Alderwood Manor

History

Alderwood Manor was a community that is now the cities of Lynnwood, Brier, and Mountlake Terrace. Alderwood Manor was a farming community where most residents raised chickens. Alderwood Manor was connected to Everett and Seattle by the Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway. Most signs of Alderwood have since disappeared but in 2004 Lynnwood's Heritage Park opened. The Heritage Park has some old buildings of the Lynnwood area, such as The Wickers Building, which served as Alderwood's main store and post office from 1919 to the 1960s. Other buildings included Car 55 of the interurban. In 1979 Lynnwood's largest tourist attraction, the Alderwood Mall was built. The only Alderwood Manor building still in the same place as when it was built is the old Masonic Temple. The Manor Hardware building (originally used as a schoolhouse in the early 1900s, but which had been vacant for many years) was demolished in 2015. Both locations are just off of 196th St SW in Lynnwood. Some private homes still stand in the area as well.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2). Parts of Alderwood Manor lie in the Lynnwood MUGA (Municipal Urban Growth Area). Depending on location, buildings in Alderwood Manor may use either Lynnwood, Bothell, or Brier mailing addresses.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  121,223
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  94,300
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  90,766
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  87,212
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  78,688
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  71,820
• Spotted Towhee

  Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  68,260
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  60,013

Largest nearby schools

• Kamiak High School
  High · Mukilteo · 2,250 students · 24.2:1 ratio
• Henry M. Jackson High School
  High · Mill Creek · 2,155 students · 23.4:1 ratio
• Mariner High School
  High · Everett · 2,090 students · 19.9:1 ratio
• Cascade High School
  High · Everett · 1,793 students · 21.6:1 ratio
• North Creek High School
  High · Bothell · 1,781 students · 20.7:1 ratio
• Glacier Peak High School
  High · Snohomish · 1,630 students · 24.7:1 ratio
• Edmonds Woodway High School
  High · EDMONDS · 1,547 students · 22.1:1 ratio
• Meadowdale High School
  High · LYNNWOOD · 1,512 students · 21.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 4.15 — 2026-09-29
  6 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
• M 2.56 — 2026-09-12
  2 km ENE of Mount Vernon, Washington
• M 2.51 — 2026-08-09
  11 km SSW of River Road, Washington
• M 3.8 — 2026-07-02
  2 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington
• M 2.5 — 2026-06-26
  11 km E of Carnation, Washington
• M 2.87 — 2026-06-08
  2 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington