Welcome to Adelaide ...

Adelaide is located in King County<1>.

The location of Adelaide has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adelaide, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

Adelaide is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Adelaide ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Adelaide - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Georgia (2), Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Adelaide ...

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

• Seattle
  (11 miles [17.7 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 <4>
• Bellevue
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • 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 <4>
• Kent
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Kent is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
• Renton
  (12 miles [19.3 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 <4>
• Kirkland
  (5 miles [8 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 <4>
• Sammamish
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 <4>
• Shoreline
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline
  • Shoreline is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,197 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoreline <4>
• Burien
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burien
  • Burien is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burien <4>
• Bothell
  (9 miles [14.5 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 <4>
• Edmonds
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
  • Edmonds is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonds <4>

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 Adelaide. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Adelaide.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Adelaide. 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 Adelaide.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Adelaide ...

Looking for more information about Adelaide? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Adelaide, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Adelaide.

Adding Adelaide to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Adelaide 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 Adelaide was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Adelaide post office opened in 1886.

We also found Adelaide in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adelaide.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adelaide. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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