Editing Snohomish County, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:Native Americans in canoes on Mukilteo Beach, circa 1861–62.jpeg|thumb|right|Canoes with settlers and Native Americans at [[Mukilteo, Washington|Mukilteo Beach]], {{circa}} 1861–62]]

Snohomish County was originally inhabited by several [[Coast Salish]] groups, predominantly settled along the western coastline and near the region's rivers. The [[Snohomish people|Snohomish]] were the largest group and occupied an area from present-day [[Warm Beach, Washington|Warm Beach]] to [[Shoreline, Washington|Shoreline]], while [[Stillaguamish people|Stillaguamish]] lived in the [[Stillaguamish River]] basin.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The region was first charted and named by European explorers in the late 18th century, beginning with Captain [[George Vancouver]] and his British expedition. Vancouver arrived in [[Puget Sound]] and [[Port Gardner Bay]] on June 4, 1792, landing near present-day [[Everett, Washington|Everett]].<ref name="HistoryLink"/>

The [[Treaty of Point Elliott]] was signed at present-day [[Mukilteo, Washington|Mukilteo]] on January 22, 1855, marking the cession of Coast Salish territories in the Puget Sound lowlands. The [[Tulalip Indian Reservation]] was established to house the remaining tribes, including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Skykomish.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> Snohomish County was created out of [[Island County, Washington|Island County]]'s mainland areas and the northernmost portion of [[King County, Washington|King County]] on January 14, 1861.<ref name="HL-1861">{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |date=December 2, 2010 |title=Washington Territorial Legislature creates Snohomish County (out of Island County) on January 14, 1861. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/9655 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> The separation from Island County was the result of a petition by settlers to the territorial legislature that cited the difficulty of travel to [[Coupeville, Washington|Coupeville]] on [[Whidbey Island]], the county seat at the time.<ref name="Herald-Ferguson">{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=E. C. |author-link=Emory C. Ferguson |date=January 14, 1936 |title=Early History of Snohomish River and Vicinity Recalled by E. C. Ferguson; John Gould First Settler in 1852; Had Sawmill on Tulalip Bay |at=sec. 1, p. 10 |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-early-history-of-snohom/142303565/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=February 28, 2024}}</ref>

The new county was the first in Washington to have its boundaries defined by a [[surveying|land survey]] rather than natural boundaries.<ref name="Times-Skykomish">{{cite news |last=Popescu |first=Roxana |date=October 10, 2007 |title=Residents feel pull of two counties |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/residents-feel-pull-of-two-counties/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 28, 2024}}</ref> The territorial legislature designated [[Mukilteo, Washington|Mukilteo]], the area's largest settlement, as the temporary [[county seat]] in January 1861. The county government was permanently moved to Cadyville, later [[Snohomish, Washington|Snohomish]], following an election on July 8.<ref name="HL-1861"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Conover |first=C. T. |date=April 23, 1953 |title=Just Cogitating: When Snohomish Was Without White Women |page=43 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> Residents north of the Snohomish River later proposed to be moved into [[Skagit County, Washington|Skagit County]] due to difficult travel to the county seat at Snohomish.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 28, 1953 |title=Bitter Fight On Site of County Seat |at=sec. 2, p. 20 |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-bitter-fight-on-site-of/142304170/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=February 28, 2024}}</ref> After the incorporation of the city of [[Everett, Washington|Everett]] in 1893, the city's leaders attempted to move the county seat from Snohomish. A countywide general election on November 6, 1894, chose to relocate the county seat to Everett, amid controversy and allegations of illegal votes. After two years of litigation between the cities of Snohomish and Everett, the county seat was officially relocated to Everett in December 1896.<ref>{{cite news |last=Humphrey |first=Robert |date=January 9, 1992 |title=When Everett 'stole' the county courthouse |page=F4 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920109/1469298/when-everett-stole-the-county-courthouse |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref>

One of the first county censuses was taken in 1862 by Sheriff Salem A. Woods. Early important pioneers in the Snohomish County region included [[E. F. Cady]] of Snohomish, [[Emory C. Ferguson]] of Snohomish and [[Isaac Cathcart]].

The early economy of Snohomish County relied on natural resources, namely timber and mining, alongside agriculture. The region was connected by railroads at the end of the 19th century, which also created new towns that experienced major population booms as emigrants arrived from other parts of the United States. The county was among the largest [[New Deal]] aid beneficiaries in Washington due to its troubled economy during the [[Great Depression]]; the [[Works Progress Administration]] built major projects around Snohomish County, while the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] developed wilderness and recreational areas around several work camps.<ref name="HistoryLink"/>

During [[World War II]], the county had several shipyards and airplane factories established to supply the United States Armed Forces. Several existing and new airfields were converted into military use, which would continue beyond the war.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> A post-war population boom brought new suburban development to Snohomish County, where [[bedroom community|bedroom communities]] were built alongside new highways to Seattle. In 1967, [[Boeing]] began construction of an [[Boeing Everett Factory|aircraft assembly plant]]—the world's largest building—in Everett for its [[Boeing 747]] program. The [[U.S. Navy]] located a [[Naval Station Everett|major homeport]] in Everett that opened in 1994.<ref name="HistoryLink"/>