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| | Federal Way History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Because it was federally financed, the road was known locally as a "federal highway." The first school built along the route took the name "Federal Way," and, in 1929, area school districts were consolidated to form the Federal Way School District. |
 | | The Federal Way Historical Society says the city was once a line on a map in the 1840s when the British offered the first compromise after claiming sovereignty in the Oregon Territory south to the Columbia River. |
 | | Today the Federal Way Community is residential and commercial with a population employed locally and in neighboring cities such as Sea Tac, Kent, Auburn, Tacoma, Bellevue and Seattle. |
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