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Lake City is a northeastern Seattle neighborhood located between Interstate-5 and Lake Washington, and stretching from NE 95th Street to the Seattle City line at NE 145th Street. In 1906 residents platted the area between 35th Avenue NE , the lake, NE 160th Street and NE 117th Street and called it Lake City.

Native Americans of the Duwamish tribe were the first residents of the area. They called themselves hah-chu-ahbsh, or "lake people". They lived in permanent settlements along the shore of Lake Washington where they fished, hunted, and gathered wild wapato bulbs and cattails.
Local mythology held by the "lake people" claimed that thunderbirds dwelled in the tall trees of the surrounding area and that in the lake its self, there lived monsters called jug-wahs!

Undeterred by the local tales one of the first Americans to visit the area was Isaac Ebey. Ebey explored much of the lake by canoe and, at that time, called it Lake Geneva. In the1850s The Puget Mill Co. bought much of the land. Providing jobs for the people of the area, the community to be knows as Lake City began to grow.

Today Lake City still retains much of its original small town atmosphere and feel but now provides the amenities found in any major city.
Much of the neighborhood is sheltered from traffic but is conveniently located for easy access to I-5, great shopping, eating and out-door activities (see links below).

Northgate Mall

University Village

Lake Washington

Burke-Gilman Trail

University of Washington

Census Data

Population: 34,994
Land Area: 5.37 miles2
Housing Units: 16,446
Water Area: 0.00 miles2
Total Area: 5.37 miles2
Population Density: 6,513.50*
Housing Density: 3,061.13
* Density per square mile of land area.

Useful Links

Lake City History

King5 News