Stanwood
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city in Washington State, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish
- Incorporated
- October 19, 1903
- Named after
- Clara Stanwood Pearson
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Sid Roberts
- Total
- 2.94 sq mi (7.62 km )
- Land
- 2.93 sq mi (7.59 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 6.6 ft (2 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 8,804
- Density
- 2,629.2/sq mi (1,015.15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-67455
- Website
- stanwoodwa.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Stanwood
- Population
- 7705
- Area
- 7.349985
- Elevation
- 7
- Official website
- www.ci.stanwood.wa.us
- Image
- Stanwood WA Main St.jpg
- Households
- 2609
- Dialing code
- 360
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- postal code
- 98292
- Commons category
- Stanwood, Washington
- P8168
- Aiello
- water as percent of area
- 0.7868
- per capita income
- 34244
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Article
Stanwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The city is located 50 miles (80 km) north of Seattle, at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River near Camano Island. As of the 2020 census, its population is 7,705.
The Stanwood area has been home to the Stillaguamish people for thousands of years, who originally had a village at the present site of Stanwood. The modern city of Stanwood was later founded in 1866 as Centerville, adopting its current name in 1877 after the arrival of postmaster Daniel O. Pearson. It was platted in 1888 and incorporated as a city in 1903. The city was bypassed by the Great Northern Railway, which built a depot one mile (1.6 km) east that grew into its own separate town, incorporated in 1922 as East Stanwood. The two Stanwoods were civic rivals for several decades, until their governments were consolidated after a 1960 referendum was approved by voters.