Seattle annexes South Seattle on October 20, 1905.

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On October 20, 1905, the Town of South Seattle is annexed to the City of Seattle. Seattle increases in size by .85 square miles.

South Seattle is an area from S Andover Street to S Brandon Street and from the Duwamish waterway to 16 Avenue S.

Sources:
Myra L. Phelps and Leslie Blanchard, Public Works in Seattle A Narrative History: The Engineering Department 1875–1975. (Seattle: Seattle Engineering Department, 1978), 218, 222.

By Greg Lange, January 17, 1999

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Map of Seattle annexations prepared by city engineer, 1938
Courtesy UW Special Collections