Stanwood, Washington

Stanwood
City
Welcome sign in eastern Stanwood
Seal
Nickname:  Twin City[1]
Location of Stanwood, Washington
Coordinates: 48°14′32″N 122°21′4″W / 48.24222°N 122.35111°W / 48.24222; -122.35111
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Snohomish
Incorporated	October 19, 1903
Named for	Clara Stanwood Pearson
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Sid Roberts
Area [2]
• Total	2.94 sq mi (7.62 km2)
• Land	2.93 sq mi (7.59 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	7,705
• Estimate  (2022)[4]	8,804
• Density	2,629.69/sq mi (1,015.15/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98292
Area code	360
FIPS code	53-67455
GNIS feature ID	1512690[5]
Website	stanwoodwa.org

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.

The city was historically home to several food processing plants, which were its largest employers, and was mainly populated by Scandinavians. Since the 1990s, Stanwood has grown into a bedroom community for Seattle and Everett and has annexed uphill areas that were developed into suburban subdivisions. Stanwood is primarily served by State Route 532, which connects Camano Island to Interstate 5, and also has a train station that opened in 2009.