Editing Coupeville, Washington (section)

==History==
Prior to European settlement, Coupeville and the bay in which it is located, Penn Cove, was inhabited by the [[Lower Skagit]], a [[Lushootseed]]-speaking Coast Salish people. There were three villages around the bay, with the largest being at ''bəc̓adᶻali'', meaning "snake place", the site of present day Coupeville.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bates |first=Dawn |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/843308724 |title=Lushootseed dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |date=2003 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=0-295-97323-4 |page=35 |oclc=843308724}}</ref> There was an abundance of salmon, clams, and other resources, as well as offering easy access to the water, making it an excellent village site.<ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |title=Coupeville — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9587 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref>

When Europeans arrived to explore the Puget Sound, it was [[Joseph Whidbey]] who first visited the bay, naming it Penn Cove in honor of his good friend.{{who|date=November 2022}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Mimi |url=https://townofcoupeville.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/How-Coupeville-Grew.pdf |title=How Coupeville Grew: A Short History of Town Development |year=1998 |pages=3}}</ref> Captain George Vancouver later wrote after meeting the Skagit at the village that their population had quickly fallen due to disease.<ref name="HistoryLink" />

Coupeville was laid out in the 1850s by Captain [[Thomas Coupe]], and named for him.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=74|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=58}}</ref>

Coupeville was officially incorporated on April 20, 1910.

Coupeville is a historic district within the federal [[Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve]]. The reserve was established by Congress in 1978 as the first and only [[National Historical Reserve]] in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/mawa/upload/Public-Law-95-625.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143041/http://www.nps.gov/mawa/upload/Public-Law-95-625.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Its {{convert|22|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} also encompass farmlands, [[Fort Ebey State Park]], [[Fort Casey State Park]], shorelines and beaches, parks, trails, and 91 buildings and structures on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Island County, Washington|National Register of Historic Places]].

For pop culture and film fans, Coupeville is a film location for the cult classic film ''[[Practical Magic]]''. The 1990s witchy hit starred [[Sandra Bullock]] and [[Nicole Kidman]].