North Admiral (or simply the Admiral District) is the oldest neighborhood in
West Seattle
West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an i ...
,
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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. In the early 1900s, it was connected to
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
by ferries and a cable car. These ferries included the paddle steamers
''City of Seattle'' and
''West Seattle''.
[Kline and Bayless, ''Ferryboats'', pp 5–8.]
The North Admiral district is the location of
West Seattle High School
West Seattle High School (known to students as "Westside") is a comprehensive public high school in Seattle's West Seattle neighborhood that serves grades nine through twelve as part of the Seattle Public Schools.
History and facilities
The s ...
, which is adjacent to
Hiawatha Playfields and Community Center, the oldest community center west of the Mississippi. North Admiral is also home to
Schmitz Preserve Park, 53.1 acres of
old-growth forest traversed by 1.7 miles of hiking trails. The neighborhood name implies that it is at the north end of Admiral Way S.W.; however, Admiral Way runs east and west and crosses California Avenue S.W. north of the major junction at S.W. Alaska Street and California. Thus the name ''North Admiral'' combines the orientation to The Junction with the name of the main cross street.
The population of the area is approximately 22,241, based on the estimates of the U.S. Census.
Notes
References
* Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., ''Ferryboats – A Legend on Puget Sound'', Bayless Books, Seattle 1983
External links
Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas — North Admiral
West Seattle, Seattle
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