Newcastle Real Estate
Newcastle, Washington, is an affluent city in King County, with a population was 9,175 in 2006.
Based on per capita income; Newcastle ranks 23rd of 522 in the state of Washington.
Newcastle was most likely named after Newcastle upon Tyne in England, as it was originally a coal mining town founded in the 1870s. Coal mining ended in 1963. The area was an unincorporated area within King County until it incorporated as a city in on September 30, 1994. Currently the city is a suburban community; most residents work in nearby Seattle, Bellevue, or Renton. The most notable attraction of the area is probably The Golf Club at Newcastle.