Welcome to Carnation ...

The city of Carnation is located on Puget Sound.

Carnation is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carnation, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Carnation has a population of 2,277 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Carnation is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Carnation lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Carnation: (425)

The ZIP code for Carnation: 98014<4>

Websites for Carnation ...

Official Website: www.ci.carnation.wa.us/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Carnation had an population of 2,277 people. This is an increase of 27.49% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 20.29% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Carnation had a population of 1,786 people. This makes Carnation the county's 35th most populous community.

The population of Carnation represents 0.03% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 167th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,786 people, the population of Carnation decreased 5.65% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,893 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Carnation.

Communities Also Named Carnation ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carnation - it's located in Oregon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carnation.

Communities near Carnation ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carnation.

• Seattle
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seattle
  • Seattle is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 769,714 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seattle <5>
• Bellevue
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Bellevue is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 148,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <5>
• Renton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renton
  • Renton is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,494 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Renton <5>
• Kirkland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Kirkland is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,431 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirkland <5>
• Redmond
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond
  • Redmond is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redmond <5>
• Sammamish
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammamish
  • Sammamish is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,960 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sammamish <5>
• Bothell
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothell
  • Bothell is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bothell <5>
• Issaquah
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Issaquah
  • Issaquah is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,681 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Issaquah <5>
• Mercer Island
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer Island
  • Mercer Island is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,912 people
• Kenmore
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmore
  • Kenmore is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,062 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenmore <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carnation. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carnation.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carnation. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carnation.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carnation. See our Newspapers Page for Carnation.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carnation ...

Looking for more information about Carnation? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Carnation, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Carnation.

Adding Carnation to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carnation in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Carnation was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Carnation post office opened in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carnation.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carnation: www.ci.carnation.wa.us/

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/