Kirkland, Washington

**Kirkland** is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle. Its population was 92,175 at the 2020 census. It is on the coast of Lake Washington.

## History

The land around Lake Washington was first settled by Native Americans. English settlers arrived in the late 1860s. More families settled the area in the 1870s. By the end of the 1880s, there were a small number of communities that logged, farmed and built boats.

In 1886, Peter Kirk, a businessman, wanted to start a steel mill in Washington near the water. Leigh S. J. Hunt, a newspaper owner, said that he would be Kirk's partner. They bought land in July 1888. They started building a steel mill shortly afterwards. Kirk started the city of Kirkland in 1888. The steel mill was completed in late 1892. The mill later closed because of financial problems. It had not made any steel.

Kirkland was finally incorporated in 1905. Its population was approximately 532.

In the early 1900s, the Curtis family had a business that made boats. In later years, wool milling and warship building were the major industries.

### Annexations

Kirkland has consolidated with other towns and annexed land many times. The area of Kirkland is now approximately 12 times its area when it was incorporated in 1905.

### Landmarks

The city of Kirkland has said that three buildings are city landmarks.

|Landmark|Built|Listed|Address|Photo|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Heritage Hall|1922|2000|NW corner of Market St. & Lake Ave. W.|Heritage Hall (historical First Church of Christ, Scientist - now home to Kirkland Heritage Society) in 2010|
|Peter Kirk Building|1890-92|2003|620 Market Street|Peter Kirk Building in 2006|
|Kirkland Woman's Club|1925|2011|407 First Street|Woman's Club building in 2009|

## Geography and climate

Kirkland is located at  (47.685821, -122.191729). Lake Washington is west of the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of .  of this is land and  is water.

### 2020 census

In the 2020 census, there were 92,175 people, 38,037 households, and 23,835 families living in Kirkland. The population density was 5,176.6 people per square mile (1,998.7/km²). There were 40,019 housing units. The breakdown by race was 65.5% White, 17.9% Asian, 2.1% Black, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.6% from one other race, and 10.3% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 7.9% of the people.

The median (middle) age was 37.9 years. The age breakdown was 20.6% under age 18, 65.8% from 18 to 65, and 13.6% over 65. The gender breakdown was 49.4% male and 50.6% female.

Of the households, 29.2% had children under age 18, 51.1% had a married couple, 7.1% had an unmarried couple, 23.9% had a woman with no partner, 17.9% had a man with no partner, and 27.9% had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.39 people.

## Government and politics

Kirkland has a council-manager form of government; there are seven council members. The city council selects one of their members to be the mayor from among its members. , the mayor is Kelli Curtis and the city manager is Kurt Triplett.

## Sports

Kirkland was the original home of the Seattle Seahawks. Now, this team is based in Seattle.

## Sister city

Kirkland has one sister city. It is Emmerich, Germany.

## Notable people

- Layne Staley, lead singer of Alice in Chains (died 2002)

## Other websites

- City of Kirkland Government
- Kirkland Arts Center
- Kirkland Heritage Society

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Kirkland, Washington
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Aerial Kirkland Washington November 2011.JPG
- **image caption**: The downtown waterfront area of Kirkland, on the shores of Lake Washington
- **image map**: King_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kirkland_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Kirkland within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington (state), Washington
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Washington, County
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision name1**: Washington (state), Washington
- **subdivision name2**: King County, Washington, King
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council–manager
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader title2**: City manager
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1888
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1905
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 22.66
- **area total km2**: 58.69
- **area land sq mi**: 17.81
- **area land km2**: 46.12
- **area water sq mi**: 4.86
- **area water km2**: 12.58
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 92175
- **population density km2**: 2016.80
- **population density sq mi**: 5223.52
- **population rank**: US: 370th
WA: 13th
- **timezone**: Pacific Standard Time Zone, Pacific
- **utc offset**: −8
- **timezone dst**: Pacific
- **utc offset dst**: −7
- **elevation m**: 4–152
- **elevation ft**: 14–500
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 98033, 98034, 98083
- **area code**: Area code 425, 425
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 53-35940
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1512352