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History · Hunts Point

Hunts Point was first counted by the census in 1960

Most of Hunts Point was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1960.

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Quick answers

How Hunts Point began

When was Hunts Point founded?

1960

Hunts Point first appears in the census in 1960.

First census: 428 in 19602020 census: 45766 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about Hunts Point’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hunts Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hunts Point’s history is told.

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The story

How Hunts Point came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hunts Point.

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Leigh S. J. Hunt, a resident of nearby Yarrow Point, purchased the yet-to-be-named property of Hunts Point on March 13, 1890. He wanted the property so that he could cut down the tall evergreen trees that grew out at the end, obstructing his view of Lake Washington. Around 1900, the property was taken over by Puget Sound National Bank and sold to a group of Seattle men who used it as a family retreat for Sunday picnics and summer camping.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hunts Point, decade by decade

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Hunts Point, WA - town hall 032020Hunts Point, WA - town hall 03Hunts Point, WA - town hall 022020Hunts Point, WA - town hall 02Hunts Point, WA - town hall 012020Hunts Point, WA - town hall 01Hunts Point, WA - stone garden near town hall 012020Hunts Point, WA - stone garden near town hall 01
On the map

Hunts Point on the map, 1950 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hunts Point. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hunts Point on the 1950 USGS mapHunts Point on the 1968 USGS mapHunts Point on the 1973 USGS map1950Kirkland sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hunts Point.

People over time

Hunts Point, census by census

01002003004005006001960198020002020Peak: 578

Between 394 and 578 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hunts Point’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hunts Point

Nobody well known was born in Hunts Point itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bill GatesAmerican businessman, investor, and philanthrop… · b. 1955
Jimi HendrixAmerican guitarist · b. 1942
Larry SangerAmerican former professor, co-founder of Wikipe… · b. 1968
Paul AllenAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-fou… · b. 1953
Linda B. BuckAmerican biologist · b. 1947
Chris CornellAmerican musician · b. 1964
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Boddy

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Yarrow PointIts storyDMedina2 historic placesC

Questions about Hunts Point’s history

What year was Hunts Point founded?

The Hunts Point post office opened in 1960, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.