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Welcome to Maury ...

Maury is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maury, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Maury is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Maury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Maury - they are located in Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia.

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

Communities near Maury ...

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

  • Seattle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Tacoma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bellevue
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • 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 <3>
  • Renton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Federal Way
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Auburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Burien
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Puyallup
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maury ...

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

Adding Maury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maury 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 Maury was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Maury post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/