Clyde Hill City is located on the east shore of Puget Sound. The climate is typically mild, with August and July being the most comfortable months and December being the coldest. The city has a cosmopolitan vibe and a compact downtown area. The city has a population of 3,398. In the past decade, it has grown by 9.8%.
The town began to grow and become incorporated in 1953, when residents voted to incorporate the city. The first Mayor was Ken Day, who defeated Don Clark in the election. The first Councilmembers were elected on write-in votes and included John Woodin, who later became the Town's first Treasurer. Two other members of the council, Priscilla Alden Townsend and Roger Bryan, were appointed as Police Judge and Marshall, respectively.
Clyde Hill's population grew steadily in the 1960s, with 85 percent of streets paved. In addition, most major intersections had streetlights. In 1970, the city had a population of 3,150 people. By the end of that decade, the population had grown by 68 percent.
Clyde Hill is a pleasant community located in King County. Its Eastside location makes it easy to confuse it with its neighbor Bellevue, although the two are very different in many ways. The town began as a small farm town in the late nineteenth century, with fruit and vegetable farmers settling the area. However, rapid growth began in the early twentieth century, and the town soon turned into a bucolic Eastside suburb.