Duvall is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on SR 203 halfway between Monroe and Carnation. The population was 6,695 at the 2010 census, and is estimated to be 8,107 as of 2019. Take a look below for 15 awesome and fun facts about Duvall, Washington, United States.
1. The area that became known as Duvall was historically the home of the Snoqualmie and other ancestral Tulalip Native American tribes.
2. Following their relocation under the Treaty of Point Elliott, the area was homesteaded by veterans of the Civil War.
3. The center of present-day town was located on a hillside homesteaded by Francis and James Duvall, loggers who arrived in 1871.
4. An early milestone in the settlement of Duvall proper was the relocation of the town of Cherry Valley.
5. Around 1909, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad agreed to move Cherry Valley homes and businesses to Duvall in order to continue the construction of a railroad line along the Snoqualmie River.
6. The newly relocated town, briefly named Cosgrove after Samuel G. Cosgrove, underwent a real estate boom; streets and sidewalks were laid and a train depot was constructed.
7. This was followed by construction of a movie house, a drug store, a new schoolhouse, and several hotels.
8. By 1911, the Duvall Citizen began publishing regular editions of news events.
9. On April 28, 1968, nearly 3,000 fans attended a rock concert at a farm in Duvall where an upright piano was dropped from a helicopter. Performances included Country Joe and the Fish.
10. This concert is well known to locals as the Piano Drop.
11. This event inspired the Sky River Rock Festival which occurred later that year.
12. The town of Duvall has experienced a great amount of construction during the period of 2008–2009 with the aim of making the one-road town center more accessible and presentable to tourists.
13. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.49 square miles (6.45 km2), of which, 2.47 square miles (6.40 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.
14. The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, with adequate rainfall year-round. Due to its location relative to the Northern Cascades, the surrounding Snoqualmie Valley is subject to flooding from late fall to early spring. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Duvall has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated “Cfb” on climate maps.
15. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,695 people, 2,224 households, and 1,816 families residing in the city.
