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Welcome to Stuck ...

Stuck is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stuck, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Stuck is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stuck: 253

Communities near Stuck ...

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

  • Tacoma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Federal Way
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Burien
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Puyallup
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Issaquah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • University Place
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Des Moines
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stuck ...

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

Adding Stuck to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stuck post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stuck.

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 Stuck - 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/