Welcome to East Seattle ...

East Seattle is located in King County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Seattle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

A typical abbreviation for East Seattle: E. Seattle

East Seattle is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities near East Seattle ...

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

• Seattle
  (4 miles [6.4 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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • 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
  (14 miles [22.5 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
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • 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>
• Federal Way
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Way
  • Federal Way is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,307 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Federal Way <4>
• Kirkland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • 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>
• Auburn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,024 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <4>
• Redmond
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 <4>
• Sammamish
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • 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
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • 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>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Seattle ...

Looking for more information about East Seattle? 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 East Seattle, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Seattle.

Adding East Seattle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Seattle post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Seattle.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Seattle. 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/