Woodinville is a city located in King County, Washington. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,194. There is also a much larger population with Woodinville mailing addresses in adjacent unincorporated King and Snohomish county areas. Woodinville has waterfront parks on the Sammamish River, sweeping winery and brewery grounds, and densely wooded residential areas.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Woodinville ranks 34th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Woodinville was officially incorporated on March 31, 1993. The area was first settled in 1870 at about the same time as nearby Bothell and Kenmore, in area previously inhabited by the native Sammamish people. The area was named for Ira and Susan Woodin, early settlers who arrived in Woodinville in 1871.
Like other nearby towns, Woodinville began as a logging community, became a farming center in the early decades of the 20th century, and developed into a suburb of Seattle after World War II. The growth of Bothell in the early 1990s led to plans for annexation of Woodinville, and the residents of Woodinville responded by voting for incorporation in 1992. Incorporation was official early the next year.
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