University Place
University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 34,900 residents
- Description: city in Pierce County, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Belmarlow”, “University Place, WA”, and “University Place, Washington”
- Postal code: 98467
Places of Interest
Highlights include Titlow Beach and Charles Wright Academy.
Titlow Beach
Park
Photo: Farwestern, CC BY 3.0.
Titlow Beach is in Tacoma, Washington, USA. It is located along Puget Sound near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It has a beach, community center, park, water play area, one restaurant, a view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a small boardwalk, and is a popular scuba diving area. Titlow Beach is situated 2 miles north of University Place.
Charles Wright Academy
School
Charles Wright Academy is a coed private college preparatory school in University Place, Washington, offering Preschool to Grade 12. CWA is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the Northwest Association of Independent Schools. Charles Wright Academy is situated 2 miles south of University Place.
Oakland Alternative High School
School
Oakland Secondary School, originally the Oakland Alternative High School, is an alternative secondary school in Tacoma, Washington. It was built in 1912 by a prominent local architectural firm and is located at 3319 South Adams Street. Oakland Alternative High School is situated 2½ miles east of University Place.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fircrest and Lakewood.
Fircrest
Village
Fircrest is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,156 at the 2020 census.
Lakewood
Town
Photo: Veterans Health, Public domain.
Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community. Lakewood is situated 4 miles south of University Place.
Proctor District
Neighborhood
The Proctor District is a business district in the north end of Tacoma, Washington. Primarily a center for locals to shop, the District has cultivated a small town "urban village" character. Proctor District is situated 4 miles northeast of University Place.
University Place
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.22582° or 47° 13′ 33″ northLongitude
-122.53713° or 122° 32′ 14″ westPopulation
34,900Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)United Nations Location Code
US UUPOpen location code
84VV6FG7+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 150937472OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“University Place” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يونيفيرسيتي بليس”
- Basque: “University Place”
- Bulgarian: “Юнивърсити Плейс”
- Catalan: “University Place”
- Cebuano: “University Place”
- Chechen: “Юниверсити-Плейс”
- Chinese: “University Place”
- Chinese: “大学城”
- Chinese: “大學城”
- Croatian: “University Place”
- Danish: “University Place”
- Dutch: “University Place”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يونيفيرسيتى بليس”
- Esperanto: “University Place”
- French: “University Place”
- German: “University Place”
- Gilaki: “یۊنيورسيتي پلیس (واشينگتن)”
- Gilaki: “یۊنيورسيتي پلیس”
- Haitian: “University Place, Washington”
- Haitian: “University Place”
- Hebrew: “יוניברסיטי פלייס”
- Hungarian: “University Place”
- Irish: “University Place”
- Italian: “University Place”
- Japanese: “ユニバーシティプレース”
- Ladin: “University Place”
- Malagasy: “University Place, Washington”
- Malagasy: “University Place”
- Min Nan Chinese: “University Place”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “University Place”
- Norwegian: “University Place”
- Persian: “یونیورسیتی پلیس، واشینگتن”
- Persian: “یونیورسیتی پلیس”
- Polish: “University Place”
- Portuguese: “University Place”
- Russian: “Юниверсити-Плейс (Вашингтон)”
- Russian: “Юниверсити-Плейс”
- Serbian: “Јуниверсити Плејс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “University Place, Washington”
- Serbo-Croatian: “University Place”
- South Azerbaijani: “یونیورسیتی پلیس، واشینقتون”
- Spanish: “University Place (Washington)”
- Spanish: “University Place”
- Swedish: “University Place”
- Tatar: “Юниверсити-Плейс”
- Turkish: “University Place, Washington”
- Turkish: “University Place”
- Ukrainian: “Юніверсіті-Плейс”
- Uzbek: “University Place”
- Uzbek: “Университй Плаcе”
- Vietnamese: “University Place, Washington”
- Vietnamese: “University Place”
- Volapük: “University Place”
- Waray (Philippines): “University Place, Washington”
- Waray (Philippines): “University Place”
- Welsh: “University Place, Washington”
- Welsh: “University Place”
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