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Profile of Kent’s Annexation Area

Kent’s annexation area is located east of the City of Kent, on the west plateau of Soos Creek. Encompassing an area of five square miles and a population of approximately 24,000, the area includes the communities of Benson Hill and Panther Lake as well as neighborhoods near Soos Creek Park.

How did annexation areas come about?

As part of the implementation of the Growth Management Act, Kent and King County established the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) in 1995. Land inside that line is defined as urban, and must have urban densities, and land outside the UGB is to remain rural. Most land within incorporated cities is "urban"; however, between city limits there are "islands" of mostly residential areas that still remain within unincorporated county areas. Throughout King County, these unincorporated urban areas were designated as "Potential Annexation Areas" (PAAs) and each area was assigned to a city that agreed to consider annexing it at some point in the future.

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