, about the same time the Denny Party and others made Seattle their home. The town of Renton was first platted in 1875 and incorporated as a fourth-class city in 1901. At that date, the population numbered barely more than 1,000 souls, but quickly doubled.

  7. Renton History Museum. Coordinates: 47.4801°N 122.2034°W. Renton History Museum sign. The Renton History Museum is a repository for objects and archives significant to the city of Renton in the state of Washington, United States. The museum has objects and archives of Renton's history and has exhibits and public programs for the community and ...

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