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 upon July 1, 2010 increased the population by 11,000. Kent is generally divided into 3 sections: West Hill (mixed residential and public notice along Interstate 5), Valley (primarily industrial and advertisement with some medium density residential; significant parkland along Green River), and East Hill (primarily residential with 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 home southeast of modern-day downtown Kent in the spring of 1853. Russell was followed by several further settlers who quickly staked claims approaching the area. The settlements were originally known as “White River” and complex the town was called “Titusville” after an to the lead settler by the declare of James Henry Titus. (There is yet a “Titusville Station” sign upon Gowe Street close First Avenue). In 1861 a pronounce office was established under the reveal White River and was located at the farm of David and Irena Neely who decided in modern-day Kent in 1854. In 1855 their farm was attacked by Native Americans later 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 environment 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 belligerence which affected hops crops in Europe, hops from the Puget Sound Place began to command tall 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 broadcast 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 terminate soon after its own belligerence 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 slope of the 20th century the area turned to dairy crop growing and was home to a Carnation reduced 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 gift problems until the commencement of the Howard A. Hanson Dam at Eagle Gorge in 1962.