Editing Mukilteo, Washington (section)

==History==

===Establishment and early history===
[[File:Native Americans in canoes on Mukilteo Beach, circa 1861–62.jpeg|thumb|left|A photograph of American settlers and Native Americans on the beach in Mukilteo, {{circa}} 1861–62]]

The Snohomish people had a year-round village in the Mukilteo area for at least 600 years before the arrival of European and American explorers in the 19th century. Early artifacts uncovered during waterfront construction in the 2010s were [[carbon dating|carbon dated]] to 1,000 [[years before present]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=March 22, 2012 |title=Indian artifacts found at Mukilteo dock site |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/indian-artifacts-found-at-mukilteo-dock-site/ |work=[[The Everett Herald]] |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>

The [[Vancouver Expedition]], led by British explorer [[George Vancouver]], visited the area on May 30, 1792, and landed at modern-day Mukilteo the following day. Lieutenant [[William Robert Broughton]] and botanist [[Archibald Menzies]] named the site "Rose Point" after the wild [[Rosa nutkana|Nootka roses]] that grew along the shore.<ref name="HistoryLink" /><ref>{{cite journal |last=Whitebrook |first=Robert B. |date=July 1953 |title=From Cape Flattery to Birch Bay: Vancouver's Anchorages on Puget Sound |page=125 |journal=[[Pacific Northwest Quarterly]] |publisher=University of Washington Press |volume=44 |issue=3 |issn=0030-8803 |jstor=41442095 |oclc=2392232}}</ref> An American expedition led by [[Charles Wilkes]] in 1841 renamed the headland "Point Elliott" for Samuel Elliott, a midshipman.<ref name="Meany" />

After its 1853 establishment, the [[Washington Territory|Washington territorial government]] looked to negotiate treaties with the local tribes of the Puget Sound region to secure land for settlement. On January 22, 1855, representatives from the territorial government and 82 local tribes signed the [[Treaty of Point Elliott]], which ceded tribal territories in exchange for compensation, the establishment of Indian reservations, and access to traditional hunting and fishing areas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Guydelkon |first=Sherry |date=January 19, 2005 |title=Point Elliott Treaty, 159 years later |url=http://www.tulalipnews.com/wp/2014/01/19/point-elliott-treaty-159-years-later/ |work=Tulalip See-Yaht-Sub |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Walt |author-link1=Walt Crowley |last2=Long |first2=Priscilla |last3=Lange |first3=Greg |date=October 12, 2001 |title=When worlds collide: reservations and rights |page=B7 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> An American settlement at Point Elliott was established two years later by Morris H. Frost and J. D. Fowler, two merchants from [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="Times-Trade">{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Lucile |author-link=Lucile Saunders McDonald |date=February 23, 1964 |title=Mukilteo's Early Trading-Post Era |page=2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The two men established a store and saloon on the southwest side of Point Elliott,<ref name="WSDOTEIS">{{cite report |author1=Northwest Archaeological Associates |author2=Steven W. Carothers and Associates |date=April 1, 2013 |title=Mukilteo Multimodal Project Cultural Resources Discipline Report |pages=26–39 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6D5CCD5A-3981-4595-A68A-6E1C8928516E/0/CulturalResourcesDisciplineReport_Part1.pdf |work=Mukilteo Multimodal Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |ref={{SfnRef|Washington State Department of Transportation|2013}} |oclc=795410084 |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> which was renamed to Mukilteo in 1860 by Fowler, using an [[Anglicisation|anglicized]] name of the Lushootseed campsite.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Humphrey |first=Robert |date=August 10, 1988 |title=A trip back into the old days of Mukilteo |page=H2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

Mukilteo was the area's first [[trading post]] and served as the interim [[county seat]] of the newly created [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish County]] beginning January 14, 1861.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref>{{cite book |date=January 14, 1861 |title=Session Laws of the Territory of Washington |chapter=An Act to Create and Organize Snohomish County |pages=19–20 |url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1860pam1.pdf |publisher=[[Washington Territorial Legislature]] |via=[[Washington State Legislature]] |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> In the first county elections on July 8, 1861, the county seat was moved to Cadyville (now [[Snohomish, Washington|Snohomish]]) by a 17–10 vote. Mukilteo remained the county's only port and a major trading post for the [[Possession Sound]] region, and soon after received the county's first [[post office]] and [[electrical telegraph|telegraph]] station.<ref name="Times-Trade"/> The town was relocated to another, more protected side of Point Elliott and supported the regional lumber industry, including regular shipments to Whidbey Island and a sawmill of its own.{{Sfn|Washington State Department of Transportation|2013|pp=27–28}} By the 1880s, it had also gained a [[brewery]], a gunpowder plant, and the Puget Sound region's first [[cannery]].<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref name="Times-Trade"/> Mukilteo was planned to become the largest port on Possession Sound, with a [[summer resort]] accessible by [[steamship]], but the efforts ceased after the establishment of nearby [[Everett, Washington|Everett]] by East Coast industrialists.<ref name="Times-Trade"/><ref name="Illustrated1906">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hastie |editor1-first=Thomas P. |editor2-last=Batey |editor2-first=David |editor3-last=Sisson |editor3-first=E.A. |editor4-last=Graham |editor4-first=Albert L. |title=An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties |page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00inte/page/370 370] |chapter=Chapter VI: Cities and Towns |publisher=Interstate Publishing Company |location=Chicago |year=1906 |lccn=06030900 |oclc=11299996 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00inte |via=[[The Internet Archive]] |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>

===Early 20th century===
[[File:Mukilteo, WA - Rosehill Community Center 01.jpg|thumb|right|The former Rosehill School, constructed in 1928 and later converted into a [[community center]] before its demolition in 2010|alt=A three-story building painted light blue with a brown roof, seen from a nearby street.]]

The [[Seattle and Montana Railroad]] (later part of the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]]) was completed in 1891, connecting Mukilteo with Everett, [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]], and [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite news |date=November 28, 1891 |title=Joy Along The Line |page=8 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21473801/seattle_montana_railroad_nprr/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref> Mukilteo was [[plat]]ted in anticipation of the railroad and was on the shortlist of towns considered for the terminus of the [[Northern Pacific Railway]], but lost out to [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] in 1873.{{Sfn|Washington State Department of Transportation|2013|p=32}}<ref>{{cite news |last=MacIntosh |first=Heather |date=October 11, 1999 |title=Northern Pacific Railroad and Seattle Development |url=http://historylink.org/File/1734 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref> Following the [[Panic of 1893|1890s economic depression]], the town experienced a major employment and population boom, with a larger lumber mill and gunpowder factory both built along the shore. The iconic [[Mukilteo Light]]house was built in 1906 by the federal [[United States Lighthouse Service|Lighthouse Service]] to serve the increased maritime traffic in the area.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Schwarzen |first=Christopher |date=April 6, 2006 |title=A century of leaving the porch light on |page=B4 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060405/lighthouse05n/a-century-of-leaving-the-porch-light-on |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>

Japanese immigrants arrived to work in Mukilteo's mills after the turn of the century, establishing a [[Japantown]] in modern-day [[Japanese Gulch]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Humphrey |first=Robert |date=September 13, 1989 |title=Mukilteo's Japan town fostered racial harmony |page=F2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> [[Passenger ferry]] service between Mukilteo and Whidbey Island began in 1911 and was followed by the introduction of [[automobile ferry]] service in 1919. The town also gained a highway connection in 1914 with the completion of a road to Everett, later named [[Washington State Route 526|Mukilteo Boulevard]] by the 1920s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |date=December 30, 2007 |title=Hundreds celebrate the opening of the Mukilteo-to-Everett road (future Mukilteo Boulevard) on August 5, 1914. |url=http://historylink.org/File/8429 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> Until the closure of the lumber mill in 1930, Mukilteo was a [[company town]] that relied on the Crown Lumber Company to assist in civic endeavors, including its parks, fire department, and water district; at its peak, it employed 250 men.<ref name="Magazine2015">{{cite news |last1=Collier |first1=John |date=June 2015 |title=Volunteerism and Community Service: A Historical Perspective |pages=14–15 |work=Mukilteo Magazine |publisher=City of Mukilteo |url=https://mukilteowa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Spring-2015-Mukilteo-Magazine1.pdf |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="PI-1997">{{cite news |last=Higgins |first=Mark |date=May 7, 1997 |title=New meets old in this waterfront town |page=D1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref>

During the [[Prohibition Era]], Mukilteo became a major transiting point for [[rum-running]] and was a stopover for smugglers transporting alcohol from British Columbia to Seattle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Muhlstein |first=Julie |date=December 12, 2015 |title=Oh, the stories that Charles at Smuggler's Cove could tell |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/oh-the-stories-that-charles-at-smuggler%C2%92s-cove-could-tell/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref> The town's gunpowder plant was destroyed on September 17, 1930, in an after-hours explosion that leveled or damaged dozens of homes, causing $500,000 in damage. It was felt as far as downtown Everett and injured eight people, but none were killed.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 18, 1930 |title=$500,000 Loss in Mukilteo Explosions; Many Hurt By Blasts That Shook Wide Area |page=1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Muhlstein |first=Julie |date=October 10, 2015 |title=Historian to share story of the Powder Mill Gulch explosion |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/historian-to-share-story-of-the-powder-mill-gulch-explosion/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref> On August 30, 1938, the vacant lumber mill was destroyed in a fire during dismantling work.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 30, 1938 |title=$50,000 Fire in Mukilteo Mill |page=1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The fire came weeks after a mail ferry rammed into the town's wharf, which was destroyed in the collision.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 14, 1938 |title=Ferry Wrecks Mukilteo Dock And Mail Boat |page=1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

After the United States entered [[World War II]], the site of the former lumber mill was acquired by the federal government and rebuilt as a {{convert|1,500|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} [[ammunition]] loading dock for warships.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collier |first1=John |last2=Collier |first2=Ann |date=May 2016 |title=Mukilteo's Disappearing Pier |page=1 |url=https://mukilteohistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mhs16spring.pdf |work=MHS Newsline |publisher=Mukilteo Historical Society |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> The recently built [[Snohomish County Airport]] (later renamed Paine Field) southeast of the city was converted into a military base while retaining some civilian uses, including passenger service provided by [[Alaska Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |date=August 22, 2007 |title=Paine Field (Snohomish County) |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/8266 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> During the early 1950s, the loading dock was expanded with ten large [[storage tank]]s that were used to store [[jet fuel]] for military planes until 1989.{{Sfn|Washington State Department of Transportation|2013|p=37}}<ref name="Times-Tank97">{{cite news |last=Clutter |first=Stephen |date=February 24, 1997 |title=End near for Mukilteo tank farm |page=B1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970224/2525520/end-near-for-mukilteo-tank-farm----once-used-by-military-massive-landmark-on-waterfront-soon-destined-for-scrap-heap |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Tank06">{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=May 1, 2006 |title=Mukilteo, port ponder future of old tank farm |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mukilteo-port-ponder-future-of-old-tank-farm/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

===Incorporation and late 20th century===
[[File:Aerial Paine Field August 2009.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of [[Paine Field]], home to the [[Boeing Everett Factory]]|alt=Aerial view of an airport with several runways and taxiways, surrounded by warehouses and other buildings.]]

On April 29, 1947, Mukilteo residents voted 223 to 137 in favor of [[municipal incorporation|incorporating]] as a fourth-class city and elected school administrator Alfred Tunem as its first mayor. The incorporation was certified by the state government on May 8; at the time, Mukilteo had an estimated population of 775 people and encompassed {{convert|794|acre}}.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=January 10, 2011 |title=Mukilteo incorporates on May 8, 1947. |url=http://historylink.org/File/9690 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ComprehensivePlan">{{cite web |date=October 5, 2015 |title=City of Mukilteo Comprehensive Plan |pages=6–8 |url=https://mukilteowa.gov/wp-content/uploads/Reduced_Comp-Plan-Final-20180610.pdf |publisher=City of Mukilteo |ref={{SfnRef|City of Mukilteo Comprehensive Plan|2015}} |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> The new municipal government took over services that were previously handled by the self-organized Mukilteo Improvement Club, which was established in the 1930s.<ref name="Magazine2015"/> The area experienced additional population and commercial growth after the opening of [[Boeing]]'s [[Boeing Everett Factory|Paine Field factory]] for passenger [[jetliner]]s in 1967, which was connected to Mukilteo by a short railroad along the floor of Japanese Gulch.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dominguez |first=Alejandro |date=March 23, 2012 |title=Boeing's history in Everett |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/boeings-history-in-everett/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Barr |first=Robert A. |date=November 13, 1966 |title='Impossible' Railroad Works |page=3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The [[Washington State Route 526|Boeing Freeway]] was opened in 1969, linking southern Mukilteo and the Boeing plant to a junction with [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] near the newly built [[Everett Mall]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 1969 |title=Casino Road in Everett |page=7 |work=Washington Highway News |publisher=Washington State Department of Highways |oclc=29654162 |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll1/id/5524/ |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref>

Mukilteo completed its first major [[annexation]] in November 1980, adding 2,500 people living on {{convert|2|sqmi|sqkm}} to the south along [[Washington State Route 525|State Route 525]]. This annexation nearly tripled the city's population and doubled its land area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=October 21, 1987 |title=Growth changing Mukilteo's political priorities |page=H1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Additional annexations and natural growth by the end of the decade brought the city's population to 6,000.<ref name="Times-HP88">{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=November 17, 1988 |title=Mukilteo and Harbour Pointe talk annexation |page=C3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The annexation of the large Harbour Pointe community was completed in 1991 and doubled the city's size to {{convert|6.6|sqmi|km2|2}}.<ref name="Times-1991HB"/> A competing proposal had sought to incorporate the [[planned community]] into a new city of 24,000 people, tentatively named Highland Bay,<ref>{{cite news |last=Iwasaki |first=John |date=July 21, 1989 |title=The land grab is on for 'Highland Bay' |page=B2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> but residents supported annexation as a mutually agreeable option to reduce their taxes and benefit from city services.<ref name="Times-1990HB">{{cite news |last=Koch |first=Anne |date=December 12, 1990 |title=Many say annexation fine idea |page=F1 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19901212/1109088/many-say-annexation-fine-idea----harbour-pointe-residents-testify-before-state-board |access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> The annexation was also influenced by the county government's plans to allow passenger flights from Paine Field, which residents in Mukilteo and Harbour Pointe opposed alongside other nearby cities.<ref name="Times-1992">{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=April 2, 1992 |title=Growing pains and gains |page=E1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The county ultimately withdrew their proposal to introduce passenger flights.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schaefer |first=David |date=March 5, 1993 |title=Panel recommends no airport expansion |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

Several parties that opposed the annexation, including the county [[fire department|fire district]], withdrew their complaints and allowed Mukilteo to annex Harbour Pointe on March 26, 1991.<ref name="Times-1991HB">{{cite news |last=Lobos |first=Ignacio |date=March 26, 1991 |title=Mukilteo annexes Harbour Pointe |page=E1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 15, 1991 |title=Fire district withdraws its Harbour Pointe suit |page=C2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The annexation added 4,779 residents and {{convert|3.4|sqmi|sqkm}} to Mukilteo, doubling the city's population to 6,662 and size to {{convert|6.6|sqmi|sqkm}}.<ref name="Times-1991HB"/><ref>{{cite news |date=March 27, 1991 |title=Mukilteo city council votes to annex Harbour Pointe |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> It required the construction of two new [[fire station]]s, three schools, and a new [[city hall]] to house new employees.<ref name="Times-1992"/> [[Kamiak High School]] was built in the Harbour Pointe area and opened in 1993 to serve Mukilteo, which had outgrown [[Mariner High School (Everett, Washington)|Mariner High School]], and featured a technology-oriented curriculum.<ref name="PI-1997"/><ref name="Times-Kamiak93">{{cite news |last=Parrish |first=Linda W.Y. |date=September 9, 1993 |title=Cool schools: Mukilteo School District boldly heads into a new era of high-tech education |page=H1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930909/1720118/cool-schools |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> The full build-out of Harbour Pointe increased the city's population to over 18,000 by 2000, a 1,164 percent increase from 1980.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Mike |date=March 27, 2001 |title=I-5 drives population increase |page=A1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The geographic and commercial center of Mukilteo was shifted further south towards Harbour Pointe, leading to cultural clashes with residents of older neighborhoods.<ref name="PI-1997"/>

===21st century===
[[File:MV Kittitas at Mukilteo Ferry Terminal (17960607616).jpg|thumb|right|{{MV|Kittitas}} at the former Mukilteo ferry terminal, which was replaced in 2020|alt=A ferry boat stopped at a wooden pier with a bridge, pilings, and a tower.]]

An agreement to transfer ownership of the [[Mukilteo Light]]house from the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] to the city government was signed in 1999 after a decade of partial use as a museum by the local [[historical society]]. The changeover was made on August 19, 2001, with the Coast Guard retaining use of the working lights and the city government planning rehabilitation work to support the building's use as a tourist landmark.<ref>{{cite news |last=Archipley |first=Paul |date=August 22, 2001 |title=It's Official: City owns the light station |pages=1, 12 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=orBkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WoUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2416%2C4133381 |work=Mukilteo Beacon |via=Google News Archive |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=March 1, 1999 |title=Mukilteo lighthouse prepares for changes under new ownership |page=B2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The adjacent [[Mukilteo Lighthouse Park|Mukilteo State Park]] was transferred to the city government in February 2003, following an offer from the [[Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission]] to donate the park in order to stave off a budget shortfall.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sitt |first=Pam |date=November 6, 2002 |title=Mukilteo State Park transfer will lead to 18 acres' makeover |page=I30 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Tuinstra |first=Rachel |date=March 12, 2003 |title=Mukilteo plans to improve its newest park |page=H18 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The new city park, named Mukilteo Lighthouse Park, underwent $6.6 million in renovations that were completed in 2008 to add a [[playground]] and other park amenities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tuinstra |first=Rachel |date=February 25, 2004 |title=Plan lights way for park overhaul |page=H13 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20040225/lighthouse25n/plan-lights-way-for-park-overhaul |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nohara |first=Yoshiaki |date=August 9, 2008 |title=Mukilteo's newly renovated Lighthouse Park reopens |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mukilteos-newly-renovated-lighthouse-park-reopens/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

The {{convert|22|acre|ha|adj=mid}} decommissioned fuel storage tank complex on the city's waterfront was identified for potential redevelopment in the 1990s, including use for a new ferry terminal.<ref name="Times-Tank97"/> The [[Port of Everett]] led environmental cleanup of the site and constructed a new [[pier]] to transport large airplane sections for the [[Boeing 787]] project, replacing the existing pier.<ref name="Herald-Eyesore15">{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=February 13, 2015 |title=New look on the horizon for Mukilteo eyesore |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-look-on-the-horizon-for-mukilteo-eyesore/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Orsini-Meinhard |first=Kirsten |date=June 11, 2007 |title=Port of Everett's pier for 787 now just backup |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2003742883_mountbakerpier11n.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The cleanup was completed in late 2006 after several delays due to the discovery of Indian artifacts that triggered an archaeological investigation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=June 5, 2013 |title=New ferry dock in Mukilteo two steps closer |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-ferry-dock-in-mukilteo-two-steps-closer-2/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The existing pier was demolished in 2015 to make way for the new ferry terminal, which opened on December 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=August 11, 2015 |title=Work on new Mukilteo ferry terminal begins with tank farm pier demolition |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/work-on-new-mukilteo-ferry-terminal-begins-with-tank-farm-pier-demolition/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Ferry20">{{cite news |last=Davis-Leonard |first=Ian |date=December 29, 2020 |title=New Mukilteo ferry terminal makes a much anticipated debut |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-mukilteo-ferry-terminal-making-a-much-anticipated-debut/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref> The new terminal includes connections to an adjacent [[Mukilteo station|commuter rail station]], which opened in 2008 and was expanded in 2016 by [[Sound Transit]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=March 27, 2016 |title=Service finally set to start on second Mukilteo Sounder platform |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/service-finally-set-to-start-on-second-mukilteo-sounder-platform/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

A [[research station]] for the [[Northwest Fisheries Science Center]] (part of [[NOAA]]) on the tank farm site was closed in 2020 and planned to be demolished in 2020 until the onset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] halted work.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gustafson |first=Brandon |date=March 20, 2019 |title=NOAA announces timeline of new Mukilteo facility |url=https://www.mukilteobeacon.com/story/2019/03/20/news/noaa-announces-timeline-of-new-mukilteo-facility/18450.html |work=Mukilteo Beacon |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Andrea |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Oh, crab! NOAA's Mukilteo waterfront fish lab won't be rebuilt |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/oh-crab-noaas-mukilteo-waterfront-fish-lab-wont-be-rebuilt/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref> A project to build a new facility by 2022 was cancelled in March 2021 after NOAA received no bids below $40&nbsp;million, which had been appropriated by the U.S. Congress; ownership of the property is expected to revert to the Port of Everett, which NOAA took over ownership from in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Andrea |date=April 2, 2021 |title=Last-ditch effort can't save NOAA's Mukilteo research center |page=A1 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/last-ditch-effort-cant-save-noaas-mukilteo-research-center/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> The city government and [[Port of Everett]] has long-term plans to redevelop {{convert|26|acre|ha}} of space around the old ferry terminal and NOAA facility into a [[walkable]] neighborhood with a waterfront promenade and trails.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 16, 2023 |title=Vision for Mukilteo waterfront: more dining, walking trails and entertainment space |url=https://www.djc.com/news/ae/12159848.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=October 18, 2023}}</ref>

On July 30, 2016, a [[2016 Mukilteo shooting|mass shooting]] occurred at a house party in the Chennault Beach neighborhood of Mukilteo, around midnight. Three people were killed using an [[AR-15 style rifle]] and another was left with serious injuries.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 1, 2016 |title=Washington party shooting suspect read AR-15 gun manual right before attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/01/washington-shooting-suspect-allen-ivanov-ar-15-gun-manual |work=[[The Guardian]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Sara Jean |date=August 1, 2016 |title=Mukilteo shooting suspect jealous over ex, bought rifle a week ago, police say |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/document-mukilteo-shooting-suspect-was-jealous-over-ex-purchased-rifle-a-week-ago/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The perpetrator, a graduate of Kamiak High School, was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{cite news |last1=North |first1=Scott |last2=Hefley |first2=Diana |date=January 13, 2017 |title=Grief fills a courtroom as mass shooter is sentenced to life |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/ivanov-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-mukilteo-killings/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The Mukilteo shooting—along with other high-profile mass shootings during the 2010s—was cited as the inspiration for an [[assault weapons]] restriction that was rejected by the state legislature and passed by voters in 2018 as [[Washington Initiative 1639|Initiative 1639]].<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Joseph |date=September 23, 2018 |title=I-1639 the most ambitious effort at gun regulation in Washington state's history |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/i-1639-the-most-ambitious-effort-at-gun-regulation-in-washington-states-history/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Beekman |first1=Daniel |last2=Shapiro |first2=Nina |date=November 6, 2018 |title=Washington state voters agree to further regulate guns, including semi-automatic rifles |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gun-regulations-initiative-1639-takes-lead-in-washington-state/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> In February 2018, an Everett resident was arrested prior to a planned [[school shooting]] that would have targeted [[ACES Alternative High]] or Kamiak High School.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bever |first=Lindsey |date=February 16, 2018 |title=A would-be shooter tossed a coin to pick a school, police say. His grandmother foiled his plan. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/15/a-would-be-shooter-tossed-a-coin-to-pick-a-school-police-say-his-grandmother-foiled-his-plan/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>