Everett

Sister cities

• Iwakuni
• Sovetskaya Gavan
• Sligo

History

The earliest humans entered the Puget Sound region approximately 12,000 years before present after the recession of the Vashon Glacier. The earliest evidence of human habitation on the Port Gardner Peninsula dates back to approximately 2,000 years before present. The Snohomish people, who had many villages along the Snohomish River and around Possession Sound, had their principal settlement at Preston Point, known in the Lushootseed language as (pronounced ). The village of Hibulb, located below the bluff at the mouth of the Snohomish River, was one of the largest Snohomish settlements and the tribe's most important. It held considerable influence over other settlements and had the largest potlatch house in the Snohomish's territory; it was also heavily fortified by a large cedar palisade to deter attackers. The village also had four large cedar longhouses, each around long, and smaller structures. The tribe's population was estimated to be over 6,000 prior to several smallpox and measles epidemics in the early 19th century that severely affected the Puget Sound region. A massive landslide at Camano Head () In Lushootseed, the modern city of Everett has two names: , or , The first Europeans in the area were explorers from the 1792 Vancouver Expedition, who landed on a beach on the modern Everett waterfront and claimed the land for England on June 4, the birthday of King George III. Puget Sound was further explored and charted by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1824 and the United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes in 1841, ahead of a larger American presence in the area. The Snohomish were one of the signatory tribes of the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855, which ceded their lands to the Washington territorial government and established the nearby Tulalip…

Geography

Everett is one of the core cities comprising the Seattle metropolitan area and is north of Seattle. It is primarily situated on the Port Gardner Peninsula, bordered to the west by Port Gardner Bay (part of Possession Sound in the Puget Sound estuary), and to the north and east by the Snohomish River delta. The city also encompasses suburban and industrial areas to the south and southwest of the peninsula, which were annexed during the mid-to-late 20th century. Everett has of freshwater shoreline and of saltwater shoreline, including public access points at parks and boat ramps on Port Gardner Bay and the Snohomish River. The city's western boundary with Mukilteo is generally defined by Japanese Gulch on the edge of the Boeing Everett Assembly Plant and its auxiliary buildings. The southwestern edge of Everett borders an unincorporated area that includes Paine Field and the Lake Stickney/Mariner neighborhoods, which are part of the city's designated urban growth area that extends south towards Lynnwood. The southern boundary wraps around Silver Lake and follows State Route 527 to State Route 96 at Murphy's Corner, where it borders Mill Creek. Everett's boundaries follow various housing subdivisions in the Eastmont area before reaching the Snohomish River, which forms the primary eastern border. The northeastern boundary includes portions of Smith Island in the river delta reaching towards Marysville; The city boundaries also include of forest surrounding Lake Chaplain, a reservoir in the Cascade Mountains that provides part of the municipal water supply. The Port Gardner Peninsula was formed during the northward retreat of Vashon Glaciation during an ice age 14,000 years before present. The underlying soil is generally loamy and includes gravelly sand in the…

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  30,451
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  24,386
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,816
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  21,692
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  20,785
• Spotted Towhee

  Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  18,442
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  17,583
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,422

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
• Lake Stevens Sr High School
  High · Lake Stevens · 2,140 students · 23.8:1 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
• Everett High School
  High · Everett · 1,606 students · 19.8:1 ratio

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