Midland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,414 at the 2000 census.

The Place that we have agree know as Midland in part was often referred to by the pioneers as Puyallup Hill. Taking advantage of the Governments Donation Land Grant of 1850, both Ezra Meeker and his older brother Oliver Meeker arranged in the area in 1855. This was after their father, Jacob Meeker came west. Jacob fixed in the Place of South Tacoma. Not wanting to furious the hermetic Jacob talked both sons into upsetting to the mainland from their island house on McNeil Island. With this Ezra and Oliver staked out claims on the mainland next to each other. Ezra located his allegation on the north side of Oliver’s claim. These claims were described as the forest between Nisqually Plain and the Puyallup River.

Hudson Bay employees often referenced the northern halt of Nisqually Plain as the Puyallup Plain, which is all of South Tacoma and Lakewood. Just to the east of this was called the Puyallup Swamp, that Place to the north of Wapato Lake and south taking into consideration the base of the Puyallup Hill.

The claims’ combined borders are starting from the north and disturbing clockwise. The North attach is now the 88th hundred block. The East be oppressive to is now 24th Avenue E. jogging more than at 96th to Swan creek, and south to 104th Street E. The South be adjacent to is now 104th Street E. jogging beyond at 14th Avenue E to not far away off from 109th Street E. and west to Golden Given Road E. The West affix is now Golden Given Road E. Golden Given Road E is furthermore the east be adjacent to of the Jessie Dunlap Donation Land Claim next the north and south borders as regards the thesame as the amassed Meeker claims. Ezra talked of how his three closest neighbors were partnered by a road and trails. The tree-plant was so high and thick that it was impossible to look any of the neighbors’ houses. Come night it was impossible to look for the stars and moon could not penetrate the tree canopy.

A few years after the local uprising of the native populace more commonly known as the Indian War of 1855 & 56 and the death of his brother Oliver while on a relatives business vacation in San Francisco, Ezra became disenchanted past his allegation and in 1862 moved to Puyallup. Years unconventional with the claims finally secured from the organization both by Ezra and Oliver’s wife Amanda, the claims were then sold.