Editing Arlington, Washington (section)

===Historical preservation===

The volunteer-operated Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum, southwest of downtown Arlington, opened in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whitely |first=Peyton |date=April 16, 2003 |title=Arlington museum a grass-roots effort |page=H16 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The museum overlooks the Stillaguamish River and features preserved household items, logging equipment, and vehicles, historic newspapers and images from the Arlington area, and a [[model railroad]].<ref name="Fainberg">{{cite book |last=Fainberg |first=Denise |year=2012 |title=An Explorer's Guide: Washington |edition=2nd |chapter=Camano Island and Arlington Area |pages=217–218 |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company|The Countryman Press]] |location=Woodstock, Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCI0OkVqVZsC |via=Google Books |isbn=978-0-88150-974-8 |oclc=759908478 |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215110745/https://books.google.com/books?id=iCI0OkVqVZsC |archive-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Cathy |date=September 18, 2008 |title=Museum of the Month: Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum |page=F6 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/outdoors/2008185799_nwwmuseum18.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130815/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/outdoors/2008185799_nwwmuseum18.html |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref>

The Arlington area has two properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP).<ref name="Herald-NRHP">{{cite news |date=July 5, 2012 |title=Designated historic sites in Snohomish County |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/designated-historic-sites-in-snohomish-county/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202031152/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/designated-historic-sites-in-snohomish-county/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> The [[Trafton School]] in Trafton was built in 1888 and re-built in 1912 after a fire. It was listed as a historic place in 2006, shortly before it was closed by the Arlington School District.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Kari |date=June 6, 2016 |title=Trafton School to be sold; may house drug, alcohol program |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/trafton-school-to-be-sold-may-house-drug-alcohol-program/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416221445/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/trafton-school-to-be-sold-may-house-drug-alcohol-program/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> The [[Naval Auxiliary Air Station-Arlington|Arlington Naval Auxiliary Air Station]] (part of the modern-day Arlington Municipal Airport) was listed as a historic place in 1995.<ref name="Herald-NRHP"/>