Eighth Street — Pacific City

Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Sal: Between Eighth Street and Ellingson Road. Sal: This is Pacific, a small city that straddles the line between King and Pierce counties. The first sign of a town here was a newspaper story. On June 10, 1906, the Seattle Times reported that more than 3,000 acres in the White River Valley had been bought by Clarence Hillman, a real-estate developer, and his wife Bessie Olive Hillman. Hillman platted a town and dubbed it Pacific City. It incorporated on August 10, 1909. Sal: The community arose after the Interurban, the electric railway between Seattle and Tacoma, which began service on…