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White Center

White Center is an unincorporated area of , just south of and north of . The area embraces its nickname of 'Rat City', making it a part of its punk-rock mixed-ethnicity identity.
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  • Type: Town with 16,600 residents
  • Description: census designated place in King County, Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “White Center, WA” and “White Center, Washington”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Marra Farm and Kenyon Hall.

Park
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, a 4-acre plot of land in Marra-Desimone Park, , , Washington is one of only two historic agricultural parcels inside Seattle city limits that retains an agricultural use today; the other is .

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Park
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is a 32.9-acre park in the neighborhood of , . Fauntleroy Creek begins here. Nearby was called until 1922.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burien and West Seattle.

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is in , on just south of . Amidst the strip malls and car dealerships of suburban Seattle is 'Old Town' , a main street holding onto the area's early charm.

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is the large portion of west of the Duwamish River. Separated from the remainder of the city by topography, it has a decidedly less urban character, making it a surprisingly close getaway from the activity of the area.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , , . The population was 6,407 at the 2010 census. was formerly part of the CDP, which was split up for the 2010 census into and . is situated 3½ miles southeast of White Center.

White Center

Latitude
47.5164° or 47° 30′ 59″ north
Longitude
-122.3557° or 122° 21′ 21″ west
Population
16,600
Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)
Open location code
84VVGJ8V+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150941204
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5815759
Wiki­data ID
Q1511304
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“White Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وايت سنتر”
  • Basque: “White Center”
  • Catalan: “White Center”
  • Cebuano: “White Center”
  • Chechen: “Вайт-Сентер”
  • Chinese: “White Center”
  • Dutch: “White Center”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وايت سنتر”
  • French: “White Center”
  • German: “White Center”
  • Gilaki: “وایت سنتر (واشينگتن)”
  • Gilaki: “وایت سنتر”
  • Hungarian: “White Center”
  • Irish: “White Center”
  • Italian: “White Center”
  • Ladin: “White Center”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “White Center”
  • Persian: “وایت سنتر، واشینگتن”
  • Persian: “وایت سنتر”
  • Polish: “White Center”
  • Portuguese: “White Center”
  • Serbian: “Вајт Сентер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “White Center, Washington”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “White Center”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وایت سنتر، واشینقتون”
  • Spanish: “White Center (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “White Center”
  • Tatar: “Вайт-Сентер”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайт-Сентер”
  • Uzbek: “White Center”
  • Uzbek: “Wҳите Cентер”
  • Volapük: “White Center”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “White Center”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.