Puyallup (/pjuːˈæləp/ (About this soundlisten) pew-AL-əp or /pjuːˈɔːləp/ pew-AWL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. It had a population of 37,022 at the 2010 Census, with the Washington State Office of Financial Management estimating an increase to 42,361 as of 2019. The city’s name comes from the Puyallup Tribe of Native Americans and means “the generous people”. Puyallup is also home to the Washington State Fair, the state’s largest fair.

The Puyallup Valley was originally inhabited by the Puyallup people, known in their language as the spuyaləpabš, meaning “generous and welcoming behavior to all people (friends and strangers) who enter our lands.” The first white settlers in the region were part of the first wagon train to cross the Cascade Range at Naches Pass in 1853.