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2020 Map of Poverty Bay

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Poverty Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Poverty Bay and the shoreline of Puget Sound define the western edge of this dense coastal corridor. The landscape is characterized by a high concentration of small kettle lakes and ponds, including Steel Lake, Lake Geneva, and Star Lake, which are interspersed among the expanding residential footprints of Federal Way, Des Moines, and Auburn. This 2020 layout reveals a highly developed infrastructure of local connectors like Military Rd S and Dash Point Rd that weave between older established neighborhoods like Woodmont Beach and Adelaide.

Tracing the southern border reveals the transition from King County into Pierce County, where Milton and Edgewood sit atop the bluffs overlooking Fife and the industrial drainage of Hylebos Cr. Genealogists will find several significant burial sites, including Gethsemane Cem and Mountain View Cem, situated within the urban grid. The map also documents educational and commercial hubs, such as DeVry University Washington, marking the area's modern role as a major suburban center.