Enumclaw, Washington Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Enumclaw is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 11,116 at the 2000 census. The center of population of Washington is located in Enumclaw .

The name Enumclaw is derived from a local Native American word meaning "Place of evil spirits" and the city is named after a mountain about six miles north. The local Indians believed that the Thunder Bird lived in a cave on this mountain, and had changed tribesmen into thunder for all time.

Enumclaw was homesteaded in 1879 by Frank and Mary Stevenson. The first plats were filed six years later, and the city was incorporated on January 27, 1913.

It is home to the Enumclaw Courier-Herald newspaper and Mutual of Enumclaw, an insurer doing business in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. Enumclaw is the hometown of NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne and Boston Celtics player Brian Scalabrine, both graduates of Enumclaw High School. Poet Tony Tost was raised in the city. Musician Erica Dunham who writes under the moniker Unter null was raised in Enumclaw.

Enumclaw is located at 47.202401, -121.994044.

The city is located in the midst of flat, level farmlands and dairy farms. The flat geography in the middle of mountainous territory is due to the ancient Osceola Mudflow from nearby Mount Rainier.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.1 km² (3.9 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

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