Kent is a city located in King County, Washington, United States. The sixth largest city in the state, Kent is in the heart of the Seattle–Tacoma metropolitan area. Kent is amalgamated to Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma via State Route 167, Interstate 5, and the Sounder commuter rail network. Incorporated in 1890, it is the second oldest incorporated city in King County, after Seattle. Kent’s population as of April 2010 was 92,411 according to the 2010 census. Annexation on July 1, 2010 increased the population by 11,000. Kent is generally at odds into 3 sections: West Hill (mixed residential and commercial along Interstate 5), Valley (primarily industrial and want ad with some medium density residential; significant parkland along Green River), and East Hill (primarily residential in the same way as retail).

The Kent area was first permanently decided by European Americans in the 1850s along the banks of what was after that the White River. The first settler was Samuel Russell, who sailed the White and Duwamish rivers until he claimed a plot of land southeast of modern-day downtown Kent in the spring of 1853. Russell was followed by several other settlers who speedily staked claims almost the area. The settlements were originally known as “White River” and difficult the town was called “Titusville” after an in advance settler by the say of James Henry Titus. (There is still a “Titusville Station” sign upon Gowe Street near First Avenue). In 1861 a reveal office was established under the state White River and was located at the farm of David and Irena Neely who arranged in modern-day Kent in 1854. In 1855 their farm was attacked by Native Americans taking into account David Neely served as a lieutenant in the Territorial Army. Another settler was Henry L. Yesler, who was the first sawmill operator in Seattle. By 1870 the population was 277 and whatever of the setting bottom-land had been claimed.

Throughout the 1860s and 70’s, grain and forage crops such as wheat, barley, oats, hay, and timothy accounted for much of the annual reward of farmers in the valley. During the late 1870s the town discovered hops production as a major source of income. Due to an aphid assault which affected hops crops in Europe, hops from the Puget Sound area began to command high prices. Hops were shipped from Titusville either by the river or via rail. In 1889 the town was renamed for the County of Kent, the major hops-producing region in England. Ezra Meeker was asked by the Northern Pacific Railroad to name its station. Meeker suggested that it be known as Kent as it was “Hop Capitol of the West”. Hops production in the White River valley came to an end soon after its own assault of aphids in 1891.

Kent was officially incorporated upon May 28, 1890, with a population of 793, the second city incorporated in King County. Seattle was the first.

After the point of view of the 20th century the Place turned to dairy cultivation and was home to a Carnation abbreviated milk plant. Flooding from both the Green and the White Rivers was a constant problem. In 1906, flooding changed the course of the White River, which reduced the flood hazard by half. The Green River continued to present problems until the creation of the Howard A. Hanson Dam at Eagle Gorge in 1962.