Shadow Lake is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...
(CDP) in
King County
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,
Washington
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,
United States
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. The population was 2,262 at the
2010 census.
Geography
Shadow Lake is located in southwestern King County at (47.401561, -122.069418).
It is bordered to the southeast by the city of
Maple Valley, to the south by the city of
Covington, and to the north by the
Maple Heights-Lake Desire CDP. SE Petrovitsky Road forms the northeast border of the community. Shadow Lake is southeast of downtown
Seattle
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and northeast of
Tacoma.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.67%, are water.
The namesake Shadow Lake water body is in the western part of the CDP.
Tahoma National Cemetery
Tahoma National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in unincorporated King County, Washington. It encompasses , and as of the end of 2019, had over 60,000 interments, compared to the end of 2008 with 23,479 interments, and 15,924 interme ...
is located at (47.38722, -122.09354) in the southwest part of the CDP, off SE 240th Street.
References
{{King County, Washington
Census-designated places in King County, Washington