The village was known as təb(ɬ)tubixʷ in Lushootseed, literally 'Loamy Place' referring to the composition of the soil, known as loam.

[4] He would also establish Juanita Bay as a small port for steamers and ferries with the creation of a dock called Hubbard's Landing.

[1] Forbes moved his original Seattle-area house, first built in Madison Park, across the lake by barge, though this structure would have to be rebuilt following a fire in 1905.

[1] Around 1890, Forbes constructed a wooden causeway to connect the village to Kirkland's newly-established Market Street.

In 1950 a new, larger Juanita school was built to replace the small wooden one, and by the end of the decade most of the waterfront had been purchased by the county for public parks.

[7] As the farms and large homesteads around Juanita gave way to subdivisions and shopping centers in the 1960s, the village began to explore incorporation at the same time that neighboring Kirkland was looking to annex the area.