Editing Marysville, Washington (section)

===Early 20th century===

By the turn of the century, the city's population had grown to 728, and social organizations began to establish themselves in Marysville, including a lodge of the [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows]] and a Crystal Lodge of the [[Freemasonry|Free and Accepted Masons]]. The first [[city hall]] was opened in late 1901, at a cost of $2,000;<ref>{{cite news |date=October 19, 1901 |title=Washington's Prosperity: Marysville |page=27 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> the building also housed the city's fire department, and later the first public library in 1907. Electrical and water supply systems were both inaugurated in 1906, alongside the construction of a [[High school (North America)|high school]] building.<ref name="HistoryLink"/>

The timber industry in Marysville peaked in 1910, at which point the city's population reached 1,239, with 10 sawmills producing lumber on the shores of Ebey Slough. Agriculture began to grow in Marysville, with its fertile land suited for the growing of [[strawberry|strawberries]] in particular. By 1920, the city had more than {{convert|2,000|acre}} of strawberry fields, leading to the coining of the city's nickname of "Strawberry City" and the establishment of the annual Strawberry Festival in 1932.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref>{{cite news |date=June 14, 1939 |title=Strawberries take spotlight in Marysville |page=11 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

An automobile bridge across Ebey Slough and the Snohomish River estuary to Everett was completed in 1927, with funding from the state department of highways to complete the [[Pacific Highway (U.S.)|Pacific Highway]] (later part of [[U.S. Route 99]], and present-day [[Washington State Route 529|State Route 529]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Caldbick |first=John |date=March 23, 2012 |title=Ebey Slough Bridge (1925–2012) |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/10023 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Coe |first=Ellis |date=August 21, 1927 |title=Two cities join in celebrating highway cut-off |page=D1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The city remained relatively unchanged through the [[Great Depression]], with the diversity of industries credited for Marysville avoiding the worst of economic hardship experienced by other nearby communities.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> During [[World War II]], an [[Ammunition dump|ammunition depot]] was built on the Tulalip Reservation near present-day [[Quil Ceda Village|Quil Ceda]], later being re-used as a [[Boeing]] test site after the aerospace company expanded in Everett.<ref name="CompPlan">{{cite report |author=Marysville Community Development Department |date=April 2005 |title=City of Marysville Comprehensive Plan |chapter=Chapter II. Vision – Marysville: Past, Present and Future |chapter-url=http://files.marysvillewa.gov/City_of_Marysville_Comprehensive_Plan.pdf |publisher=City of Marysville |access-date=January 24, 2016}}</ref>