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Welcome to East Stanwood ...

East Stanwood is located in Snohomish County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Stanwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

A typical abbreviation for East Stanwood: E. Stanwood

East Stanwood is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Stanwood lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near East Stanwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Stanwood.

  • Everett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
    • Everett is located in Snohomish County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everett <3>
  • Marysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Vernon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Oak Harbor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Arlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sedro - Woolley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Burlington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Coupeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Langley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • La Conner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around East Stanwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Stanwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Stanwood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Stanwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Stanwood. See our Newspapers Page for East Stanwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Stanwood ...

Looking for more information about East Stanwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Stanwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Stanwood.

Adding East Stanwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Stanwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for East Stanwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Stanwood post office opened in 1913.

We also found East Stanwood on a map titled Mobile Oil Map of Washington (1949).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Stanwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Snohomish, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Stanwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/