Key Center

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Key Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Key Center had a population of 3,863. The community is located on Key Peninsula.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Key Center, WA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Washington

• Raft Island
  4.1 mi away
• Stansberry Lake
  4.1 mi away
• Home
  4.2 mi away · pop. 1,665
• Artondale
  5.1 mi away
• Rosedale
  5.8 mi away
• Fox Island
  7.2 mi away
• Canterwood
  7.8 mi away
• Purdy
  8.4 mi away
• Maplewood
  9.4 mi away
• Ruston
  11.6 mi away
• Anderson Island
  13 mi away
• Fircrest
  13.2 mi away

Browse all places in Washington →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Key Center

Pictorial keys to arthropods, reptiles, birds, and mammals of public health significance

National Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) · 1967

Launching a new business venture

1997

The process of learning to dress among nursery-school children

Cora Beale Key · 1936

Key Players in Global Health

Katherine E. Bliss · 2010

Georgetown University Law Center presents environmental regulation & litigation

Georgetown University. Continuing Legal Education Division · 1986

Equal opportunity

National Equal Opportunity Training Conference (11th 2000 Washington, D.C.) · 2000

Annotated bibliography on inservice training for key professionals in community mental health

National Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) · 1969

An Ecologically Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Flora at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Field Biology, with Keys

Higman, Daniel; edited by Dennis Whigham, Geoffrey Parker, and Olav Oftedal · 2016

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 71 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 80 mi
• Wildfire HIGH LAVA, Skamania, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-23 · 105 mi
• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 110 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 114 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 116 mi
• Wildfire RANSIER, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 116 mi
• Wildfire Signal Peak, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-24 · 117 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Cascara

Frangula purshiana

Seen 2026-09-11

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Seen 2026-09-11

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Seen 2026-09-10

Wrinkled Crust

Phlebia radiata

Seen 2026-09-10

tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-09

Pacific Sideband

Monadenia fidelis

Seen 2026-09-09

Black Slug

Arion ater

Seen 2026-09-09

Northern Alligator Lizard

Elgaria coerulea

Seen 2026-09-08

Purple Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus nudus

Seen 2026-09-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).