 renton is a city in king county, washington, united states. situated  southeast of downtown seattle, washington, renton straddles the southeast shore of lake washington, at the mouth of the cedar river. while long an important salmon fishing area for native americans, renton was first settled by people of european descent in the 1860s, and its early economy was based on coal mining, clay
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