Renton, Washington

**Renton** is a city in King County, Washington, United States.  It is 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington. Renton is on the southeast shore of Lake Washington. At the 2020 census, 106,785 people lived there. As of 2020, Renton is the 8th largest city in Washington, and 4th largest in King County.

Based on median household income, Renton ranked 171st of 599 areas ranked in the state of Washington in 2014.

## Notable residents

- Jimi Hendrix, famous musician, buried in the city's Greenwood cemetery since 1970.
- Ann Rule, the true crime novelist currently resides in Renton.
- Sean Kinney, drummer of Alice in Chains grew up in Renton.
- Bonnie Guitar, singer in the 50's and 60's, gave singing lessons as Bonnie Tutmarc, in the early 50's.
- Tim Lincecum, famous Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants grew up in Renton, and attended Liberty HS.
- Brandon Roy, NBA basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers, resides in Renton.
- Jamal Crawford, NBA player for the Golden State Warriors, has a home in Renton and resides there during the off-season.
- Kristina Horner, Eia Waltzer, Brittany Vahlberg, and Nick Horner, members of the wizard rock group The Parselmouths

## Other websites

- Renton city government webpage

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Renton, Washington
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Renton aerial, April 2023.png
- **image caption**: Aerial view of Renton
- **image blank emblem**: Renton Logo.png
- **blank emblem type**: Wordmark
- **image map**: King_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Renton_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location of Renton in
King County and Washington
- **pushpin map**: USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in the United States
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Washington (state), Washington
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Washington, County
- **subdivision name2**: King County, Washington, King
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Armondo Pavone
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: August 18, 1885
- **established title1**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date1**: September 6, 1901
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 65.36
- **area land km2**: 60.80
- **area water km2**: 4.56
- **area total sq mi**: 25.23
- **area land sq mi**: 23.47
- **area water sq mi**: 1.76
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 106785
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population rank**: WA: List of municipalities in Washington, 8th
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific (PST)
- **utc offset**: −8
- **timezone dst**: PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −7
- **elevation m**: 14–125
- **elevation ft**: 46–410
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 98055–98059
- **area code**: Area code 425, 425
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 53-57745
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1512599