Carnation (Lushootseed: tultxʷ)[5][6] is a city in King County, Washington, United States.

The city is located east of Redmond and south of Duvall on State Route 203.

[5] The x̌alalʔtxʷ was a giant longhouse which served as a sort of capitol building, where council was held by both local elders and visiting leaders.

Elders taught valuable skills and knowledge, such as Snoqualmie language, customs, and laws.

During the colonial period, the village served as the de facto capital of the Snoqualmie chiefdom under Patkanim.

[5][6] Tolt was incorporated as a town on December 30, 1912, shortly after the arrival of the Milwaukee Road, which provided train connections to Monroe in the north.

[15][8] The renaming of the town was opposed by local residents and members of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, and later changed back to Tolt on May 3, 1928.

[7] The "Carnation" name remained on the post office and train depot, and continued to be used by outsiders.

[7] During the late 20th century, Carnation moved away from dairy farming and became a community for job centers in the Eastside, growing to a population of 2,158 by 2020.

Founded in the early 1980s, Camlann is devoted to teaching and entertaining schools, clubs, families, and individuals about what life in England in 1376 would have been like.

[21] Remlinger Farms is a functioning farm located less than one mile (1.6 km) outside of the town center where families can spend time around crops, eat locally raised and grown food, and go on park rides.

[24] This rate is considerably higher than nearby cities like Redmond (50.19%), Bellevue (53.78%), and Seattle (44.91%).

[28] Law enforcement services in Carnation has changed hands several times throughout its history.

Until late 2004, the King County Sheriff's Office provided law enforcement services to the city on a contract basis.

Effective January 1, 2014 the city is again contracting with the King County Sheriff's Office.