Editing Shoreline, Washington (section)

===Modern settlement===

Shoreline as is now known began in 1890 with the platting of the neighborhood of Richmond Beach, on [[Puget Sound]], in anticipation of the arrival of the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] the next year. Over the next two decades, Shoreline was connected to [[Seattle]] via the Seattle–[[Everett, Washington|Everett]] [[Interurban streetcar]] line (1906) and North Trunk Road (now Aurora Avenue N., [[Washington State Route 99|State Route 99]]) (1913), helping to increase its population.

The name "Shoreline" was applied to this stretch of unincorporated King County in 1944 when it was given to the school district, since the school district boundaries stretched from "Shore to Shore" ([[Puget Sound]] to [[Lake Washington]]) and "Line to Line" (the old Seattle city limit of 85th St to the [[Snohomish County]] Line).<ref>{{cite web |title=Shoreline History |url=https://www.shorelinewa.gov/our-city/about-shoreline/shoreline-history |publisher=City of Shoreline, Washington |access-date=February 15, 2024}}</ref> Though the modern borders of the city do not stretch to Lake Washington, the area has kept the "Shoreline" name. From 1950 to 1957, it was the fastest-growing area in the [[Seattle metropolitan area]], with a 64&nbsp;percent population increase.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 25, 1957 |title=Seattle, Suburbs Show 16.7% Gain In Population |page=37 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

After the incorporation of [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]] in 1961, the remainder of the Shoreline School District remained an unincorporated portion of King County. The school district remained the main identifier for the area for several decades; a set of [[welcome sign]]s were installed in 1983 by the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce bearing the name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=July 6, 1983 |title=Identity: 'Undefinded' Shoreline area moves toward putting itself on map |page=G1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The City of Seattle began studying an annexation of the area in 1988, causing local residents to organize an incorporation measure to retain their separate school system.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Don |date=January 10, 1998 |title=Fine schools draw many to community |page=D1 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> A half-century after it had been named, on August 31, 1995, Shoreline was officially incorporated as a code city, and it adopted the [[Council–manager government|council–manager form]] of government. It was the fourth-largest city in King County and tenth-largest in the state at the time of its incorporation.<ref name="Times-Official1995">{{cite news |last=Angelos |first=Constantine |date=August 31, 1995 |title=Shoreline becomes official today |page=B4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>