<Tr> <Th> GNIS feature ID </Th> <Td> 1533331 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> redmond.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) east of Seattle, within the high - tech enclave of Seattle metropolitan area . The population is estimated at 62,458 in 2016, up from 54,144 in the 2010 census . Redmond is commonly recognized as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America . With an annual bike race on city streets and the state's only velodrome, Redmond is also known as the "Bicycle Capital of the Northwest". </P> <P> Native Americans have lived in the Redmond area for over 10,000 years, based on artifacts discovered at the Redmond Town Center archaeological site and Marymoor Prehistoric Indian Site . The first European settlers arrived in the 1870s . Luke McRedmond filed a Homestead Act claim for land next to the Sammamish Slough on September 9, 1870, and the following year Warren Perrigo took up land adjacent to him . The rivers and streams had so many salmon that the settlement was initially named Salmonberg . More settlers came, and with the establishment of the first post office in 1881, the name of the community was changed to Melrose . The new name was derived from the Perrigos' successful inn, Melrose House, which upset McRedmond . After becoming postmaster, he successfully petitioned to have the name changed to Redmond in 1883 . </P>

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