History of Auburn, Washington
Auburn is a city of 40,314 (2000) located in the U.S. state of Washington, in King County, Washington|King County with some spill-over into Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County. Though founded before either Seattle, Washington|Seattle or Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma (Seattle metropolitan area) had suburbs, Auburn is now often thought of as a suburb of these two cities. Auburn is roughly bordered by the suburbs of Federal Way, Washington|Federal Way, Pacific, Washington|Pacific, and Algona, Washington|Algona to the west, Sumner, Washington|Sumner to the south, unincorporated King County, Washington|King County to the east, and Kent, Washington|Kent to the north. The Muckleshoot|Muckleshoot Indian Reservation is nearby.
Auburn also hosts the third largest Veteran's day parade West of the Mississippi River.
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