Editing Federal Way, Washington (section)

==History==
Originally a logging settlement, the area was first called "Federal Way" in 1929 in reference to a [[school district]].<ref name="Naming">{{cite web |url=http://www.federalwayhistory.org/Articles/FedWay_Schools2.pdf |page=2 |work=FederalWayHistory.org |title=Early Federal Way Schools and the Naming of the Federal Way Area |author=Historical Society of Federal Way |year=2004 |access-date=May 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720012754/http://www.federalwayhistory.org/Articles/FedWay_Schools2.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The name derived from [[U.S. Route 99#Washington|U.S. Route 99]] (now [[Washington State Route 99|State Route 99]] or [[Pacific Highway (United States)|Pacific Highway South]]), a federally-designated highway which ran through the state and connected Seattle to [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]].<ref name="Naming" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=James W. |year=1971 |title=Washington State Place Names |page=[https://archive.org/details/washingtonstatep00phil/page/49 49] |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=0-295-95158-3 |oclc=1052713900 |url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonstatep00phil |url-access=registration |via=[[The Internet Archive]] |access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref> Five existing schools consolidated operations into [[Federal Way Public Schools|School District No. 210]] in 1929 and planned construction of [[Federal Way High School]], which opened in 1930 and gave its name to the school district.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityoffederalway.com/about |title=About City of Federal Way |website=City of Federal Way |access-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225035117/http://www.cityoffederalway.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref> The local [[chamber of commerce]] adopted the name in the early 1950s.<ref name="CityHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?view=85 |title=City History |author=City of Federal Way |access-date=May 10, 2010 |work=CityOfFederalWay.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027170416/http://cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?view=85 |archive-date=October 27, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Attempts to incorporate the city were voted down in 1971, 1981 and 1985.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/4215 |title=Federal Way - Thumbnail History |last=Stein |first=Alan |website=Historylink |access-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215204248/http://historylink.org/File/4215 |url-status=live }}</ref> The voters eventually approved incorporation as a city on February 28, 1990;<ref name="CityHistory" /> the official act of incorporation was held at the Sportsworld Lanes bowling complex.<ref name=":1" />

===Growth since incorporation===
As part of the [[Washington State Growth Management Act]] of 1990 (GMA), Federal Way has identified areas of unincorporated King County as Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs) to be annexed to the city. Federal Way's current PAAs include the Star Lake and Camelot neighborhoods in [[Lakeland North, Washington|Lakeland North]] and the neighborhoods of Parkland, Lakeland, and Jovita in [[Lakeland South, Washington|Lakeland South]]. All of these neighborhoods are located east of the city proper. In 2004, the city annexed the Northlake, East Redondo, and Parkway neighborhoods, adding over 2,700 people and nearly {{convert|1|sqmi|sqkm|1}} of area. While Federal Way had previously considered Auburn's West Hill, Auburn annexed that along with Lea Hill in 2007.

In February 2007, the city announced formal plans to annex the majority of unincorporated land on its east border as one PAA named East Federal Way, comprising the Star Lake, Camelot, Lakeland, and Jovita neighborhoods,<ref name=oldpaamap>[http://www.cityoffederalway.com/folders/home/businesseconomicdevelopment/projectsconstruction/potentialannexationareaplanning/Large%20PAA%20map.gif PAA Community Level Subareas map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103090714/http://www.cityoffederalway.com/folders/home/businesseconomicdevelopment/projectsconstruction/potentialannexationareaplanning/Large%20PAA%20map.gif |date=January 3, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=newpaamap>[http://www.cityoffederalway.com/GetFile.aspx?id=12165 Federal Way Proposed Annexation Area map]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and a strip of Peasley Canyon Road connecting the two areas. Annexation of the area would add 20,000 people and nearly {{convert|7|sqmi|1}} to the city, creating the sixth largest city in Washington by population, at over 106,000 residents and nearly {{convert|29|sqmi}}.<ref name=eastfwannex>[http://www.cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?view=777 Proposed East Federal Way Annexation Area] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110100800/http://www.cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?view=777 |date=November 10, 2007 }}</ref>

On August 21, 2007, residents of the proposed East Federal Way annexation area rejected annexation to Federal Way by a 66% to 34% margin.<ref name=kcannex>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061010224300/http://www.metrokc.gov/annex//efedway.aspx East Federal Way annexation information] (King County)</ref> Opponents of the plan, favoring remaining under direct [[King County, Washington|King County]] government, asserted fears that increased density and higher taxes would result from annexation despite proponents showing studies that taxes and fees would be, in the immediate, unchanged.<ref name=tntannexresults>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/auburn/story/138421.html |work=[[Tacoma News Tribune]] |first=Mike |last=Archbold |title=Two annexation areas passing |date=August 22, 2007 |access-date=August 17, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2011, opponents of annexation petitioned King County to designate this same area as a [[township]], an undefined municipal structure that does not currently exist anywhere else in the state but which the state constitution provides for. Under the plan, township status would prevent the annexation of the area, which would be named Peasley Canyon Township.<ref name="township">{{cite news |newspaper=Federal Way Mirror |url=http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/news/125898333.html |title=Committee proposes new township in unincorporated King County |last=Hobbs |first=Andy |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727015840/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/news/125898333.html |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The King County Council declined to act on the proposal, and the county elections board denied the group a ballot item.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://peasleycanyontownship.org/?p=102 |title=Complaint filed with the courts |author=Jerry |date=August 17, 2011 |access-date=May 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711230950/http://peasleycanyontownship.org/?p=102 |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>