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Towns in Snohomish County
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Alderwood Manor
Andron
Arlington
"Arlington, a town in Snohomish County. When the railroad's arrival
gave promise of a city there Morris G. Haller called it Haller City in 1888 in honor of his father. Two years later,
Earl & McLeod, railroad contractors, purchased the townsite and changed its name to honor the memory of Lord
Henry Arlington, one of the notorious 'Cabal' cabinet of Charles II., of England."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Barco
Bedal
Beverly Acres
Brier
Bromart
Bryant
"Bryant, a town in Snohomish County. It was probably named for the
Bryant Lumber and Shingle Company, about 1892."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Canyon Park
Casino Corner
Cathan
Cathcart
"Cathcart, a town in Snohomish County, named in honor of Isaac Cathcart,
a prominent lumberman who located there in early days."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Cavalero Corner
Cedar Valley
Cicero
Clearview
Darlington
Darrington
"Darrington, a town in Snohomish County. It was intended as an honor
for a man named Barrington, but the first letter got mixed in conferring the name."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Delta Junction
Echo Lake
Edgecomb
"Edgecomb, a town in the northwestern part of Snohomish County. Carl
Ostrand filed a homestead there in 1888. The next year, the Northern Pacific Railroad was built and John Edgecomb
opened up a logging camp in 1890. The spur was named for him and the name has continued."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Edgewater
"Edgewater, a town on the Columbia River, in the southwestern part
of Skamania County. The name is descriptive."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Edmonds
"Edmonds, a town on the shore of Puget Sound, in the southwestern
part of Snohomish County. The first settlement was made there on October 10, 1866, by Pleasant H. Ewell. George
Brackett visited the place in 1870 and six years later purchased land there. He built a store, began logging operations
and became postmaster for the settlement. Being a great admirer of Vermont's famous Senator George Franklin Edmunds,
he proposed that name for the postoffice. It was accepted but during the negotiations the spelling was slightly
changed to its present form."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
English
Esperance
Everett
"Everett, the county seat of Snohomish County, is situated on Puget
Sound, at the mouth of the Snohomish River. It was first platted on August 22, 1890, as "Port Gardner"
by W.J. Rucker and B.J. Rucker. Soon afterward a group of capitalists headed by Charles Colby of New York and Henry
Hewitt, Jr., of Tacoma, purchased land for the projection of a large commercial enterprise. The city was
enlarged and named in honor of Everett Colby, son of one of the promoters. The pet-name of the place is "City
of Smokestacks."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Fairmont
Firdale
Florence
"Florence, a town in Snohomish County. The site was first settled
in 1864 by Harry Marshall. Twenty years later F.E. Norton became postmaster of the first postoffice there, 1884.
The latter named the office, it is said, after his old sweetheart."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Fobes hill
Forest Glade
Fortson
Fryelands
Galena
Getchell
"Getchell, a town east of Marysville in Snohomish County, platted
by L.W. Getchell about 1894, his name being given to the town."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Gold Bar
"Gold Bar, a town on the Skykomish River in Snohomish County. The
region was named by prospectors in 1869. The town by the same name was platted on September 18, 1900, by the Gold
Bar Improvement Company."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Grace
Granite Falls
"Granite Falls, a town in Snohomish County, named from the falls in
the Stillaguamish River, where the bed of the stream and walls of the canyon are of granite. Early traders among
the Indians called the place "Portage." William M. Turner and F.P. Kistner settled there in 1884 and
the railroad put in its appearance in 1889. On August 4 1891, the townsite was recorded, the promoters being S.W.
Holland and T.K. Robe."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Halford
Halterman
Harbour Point
Hartford
"Hartford, a town in the west central part of Snohomish County. The
town was platted on June 23, 1891, by James V. Vanhorn and his wife Kate Vanhorn. It is the junction of the Northern
Pacific Railway's Hartford & Eastern or Monte Cristo branch line."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Hazel
"Hazel, a town in the north-central part of Snohomish County. P.D.
McMartin, pioneer, owned the land where the town is located. The name is in honor of the first child born in his
family."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
High Rock
Hyland
Index
"Index, a town in the southeastern part of Snohomish County and just
north of Index Mountain. It is claimed that the mountain got its name from the sharp pinnacle at its summit, pointing
upward like an index finger."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Intercity
Jamison Corner
John Sam Lake
Jordan
Kennard Corner
Kruse
Lake Bosworth
Lake Goodwin
Lake Ketchum
Lake Roesiger
Lake Stevens
Lakewood
Larimers Corner
Lochsly
Lowell
"Lowell, a suburb of Everett, in Snohomish County. The site was first
occupied in September, 1863, by Eugene D. Smith and Otis Wilson, loggers. When a postoffice was obtained in 1871
it was named by Reuben Lowe, a native of Lowell, Massachusetts."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Lynnwood
Machias
"Machias, a town on the Northern Pacific Railway in the west central
part of Snohomish County, named for Machias, Maine. The first settler there in 1877 was Charles Niemeyer. The town
was platted and named in 1888 by L.W. Getchell, son of a shipbuilder in Machias, Maine, who was successful in California,
Nevada and Washington."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Maltby
Martha Lake
Marysville
"Marysville, a town in the west central part of Snohomish County.
It was founded by J.P. Comeford, a native of Ireland who served in the Union army during the Civil War. While Indian
Agent at Tulalip in 1872, he purchased 1280 acres of land from John Stafford, Truman Ireland, Louis Thomas and
Captain Renton. In September, 1877, he began to construct a store and wharf. Among the first comers were James
Johnson and Thomas Lloyd of Marysville, California, who suggested that name for the new town."
Origin of Washington Geographical Names, 1923
May Creek
McKees Beach
Meadowdale
"Meadowdale, a town in the southwestern part of Snohomish County.
It was named by Robert Maltby, April 2, 1904, 'because cleaned up and into grass it would be one vast meadow.'
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Origins of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Mill Creek
Mission Beach
Monroe
Monte Cristo
"Monte Cristo, a mining district and town in the east central part
of Snohomish County. It was named in dramatic fashion on July 4, 1889, by Joseph Pearsall, a prospector who was
climbing over the hills and saw evidences of minerals. Through his field glasses he saw what he believed to be
a long and broad streak of galena. Waving his arms he shouted: 'It is rich as Monte Cristo!' From that hour the
name was established. L.W. Getchell organized the Silver Queen Mining and Smelting Company with a capital stock
of $5,000,000 and became general manager in 1890. A railroad was built between the new town of Monte Cristo and
Everett. When the mining interests declined the region remained famous as a resort for fishermen, hunters and campers."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Mountlake Terrace
Mukilteo
Murphys Corner
Nelsons Corner
Norman
North Creek
Osborn Corner
Oso
"Oso, a town in the north central part of Snohomish County. The original
name for the postoffice in 1889 was 'Allen,' an honor for John B. Allen, then Delegate to Congress and later United
States Senator. Soon a town appeared in Mason County with the name of Allyn, which caused the people of 'Allen'
to choose a new name."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Pearson Eddy
Perrinville
Pilchuck
Pinehurst
Priest Point
Rees Corner
Reiter
"Reiter, a town in the south central part of Snohomish County, named
by V.v. Clark in July 1906, in honor of Charles G. Reiter of East Orange, New Jersey, who was president of Bunker
Hill Mining and Smelting Company."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Riverside
Robe
"Robe, a town in the central part of Snohomish County, named for a
pioneer settler."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Roosevelt
Rowan
Seattle heights
Serene
Shaker Church
Silvana
Silverton
"Silverton, a town in the central part of Snohomish County, christened
on August 26, 1891, by a mass meeting of miners."
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Sisco
"Sisco, a town in the northwestern part of Snohomish County, named
for a pioneer of that name, who homesteaded land there about 1890. In 1900 the Stimson Company and the Standard
Logging Company opened up camps there and Sisco came into existence. Later the camps moved to different locations
and 'a shingle mill is Sisco's only lease on life.' "
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Smokey Point
Snohomish
Sobey
Spee-Bi-Dah
Stanwood
"Stanwood, a town in the northwestern part of Snohomish County, first
settled in 1866 as a trading post of Robert Fulton. Later George Kyle secured the claim and established a postoffice
known as Centerville. In 1877, D.O. Pearson built a store, wharf and warehouse. He became postmaster and had the
name changed to Stanwood, in honor of his wife's maiden name"
Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923
Startup
Stimson Crossing
Sultan
Sunny Shores
Swede Heaven
Thrashers Corner
Three Lakes
Totem Park
Trafton
Tulalip
Tulare Beach
Tulker
Turner Corner
Utsalady
Verlot
Wagner
Warm Beach
Weallup Lake
White Horse
Wintermutes Corner
Woodruff
Woods Creek
Woodway
