Editing Marlin, Washington (section)

==History==
First settled in 1871 by Henry Marlin, the townsite was originally a cattle ranch that was later surrounded by wheat farms.<ref name=majors>{{Cite book|last=Majors |first=Harry M. |title=Exploring Washington |publisher=Van Winkle Publishing Co |year=1975 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ |isbn=978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref><ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web|last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Krupp (Marlin) — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/21357 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}</ref> The [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] was built through the area in 1892 and placed a station, which was named Krupp—allegedly for a local German family.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> Its [[plat]] was filed in 1902 by George Urquhart, a Scottish immigrant who bought land rights and cattle from Marlin. The area was then settled by families who emigrated from Iowa and incorporated as the town of Krupp on January 7, 1911, despite not meeting the population threshold of 300 residents needed for incorporation.<ref name="HistoryLink"/>

A [[post office]] was established in 1918 under the name of "Marlin", following a request from local residents to avoid using Krupp amid [[anti-German sentiment]] during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 9, 1918 |title=Citizens Object to Town's Name |page=5 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95262080/citizens-object-to-towns-name/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=February 17, 2022}}</ref> The name was associated with [[Krupp]], a well-known munitions plant in Germany.<ref name="AP-1986">{{cite news |last=Wiley |first=John K. |date=June 22, 1986 |title=Krupp—or is it Marlin—has identity crisis |page=C4 |work=The Spokesman-Review |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95262517/kruppor-is-it-marlinhas-identity/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 17, 2022}}</ref> From then on, the town was primarily known by the name of its post office, but officially remains Krupp; both names are also used on some signs.<ref name="AP-1986"/><ref name="PI-2000">{{cite news |last=Modie |first=Neil |date=July 27, 2000 |title=This tiny town is fading fast |page=A1 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref>

In the summer of 1971 a three-day rock festival, "Sunrise '71," was scheduled to take place immediately south of town, but was shut down by county authorities. It was to be on the scale of Woodstock, with an estimated attendance of 50,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryant |first=Hilda |date=June 16, 1971 |title=Town Keeps Its Cool In Sunrise 71 Heat |page=20 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref>

Krupp/Marlin lost its lone school in 1970 and would eventually lack a [[filling station]], grocery store, or restaurant. By 1983, it had 27 total homes and no formal municipal services.<ref name="Spokesman-1983">{{cite news |last=Bogan |first=Christopher |date=January 20, 1983 |title=Marlin: The streets are safe, folks are friendly and life is slow in the state's smallest town |page=21 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95264175/marlin-the-streets-are-safe-folks-are/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 17, 2022}}</ref> It is the smallest incorporated place in Washington, with only 60 residents in 2000.<ref name="PI-2000"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Gilmore |first=Susan |date=March 28, 2001 |title=The three in the little leagues |page=B1 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> The community was noted for its [[Hutterites]], who resided in colonies in the surrounding farmland.<ref name="Times-Road">{{cite news |last=Seven |first=Richard |date=October 4, 1998 |title=A Road Less Taken |pages=16–20 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>