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Kent is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is share of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan Place and had a population of 136,588 as of the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest municipality in greater Seattle and the sixth-largest in Washington state. The city is associated to Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma via State Route 167 and Interstate 5, Sounder commuter rail, and commuter buses.

Incorporated in 1890, Kent is the second-oldest incorporated city in King County, after Seattle. It is generally divided into three areas: West Hill (mixed residential and poster along Interstate 5), Valley (primarily industrial and classified ad with some medium-density residential; significant parkland along Green River), and East Hill (primarily residential past retail).

The Kent Place was first permanently fixed by European Americans in the 1850s along the banks of what was later the White River. The first settler was Samuel Russell, who sailed the White and Duwamish rivers until he claimed a scheme of estate southeast of modern-day downtown Kent in the spring of 1853. Russell was followed by several further settlers who speedily staked claims almost the area. The settlements were originally known as “White River” and far ahead the town was called “Titusville” after an in advance settler by the state of James Henry Titus. (There is still a “Titusville Station” sign upon Gowe Street close First Avenue). In 1861 a reveal office was established under the post White River and was located at the farm of David and Irena Neely who granted in modern-day Kent in 1854. In 1855 their farm was attacked by Native Americans gone David Neely served as a lieutenant in the Territorial Army. Another settler was Henry L. Yesler, who was the first sawmill operator in Seattle. By 1870 the population was 277 and everything of the atmosphere bottom-land had been claimed.