Editing Carnation, Washington (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Carnation, Washington
| settlement_type    = [[City government in Washington (state)|City]]
| image_skyline      = CarnationWa.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Carnation, Washington. July 4, 2004
| image_blank_emblem = Carnation,_Washington_official_logo.jpg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| image_map          = King_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Carnation_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Carnation, Washington
<!-- Location ----->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[King County, Washington|King]]
<!-- Government ---->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]<ref name=carnationgov>{{cite web|title=City Council|url=https://www.carnationwa.gov/council|publisher=City of Carnation|access-date=March 29, 2023}}</ref>
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Adair Hawkins<ref name=carnationgov/>
| leader_title1      = [[Deputy Mayor]] 
| leader_name1       = Jim Ribail<ref name=carnationgov/>
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
<!-- Area ----->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_53.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 3.07
| area_land_km2      = 3.00
| area_water_km2     = 0.07
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.18
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.16
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.03
<!-- Population ---->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
| population_total   = 2158
| population_density_km2 = 761.00
| population_density_sq_mi = 1970.64
<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 102
| coordinates        = {{coord|47|38|15|N|121|53|12|W|region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -------->
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 98014
| area_code          = [[Area code 425|425]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 53-10215
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2409989<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2409989}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.carnationwa.gov/|carnationwa.gov}}
| footnotes          = 
| native_name        = '''tultxʷ'''
}}

'''Carnation''' ({{Langx|lut|tultxʷ}})<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |publisher=Lushootseed Press |year=1994 |location=Seattle}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Waterman |first=T.T. |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography |publisher=Lushootseed Press |year=2011 |location=Seattle}}</ref> is a [[city]] in [[King County, Washington|King County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. It was historically known as '''Tolt''' and lies at the confluence of the [[Snoqualmie River|Snoqualmie]] and [[Tolt River|Tolt]] rivers.

The city is located east of [[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]] and south of [[Duvall, Washington|Duvall]] on [[Washington State Route 203|State Route 203]]. The population was 2,158 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web |title=2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US5310215 |access-date=May 14, 2022 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> Prior to American settlement, the area was occupied by a large village of the Snoqualmie. It was the center of Snoqualmie society in the 19th century. After the removal of the Snoqualmie to reservations, the city was resettled by Americans, who founded the city of Tolt in 1865. It became a thriving dairy town in the 20th century, eventually being renamed to Carnation in honor of the [[Carnation Evaporated Milk|Carnation Evaporated Milk Company]]. After being renamed again back and forth twice, the name Carnation stuck.<ref name="Phillips" /> In the 1990s, the city became a [[Commuter town|bedroom community]] for the [[Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside]] of [[Seattle]].<ref name="Times-Milk" />