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King County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026

County Commission / Council meets: Most Tuesdays, 1:30 PM
Meeting location: Council Chambers, 516 3rd Avenue, Room 1001 (10th Floor), Seattle, WA 98104
Elections Director / Recording & Licensing Services Director: Julie Wise (Elections Director) · julie.wise@kingcounty.gov | Norman Alberg (Recording & Licensing Services Director) · norm.alberg@kingcounty.gov
Agendas posted at: https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/Calendar.aspx
County Council: Claudia Balducci (District 6) · Rod Dembowski (District 1) · Rhonda Lewis (District 2) · Sarah Perry (District 3) · Jorge L. Barón (District 4) · Steffanie Fain (District 5) · Pete von Reichbauer (District 7) · Teresa Mosqueda (District 8) · Reagan Dunn (District 9) — a Home Rule Charter county with a separately elected County Executive

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (20)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Towns (4)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (18)

Auburn School District
Bellevue School District
Enumclaw School District
Federal Way School District
Highline School District
Issaquah School District
Kent School District
Lake Washington School District
Mercer Island School District
Renton School District
Riverview School District
Seattle School District No. 1
Shoreline School District
Skykomish School District
Snoqualmie Valley School District
Tahoma School District
Tukwila School District
Vashon Island School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Emergency services districts (25)

King County FD No. 2 - Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department
King County Fire District No. 10 - Eastside Fire and Rescue
King County Fire District No. 13 - Vashon Island Fire and Rescue
King County Fire District No. 14 - Bellevue - Factoria area
King County Fire District No. 20 - Skyway/Bryn Mawr/Lakeridge area
King County Fire District No. 24 - Angle Lake
King County Fire District No. 27 - Fall City
King County Fire District No. 28 - Enumclaw
King County Fire District No. 31
King County Fire District No. 34
King County Fire District No. 40 - Spring Glen - South of Renton
King County Fire District No. 43 - Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety
King County Fire District No. 44 - South King County - Mountain View Fire and Rescue
King County Fire District No. 45, Duvall Fire - The communities of Lake Margaret and Lake Marcel
King County Fire District No. 47 - Rural southeast King County Selleck, Palmer and Kanaskat
King County Fire District No. 50 - Skykomish/Stevens Pass
North Highline, formerly King County Fire District No. 11
Northshore Fire Department (King County Fire District No. 16)
Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority
Shoreline Fire Department Regional Fire Authority
Shoreline Fire Department, formerly King County Fire District No. 4
Snoqualmie Pass Fire and Rescue - King County Fire District No. 51 (See No. 49 above)
South King Fire (Fire District No. 39)
Valley Regional Fire Authority
Woodinville Fire and Rescue (King County Fire District No. 36)

Source: MRSC Fire Protection Service Providers directory