Sammamish, Washington
City in the United States in King County
About Sammamish
Sammamish ( sə-MAM-ish) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 67,455 at the 2020 census. Located on a plateau, the city is bordered by Lake Sammamish to the west and the Snoqualmie Valley to the east. Sammamish is situated 20 miles east of Seattle, is a member of the Eastside, and is a part of the Seattle metropolitan area.
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How Sammamish is governed
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Residents of Sammamish
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Mayor
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Council
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Population over time
From 45,780 in 2010 to 67,455 in 2020 (+47.3%).
Show the numbers
| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 67,455 |
| 2010 | 45,780 |
History
Lake Sammamish and the adjacent plateau has been Duwamish, Suquamish, Snoqualmie, Sammamish, and Snohomish territory since the last Pleistocene glaciation, before contact with European people. They lived in longhouse villages in seven places on and near the coast of Sammamish Lake. Two of them were in present-day Sammamish.
The Sammamish Plateau was part of unincorporated King County for most of its recorded history. The first settlers arrived in the 1870s and established a trio of resorts by the 1930s. The community of Inglewood was established in 1889 with a plat filed with the county government. While the plateau remained predominantly rural, several other residential areas were established during the early 20th century. The Sunny Hills neighborhood was built in the 1960s and was followed by an elementary school.
Suburban homes, shopping centers, and schools were built on the plateau in the 1970s and 1980s. A vote in 1991 to join neighboring Issaquah failed, as did a vote on incorporation the following year. A renewed movement to become a city, born of frustration with development policies set by the county government, met with voter approval in 1998. Sammamish was officially incorporated on August 31, 1999. The city annexed Klahanie on January 1, 2016.
The city government approved plans in 2008 to develop a denser town center with mixed use zoning and taller buildings. The first two residential buildings and several commercial developments were completed over the following decade, but plans for the largest phase stalled into the 2020s. Construction began in 2024 on 38 townhomes in the phase, which is planned to be followed by more townhomes, 600 market rate apartments, and commercial space.
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