Seattle Annexation List

This list represents annexations though 1986.

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Map Area District Ordinance Number Ordinance Approved Effective Date Annexed
1 Area of first incorporation     12/2/1869
2 Area after charter amendment of 1875     11/12/1875
3 Area after charter amendment of 1883     11/28/1883
4 Area after charter amendment of 1886     2/4/1886
5 North Seattle annexation 1695 4/3/1891 5/3/1891
6 Seattle Tide Lands Plat filed     3/15/1895
7 South Seattle annexed 12898 10/20/1905 10/20/1905
8 Southeast Seattle 15172 1/7/1907 1/7/1907
9 Ravenna 15228 1/15/1907 1/15/1907
10 South Park 15917 5/3/1907 5/3/1907
11 Columbia 15918 5/3/1907 5/3/1907
12 Ballard 16083 5/29/1907 5/29/1907
13 West Seattle 16558 7/24/1907 7/24/1907
14 Rainier Beach 16909 9/12/1907 9/12/1907
15 Georgetown 23814 4/11/1910 4/11/1910
16 Laurelhurst 25791 11/30/1910 12/30/1910
17 Area surrounded by city in Section 20, T 24 N, R 4 E, WM Admitted by state laws of 1921    
18 Golden Gardens Park - county portion 70142 9/20/1940 9/20/1940
Amended by 70477 12/17/1940 12/17/1940
19 Haynes Park District in Sonora Precinct 71253 9/10/1941 10/10/1941
20 A portion of Sandpoint Precinct 71857 4/29/1942 5/29/1942
21 Portions of Buchanan and Yarbo Precinct 72266 11/10/1942 12/10/1942
22 A portion of Ziria Precinct 72412 2/10/1943 3/12/1943
23 A portion of Sonora Precinct et al. 73879 3/20/1945 4/19/1945
24 A portion of Maple Leaf No. 1 Precinct et al. 73880 3/20/1945 4/19/1945
25 Lake Ridge Division No. 3 and No. 4 Additions et al. 74432 11/28/1945  
Amended by 74602 2/22/1946 12/31/1945
26 A portion of the NE 1/4 Section 1, T 23 N, R 3 E, WM 74757 3/6/1946 4/8/1946
27 Lake Ridge Park 76422 10/30/1947 11/29/1947
28 A portion of Maple Leaf No. 1 Precinct 76962 4/28/1948 1/1/1949
29 A portion of the NE 1/4 Section 1, T 23 N, R 3 E, WM 77429 10/20/1948 1/1/1949
30 A portion of the SW 1/4 Section 32, T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 78749 2/28/1950 3/30/1950
31 A portion of the S 1/2 Section 31, T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 78825 4/1/1950 5/1/1950
32 A portion of Assessor's Plat of Endolyne 79226 8/22/1950 1/1/1951
33 Lot 151, Block 16, C. D. Hillman's Meadow Garden Addition, Division No. 2 79227 8/22/1950 1/1/1951
34 A portion of the SW 1/4 Section 33, T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 79228 8/22/1950 1/1/1951
35 A portion of the SW 1/4 Section 35, T 26 N, R 3 E, WM 80359 10/4/1951 1/1/1952
36 Northgate District in Sections 29 and 32, T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 81186 7/21/1952 8/20/1952
37 Sand Point District in T 25 N and T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 81655 1/13/1953 3/1/1953
38 Pinehurst District in Section 29, T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 81704 2/3/1953 3/1/1953
39 Greenwood District in T 26 N, R 3 and 4 E, WM 82425 11/2/1953 1/4/1954
40 Lake City District in T 26 N, R 4 E, WM 82426 11/2/1953 1/4/1954
41 Arbor Heights in Sections 2, 3, and 11, T 23 N, R 3 E, WM 83228 7/19/1954 9/1/1954
42 Roxbury Heights in Sections 1 and 12, T 23 N, R 3 E, WM 84568 10/31/1955 1/1/1956

Compiled in the office of the City Engineer. Under the direction of /s/ James W. Chase, Mapping Supervisor

Source: Myra L. Phelps. Public Works in Seattle: A Narrative History of the Engineering Department 1875-1975 (Seattle: Seattle Engineering Department, 1978)

Note: This list of annexations and the accompanying maps do not reflect annexations that occurred subsequent to its original publication. Corresponding data for these annexations is as follows:

District Ordinance Number Ordinance Approved Effective Date Annexed
Portions of Section 32, Township 26 N, Range 4 E, W.M., and Sections 5 and 6, Township 23 N, Range 4 E, W.M. 113093 9/29/1986 10/29/1986
A portion of Section 3, Township 23 N, Range 4 East, W.M. 107083 1/3/1978 2/2/1978