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Lynnwood, Washington

Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located 16 miles (26 km) north of Seattle and 13 miles (21 km) south of Everett, near the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. It is the fourth-largest city in Snohomish County, with a population of 38,568 in the 2020 U.S. census.[5]

Lynnwood
Location of Lynnwood in Snohomish County
Coordinates: 47°49′16″N 122°18′54″W / 47.82111°N 122.31500°W / 47.82111; -122.31500Coordinates: 47°49′16″N 122°18′54″W / 47.82111°N 122.31500°W / 47.82111; -122.31500
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountySnohomish
IncorporatedApril 23, 1959
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • MayorChristine Frizzell
Area
 • Total7.89 sq mi (20.44 km2)
 • Land7.88 sq mi (20.40 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation
394 ft (120 m)
Population
 • Total38,568
 • Estimate 
(2021)[3]
40,592
 • Density5,143.49/sq mi (1,985.91/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
98026, 98036, 98037, 98046, 98087
Area code425
FIPS code53-40840
GNIS feature ID1512414[4]
Websitelynnwoodwa.gov

Often characterized as a suburb or bedroom community, Lynnwood has the highest concentration of retailers in the region and a growing core of businesses, anchored by the Alderwood Mall. The city also has a community college, a convention center, and a major transit center. It is headquarters for several major companies, including Zumiez and SOG Specialty Knives.

The Lynnwood area was logged and settled by homesteaders in the late 19th century and early 20th century, including the development of Alderwood Manor as a planned farming community. Lynnwood, named for the wife of a realtor, emerged in the late 1940s around the intersection of Highway 99 and 196th Street Southwest. The city was incorporated on April 23, 1959, and grew into a suburban hub in the years following the completion of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. Alderwood Mall opened in 1979 and spurred the transformation of eastern Lynnwood into a retail and office district.

History

Prior to contact with American settlers, the Snohomish tribe of Native Americans used the area of modern-day Lynnwood for summertime activities, including hunting, fishing, berry gathering, and root cultivation. The Snohomish were relocated to the Tulalip reservation, near modern-day Marysville, after the signing of the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855, opening the area for American settlement.[6]

Brown's Bay, part of Puget Sound, and modern-day Meadowdale were surveyed by American loggers in 1859.[7] Logging on Brown's Bay began in 1860, and the first American settlers arrived in the 1880s. Scottish-born stonemason Duncan Hunter became the area's first white resident in 1889, filing an 80-acre (32 ha) land claim on modern-day 36th Avenue West after moving west from Wisconsin. The claim was inherited by Hunter's son Basil, who lived on the property until his death in 1982; it was later turned into the city's Pioneer Park in the late 1980s.[8][9] Hunter was joined to the east by a claim from William Morrice, a fellow stonemason from Aberdeen, Scotland.[10] Settlers from Pennsylvania homesteaded along Cedar Valley, to the south of Hunter and Morrice, and near Scriber Lake (named for Peter Schreiber) in 1888, leading to the establishment of the area's first schoolhouse in 1895.[6][11]

 
The Wickers Building, a 1919 cottage built in Alderwood Manor

During the early 20th century, the Lynnwood area was gradually logged by private companies and mill operators, leaving behind plots with tree stumps. The arrival of the Seattle–Everett Interurban Railway in 1910 brought reliable transportation to the area, as well as real estate speculators. The Puget Mill Company, then the largest landowner in southern Snohomish County, established the planned community of "Alderwood Manor" in 1917 and marketed the area to urban dwellers wishing to build farms in the countryside. Alderwood Manor, located near an Interurban station, gained streets named for tree species and was divided into 5-to-10-acre (2.0 to 4.0 ha) plots that sold for $200 per acre. A 30-acre (12 ha) "demonstration farm" was built to educate new residents on raising crops and chickens, as well as market the Alderwood Manor plots to "Little Landers", a nickname for the new residents.[12] Alderwood Manor grew to over 1,463 people and 200,000 hens by 1922, and had electricity and telephone services to most of its residents.[6][13]

The Puget Mill Company leased out its demonstration farm in 1933 and ceased operations at Alderwood Manor later in the decade, amid declining sales during the Great Depression. At the same time, the opening of the Pacific Highway (modern-day Highway 99) in 1927 and the decline of Interurban service in the 1930s shifted the center of economic growth west near Scriber Lake. Seattle realtor Karl O'Brien filed a plat along Highway 99 at 196th Street Southwest in 1937, naming the development "Lynnwood" after his wife Lynn.[14] Nearby businesses adopted the name during the 1940s, leading to the formal use of "Lynnwood" by the chamber of commerce in 1946, instead of the suggested "West Alderwood".[6][15]

Lynnwood gained its first post office in 1948, after a successful lobbying campaign by the Lynnwood Commercial Club to the federal Post Office Department.[16] Throughout the early 1950s, Lynnwood saw slow residential development, in part because of the lack of sewers and other municipal services.[17] Local residents sought to be annexed into Edmonds, but were denied and left to organize their own city.[18] In 1956, a committee to study incorporating Lynnwood as a city was formed, proposing an area of 6.7 square miles (17 km2) and population of 10,744 for the new city. A petition to incorporate was signed by 600 voters and submitted early the following year, proposing a 6-square-mile (16 km2) city; during the early months of 1958, several property owners asked to be removed from the proposal over disinterest in the Lynnwood group.[19] An incorporation measure was put before voters on the November 1958, failing by a narrow margin of 890 to 848 votes.[20][21]

A second attempt at incorporation, with a revised size of three square miles (7.8 km2) and population of 6,000, was approved by a 2-to-1 margin on April 14, 1959. The successful incorporation was credited in part to the movement of dilapidated homes and structures from the right of way of Interstate 5, a freeway to be built through Alderwood Manor, into the Lynnwood area at the behest of the county government. Realtor Jack Bennett was elected the city's first mayor,[22] and the city council first met on April 20.[23] The city charter was approved by the county commissioners on April 23, 1959, marking Lynnwood's official incorporation as a third-class city.[23][18] Two years after incorporation, the young city was mired in a legal dispute with neighboring Edmonds over the annexation of the Browns Bay area,[24] which was resolved in an out-of-court settlement.[25]

Lynnwood began offering municipal services in its first years, opening a sewage treatment plant, a public park, new streets, and acquiring a water system from the Alderwood Water District.[26] The city began building its 18-acre (7.3 ha) civic center complex in 1969, shortly after the approval of a bond issue to finance the $1.5 million project (equivalent to $8.63 million in 2021 dollars).[27][28] The civic center, located at 44th Avenue West and 194th Street Southwest, came after a decade in leased facilities scattered around the city center.[29] The first buildings on the campus, including the city hall and public library, opened in 1971.[30] Later expansions to the civic center added a police station, a municipal courthouse, and an indoor recreation center.[31]

The opening of Interstate 5 in 1965 moved the commercial center of Lynnwood east towards Alderwood Manor, which culminated in the proposed construction of a large shopping center in 1968.[6][18]: 331–332  The 130-acre (53 ha) shopping center, named Alderwood Mall and developed by Allied Stores,[32] was put on hold during the local recession of the early 1970s and was later sold to shopping mall developer Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. in 1976.[33][34] Alderwood Mall opened on October 4, 1979,[35] sparking a major retail and residential boom in the Lynnwood area in the early 1980s.[36] The Swamp Creek Interchange at Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 was completed in 1984, creating a new regional connection to Alderwood and Lynnwood from the Eastside region of King County.[37]

During the 1980s, Lynnwood gained its first of several office parks, housing high-tech companies expanding from the Eastside and the Canyon Park area of Bothell.[38][36] Shopping areas developed around Alderwood Mall at the same time, creating the county's largest retail center, and new housing areas spread out from the city limits of Lynnwood.[36][39] Despite the development boom of unincorporated areas surrounding Lynnwood, growth within the city itself slowed in the late 1980s and 1990s, attributed to few annexations and slow natural growth.[40]: 7 

 
The Lynnwood Convention Center, opened in 2003 at the intersection of 196th Street Southwest and Interstate 5

Lynnwood began developing plans for a "city center" near the Alderwood Mall area in the 1980s.[39][41] Like other post-war suburbs, Lynnwood developed without a defined central business district and sought to consolidate cultural facilities and high-density development in a manner similar to Downtown Bellevue.[14][42] In the late 1990s, the Washington State Department of Transportation rebuilt several interchanges on Interstate 5 in Lynnwood, including the construction of a full diamond interchange at 196th Street Southwest costing $80 million.[43][44] The city opened a $31 million, medium-sized convention center in 2005 to anchor the future city center.[45][46] The City of Lynnwood formally adopted its City Center Subarea Plan in 2007, outlining plans to re-develop a 300-acre (120 ha) area between Lynnwood Transit Center and Alderwood Mall into a central business district.[47][48] Development of the city center began in 2015, with the construction of two apartment buildings and a hotel located near the convention center.[49][50]

Geography

 
Looking east on 164th Street Southwest in Lynnwood's urban growth area towards Mill Creek and the Cascade Mountains

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Lynnwood has a total area of 7.86 square miles (20.36 km2), of which 7.84 square miles (20.31 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.[51] The city is in the southwestern part of Snohomish County in Western Washington, and is considered part of the Seattle metropolitan area.[52] It is at the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405, approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of Seattle, 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Bellevue, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Everett.[53]

Lynnwood's city limits are roughly defined to south by Mountlake Terrace at 212th Street Southwest and the Interurban Trail; to the west by Edmonds along 76th Avenue West and Olympic View Drive; to the north by the unincorporated Picnic Point-North Lynnwood area, near 164th Street Southwest; and to the east and south by the unincorporated Alderwood Manor, along State Route 525 and Interstate 5.[54] The city's urban growth area (UGA) includes Alderwood Manor and part of North Lynnwood, extending east to Locust Way and Mill Creek, and north to the Mukilteo UGA at 148th Street Southwest.[55][56]: 1.5 

Lynnwood is situated 300 to 600 feet (91 to 183 m) on a plateau above Puget Sound, which lies to the city's west, and consists of several hills and valleys.[56]: 9.1 [57] The city has eighteen identified drainage basins, most of which drain into Swamp Creek or Puget Sound via Lund's Gulch.[56]: 9.6  Other natural features within Lynnwood include Scriber Lake and Hall Lake. One of the highest hills in the Seattle area is 649-foot (198 m) Lake Serene Hill, near the lake of the same name.[58][59] The city has extensive views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Mountains to the east.[60]

The main retail and commercial corridor of the city is the "Lynnwood Triangle", bordered to the east by Interstate 5, to the south by Southwest 196th Street, and to the west by 44th Avenue West. The "Triangle" area has been proposed as the site of a city center for Lynnwood since the 1980s, including planning for a future light rail station and high-density development surrounding it.[39][41]

Economy

Largest employers (2015)[61]
Employer Employees
1. Edmonds School District 2,965
2. City of Lynnwood 513
3. Nordstrom 490
4. Costco 488
5. Macy's 366
6. Fred Meyer 306
7. J. C. Penney 241
8. ADP 211
9. Zumiez 211
10. Target Corporation 181

As of 2015, Lynnwood has an estimated 19,095 residents who were in the workforce, either employed or unemployed.[62] Only 12 percent of Lynnwood residents work within city limits, while approximately 31 percent commute to Seattle, 9 percent to Everett, 6 percent to Bellevue, and 4 percent to Edmonds.[40]: 22  Regional job centers in Downtown Seattle, the Boeing assembly plant near Paine Field in Everett, Downtown Bellevue, and the Microsoft Redmond Campus employ the majority of Lynnwood workers.[40]: 22  The average one-way commute for Lynnwood workers in 2015 was approximately 30 minutes; 69 percent of workers drove alone to their workplace, while 12 percent carpooled, and 10 percent used public transit.[62] The largest industry of employment for Lynnwood workers are educational services and health care, with approximately 23 percent, followed by retail (15%), food services (13%), and professional services (12%).[62]

Lynnwood is also a major job center for Snohomish County, with approximately 24,767 jobs in 2012, but only seven percent of workers in Lynnwood live within the city limits. Over 52 percent of workers in Lynnwood reside within Snohomish County, while 9 percent reside in Seattle.[40]: 22  The largest industry in Lynnwood is the services sector, with approximately 45 percent of workers, followed by retail (28%) and education (8%).[40]: 24  The retail sector, centered around Alderwood Mall, employs 7,000 people and generates 50 percent of the city's tax revenue.[40]: 25–27  Professional services are concentrated in office parks near Alderwood Mall, comprising 176 buildings with nearly 2.8 million square feet (260,000 m2) of leasable office space.[14][40]: 44  The largest non-retail employers in the city include the Edmonds School District, the city government, and Automatic Data Processing (ADP).[61] Clothing retailer Zumiez and knife manufacturer SOG Specialty Knives are headquartered in Lynnwood.[63][64]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
19607,207
197016,919134.8%
198022,64133.8%
199028,69526.7%
200033,84718.0%
201035,8365.9%
202038,5687.6%
2021 (est.)40,592[3]5.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[65]
2019 Estimate[66]

The 1960 census counted 7,207 residents within Lynnwood city limits, which grew by 134 percent to nearly 17,000 by the 1970 census.[67] From 1970 to 1990, the city's population nearly doubled, fueled by annexations and suburban development.[68] During this period, Lynnwood gained a significant population of Asian Americans, primarily of Korean and Vietnamese origin, eventually growing to 14 percent of the city's population by 2000.[69][70] The estimated population of Lynnwood was 36,420 in 2015, with an additional 28,973 people living outside city limits in Lynnwood's urban growth area. By 2035, the Lynnwood area is projected to have a population of over 92,000 people, including 54,400 people within the current city limits.[71] Lynnwood residents had an estimated median household income of $47,700 in 2011, ranking lower than comparable suburban cities in the Seattle metropolitan area.[40]: 12 

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 35,836 people, 13,950 households, and 8,501 families residing in the city of Lynnwood. The population density was 4,570.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,764.8/km2). There were 14,939 housing units at an average density of 1,905.5 per square mile (735.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 63.8% White (58.6% non-Hispanic white), 5.5% African American, 1.1% Native American, 17.3% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 6.6% from other races, and 5.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.3% of the population.[2]

There were 14,107 households, of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.7% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.13.[2]

The median age in the city was 37.3 years. 21.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 13.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49% male and 51% female.[2]

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, there were 33,847 people, 13,328 households, and 8,330 families residing in the city of Lynnwood. The population density was 4,431.2 people per square mile (1,710.5/km2). There were 13,808 housing units at an average density of 1,807.7 per square mile (697.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 74.3% White, 3.3% African American, 1.0% Native American, 13.87% Asian, 0.40% Pacific Islander, 2.80% from other races, and 4.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.96% of the population.[72]

There were 13,328 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.13.[72]

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 24.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.[72]

The median income for a household in the city was $42,814, and the median income for a family was $51,825. Males had a median income of $37,395 versus $30,070 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,971. About 6.2% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.[72]

Crime

Lynnwood
Crime rates* (2015)
Violent crimes
Homicide3
Rape14
Robbery92
Aggravated assault111
Total violent crime220
Property crimes
Burglary507
Larceny-theft4,940
Motor vehicle theft415
Arson5
Total property crime5,861
Notes

*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.


Source: 2015 FBI UCR Data

The Lynnwood Police Department has 70 officers and 38 support staff, overseen by chief Tom Davis since his appointment to the position in August 2016.[73] In 2015, Lynnwood had 81 violent crimes and 2,162 property crimes reported to law enforcement.[74] The city's violent crime rate was 220 per 100,000 people, ranking below the national and state averages; the property crime rate of 5,861 per 100,000 people was significantly above the national and state averages.[75][76] Lynnwood has a relatively low overall crime rate compared to cities of the same size in Washington state, but ranks high for property crime, particularly larceny attributed to the nearby Alderwood Mall.[75][77] In an effort to curb traffic violations, the city government installed twelve red light cameras and four school zone cameras that took approximately 44,000 photos per year as of 2017 and generated $3.4 million in ticket revenue in 2018.[78][79]

The 2008 rape of a teenage woman in Lynnwood, part of a serial rape case, was the subject of "An Unbelievable Story of Rape", an article published by ProPublica and the Marshall Project and the winner of a Pulitzer Prize. It was adapted into the true crime miniseries Unbelievable for Netflix in 2019.[80][81] Between 2008 and 2012, Lynnwood police had labeled 21 percent of rape cases as "unfounded", five times the national average for similarly sized municipalities.[82] The victim, known as "Marie", was initially dismissed by detectives with the Lynnwood police department before the assailant, a serial rapist, was charged and convicted for the rapes of five more women. The city government agreed to a $150,000 settlement in the victim's lawsuit in 2014 and later changed the police department's procedures on sexual assault investigations.[80][83]

Government and politics

Lynnwood is defined as a non-charter code city and operates under a mayor–council government, with a full-time mayor and city council elected by residents.[84][85] The mayor serves a four-year term, with no term limits, and is joined in the Executive Department by an Executive Assistant and Assistant City Administrator.[86] Former city councilmember Christine Frizzell was elected mayor in 2021, succeeding two-term mayor Nicola Smith.[87]

The Lynnwood city council is composed of seven residents who are elected in at-large, non-partisan elections to four-year terms that are staggered every two years. The council also appoints a city manager to oversee city operations.[88] The council's meetings are held twice per month in a chamber at Lynnwood's city hall.[89] According to the Washington State Auditor, Lynnwood's municipal government employs 373 people full-time and operates on a biennial budget of $197.5 million.[88] The municipal government provides emergency services, water and sewage utilities, street maintenance, parks and recreation, and the municipal court and jail.[88][90] The municipal government has contracted with South County Fire to provide firefighting and emergency medical services since it was formed in 2017 by a merger of the Lynnwood fire department and a county fire district.[91]

At the federal level, Lynnwood has been part of Washington's 2nd congressional district since 2012,[92] represented by Democrat Rick Larsen.[93] Prior to the 2012 redistricting in Washington, Lynnwood was part of the 1st congressional district, represented by Jay Inslee.[94] At the state level, the city is part of the 32nd legislative district, which also includes Woodway, western Mountlake Terrace, and Shoreline.[92][95] Lynnwood is wholly part of the Snohomish County Council's 3rd district, alongside Edmonds and Woodway.[96]

Education

 
Snoqualmie Hall, a building shared by Edmonds College and Central Washington University, 2007

Public schools in Lynnwood are operated by the Edmonds School District, which also serves the cities of Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, and Woodway.[97] The district had an enrollment of approximately 20,847 students in 2014 and has 41 schools, of which 16 are located in or around Lynnwood.[98][99] The Edmonds School District has three high schools located in the Lynnwood area: Lynnwood High School, Meadowdale High School, and Scriber Lake High School.[99] The Lynnwood High School was originally located adjacent to Alderwood Mall, but moved to a new campus a mile (1.6 km) east on North Road in northern Bothell.[100]

Lynnwood is also home to two post-secondary educational institutions. Edmonds College, established in 1967,[101] offers two-year degree programs and other services. It enrolls an average of 11,100 students per quarter.[102] Central Washington University offers four-year bachelor's degrees in select programs at its Lynnwood campus, which it has shared with Edmonds College since 1975.[103][104]

Lynnwood also has several private schools, both religious and secular, including The Soundview School, St, Thomas More Parish, and the Brighton School.[105]

Culture

Parks and recreation

The city of Lynnwood has over 350 acres (140 ha) of open space in 19 community and neighborhood parks, as well as 14 miles (23 km) of recreational trails.[106] Part of the open space is set aside as natural conservation areas, including Lund's Gulch and Scriber Creek. The city also has special recreational facilities, including a municipal golf course, skate park, sports fields, a water park, and a senior center.[53][56]: 6.4  Central Lynnwood has two major parks: the Scriber Lake nature reserve; and Wilcox Park, the first park in the city, established in 1962.[107] The city government also organizes several regular community events, including the annual Fair on 44th block party, movie screenings, and Shakespeare in the Park.[108]

Media

From 1958 to 2012, Lynnwood and southern Snohomish County were served by a weekly newspaper, The Enterprise. The newspaper was acquired by The Everett Herald in 1996 and renamed to The Weekly Herald in 2011.[109] The Weekly Herald published its final issue on August 29, 2012, due to revenue issues.[109] The city is home to Lynnwood Today, a local blog that was established in March 2010 and is affiliated with The Seattle Times;[110][111] it was acquired by My Edmonds News, which also owns MLTnews, in 2013.[112] The Lynnwood Times, a bi-weekly newspaper, was founded in April 2019[113] by businessman and political candidate Mario Lotmore.[114]

Lynnwood is part of the Seattle–Tacoma media market, and is served by Seattle-based media outlets including The Seattle Times;[115] broadcast television stations KOMO-TV, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, and KCPQ-TV; and various radio stations.[116][117] Non-commercial radio station KSER was based in Lynnwood from 1991 to 1994, when it moved to Everett.[118]

Lynnwood opened its municipal library in 1971, contracting services to the regional Sno-Isle Libraries district.[119] The library is the most-visited in the system, which serves most of Snohomish and Island counties, with 504,000 annual visits as of 2012.[120] Lynnwood residents voted in 2006 to be annexed into the Sno-Isle Libraries district, also approving an expansion and modernization that took place in 2013.[121]

Historical preservation

 
Keeler's Corner, a service station listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Lynnwood has one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): Keeler's Korner, an automobile service station built in 1927 on Highway 99 at 164th Street Southwest.[122][123]

The Alderwood Manor Heritage Association was formed in 1991 after the demolition of the oldest home in Alderwood Manor, located east of Lynnwood city limits.[124] The preservation group succeeded in saving other early 20th century homes that were slated for demolition during a highway expansion, moving them to a new, city-owned park. The $1.8 million Heritage Park, opened in 2004, includes the Tudor-style, timber-framed Wickers Building, originally built in 1919; a cottage built for the Alderwood Manor superintendent in 1917; and a restored Interurban trolley car.[125][126]

The city has two other buildings determined to be eligible for a NRHP listing: the Masonic Temple, built in 1921; and a former schoolhouse built in 1917. Both buildings are located near the city center southwest of Alderwood Mall.[127]

Notable people

Notable people from Lynnwood include:

Infrastructure

Transportation

 
Interstate 5 approaching Lynnwood from the south

Lynnwood is located at the northern junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405, the two primary north–south freeways in the Seattle metropolitan area.[140]: 17  Interstate 5 continues south to Downtown Seattle, and north to Everett and Vancouver, British Columbia; Interstate 405 continues south to Bellevue and the Eastside, and north to Mukilteo as State Route 525. Lynnwood has two additional state highways: State Route 99, running north to Everett and south to Seattle; and State Route 524, connecting to Edmonds in the west as 196th Street Southwest.[141]

Public transportation in Lynnwood is provided by Community Transit, which serves most of Snohomish County, and Sound Transit, the regional system serving the entire metropolitan area. Most bus service in Lynnwood is concentrated at hubs, primarily the Lynnwood Transit Center, Ash Way Park and Ride, and Edmonds College. Community Transit operates local routes, including the Swift Blue Line on State Route 99, and peak-only commuter service to Downtown Seattle and Northgate station.[142][143] The agency also launched a ride-hailing service, Zip, in 2022 to serve areas in Lynnwood and Alderwood.[144]

Sound Transit operates all-day express service from Lynnwood Transit Center and Ash Way Park and Ride to Downtown Seattle and Downtown Bellevue.[145] In 2024, Sound Transit will begin operating Link light rail service to Lynnwood Transit Center, connecting it to Downtown Seattle and the Bellevue–Redmond area.[146] Light rail service is planned to be extended north to Downtown Everett, via Ash Way and Paine Field, in 2037.[147][148]

Utilities

Electric power in Lynnwood is provided by the Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD), a consumer-owned public utility that serves all of Snohomish County.[149] Puget Sound Energy provides natural gas service to the city;[150] Lynnwood is also the terminus of a minor gas pipeline operated by the Northwest Pipeline Company.[151]

The Alderwood Water and Wastewater District provides municipal tap water service for Lynnwood, sourced from Everett's Spada Lake Reservoir.[152][153] The City of Lynnwood handles sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment; its wastewater treatment plant treats 5 million gallons per day (19,000 m3) that is discharged into Puget Sound.[154] The water district serves the unincorporated areas around Lynnwood and also operates Well Number 5, an artesian well in North Lynnwood that has gained popularity for its quality.[155] The city contracts with Republic Services and Waste Management for garbage, recycling, and yard waste disposal.[156]

Health care

Lynnwood does not have any general hospitals, but is located near the Edmonds branch of Swedish Medical Center, formerly known as Stevens Hospital.[157][158] The city has several community and specialty clinics operated by regional healthcare providers, including the Community Health Center of Snohomish County,[159] Virginia Mason, and The Everett Clinic.[160][161]

Sister cities

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Lynnwood redirects here For other uses see Lynnwood disambiguation Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County Washington United States The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located 16 miles 26 km north of Seattle and 13 miles 21 km south of Everett near the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 It is the fourth largest city in Snohomish County with a population of 38 568 in the 2020 U S census 5 LynnwoodCityLogoLocation of Lynnwood in Snohomish CountyCoordinates 47 49 16 N 122 18 54 W 47 82111 N 122 31500 W 47 82111 122 31500 Coordinates 47 49 16 N 122 18 54 W 47 82111 N 122 31500 W 47 82111 122 31500CountryUnited StatesStateWashingtonCountySnohomishIncorporatedApril 23 1959Government TypeMayor council MayorChristine FrizzellArea 1 Total7 89 sq mi 20 44 km2 Land7 88 sq mi 20 40 km2 Water0 02 sq mi 0 04 km2 Elevation394 ft 120 m Population 2020 2 Total38 568 Estimate 2021 3 40 592 Density5 143 49 sq mi 1 985 91 km2 Time zoneUTC 8 PST Summer DST UTC 7 PDT ZIP codes98026 98036 98037 98046 98087Area code425FIPS code53 40840GNIS feature ID1512414 4 Websitelynnwoodwa govOften characterized as a suburb or bedroom community Lynnwood has the highest concentration of retailers in the region and a growing core of businesses anchored by the Alderwood Mall The city also has a community college a convention center and a major transit center It is headquarters for several major companies including Zumiez and SOG Specialty Knives The Lynnwood area was logged and settled by homesteaders in the late 19th century and early 20th century including the development of Alderwood Manor as a planned farming community Lynnwood named for the wife of a realtor emerged in the late 1940s around the intersection of Highway 99 and 196th Street Southwest The city was incorporated on April 23 1959 and grew into a suburban hub in the years following the completion of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 Alderwood Mall opened in 1979 and spurred the transformation of eastern Lynnwood into a retail and office district Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Demographics 4 1 2010 census 4 2 2000 census 4 3 Crime 5 Government and politics 6 Education 7 Culture 7 1 Parks and recreation 7 2 Media 7 3 Historical preservation 8 Notable people 9 Infrastructure 9 1 Transportation 9 2 Utilities 9 3 Health care 10 Sister cities 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditPrior to contact with American settlers the Snohomish tribe of Native Americans used the area of modern day Lynnwood for summertime activities including hunting fishing berry gathering and root cultivation The Snohomish were relocated to the Tulalip reservation near modern day Marysville after the signing of the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855 opening the area for American settlement 6 Brown s Bay part of Puget Sound and modern day Meadowdale were surveyed by American loggers in 1859 7 Logging on Brown s Bay began in 1860 and the first American settlers arrived in the 1880s Scottish born stonemason Duncan Hunter became the area s first white resident in 1889 filing an 80 acre 32 ha land claim on modern day 36th Avenue West after moving west from Wisconsin The claim was inherited by Hunter s son Basil who lived on the property until his death in 1982 it was later turned into the city s Pioneer Park in the late 1980s 8 9 Hunter was joined to the east by a claim from William Morrice a fellow stonemason from Aberdeen Scotland 10 Settlers from Pennsylvania homesteaded along Cedar Valley to the south of Hunter and Morrice and near Scriber Lake named for Peter Schreiber in 1888 leading to the establishment of the area s first schoolhouse in 1895 6 11 The Wickers Building a 1919 cottage built in Alderwood Manor During the early 20th century the Lynnwood area was gradually logged by private companies and mill operators leaving behind plots with tree stumps The arrival of the Seattle Everett Interurban Railway in 1910 brought reliable transportation to the area as well as real estate speculators The Puget Mill Company then the largest landowner in southern Snohomish County established the planned community of Alderwood Manor in 1917 and marketed the area to urban dwellers wishing to build farms in the countryside Alderwood Manor located near an Interurban station gained streets named for tree species and was divided into 5 to 10 acre 2 0 to 4 0 ha plots that sold for 200 per acre A 30 acre 12 ha demonstration farm was built to educate new residents on raising crops and chickens as well as market the Alderwood Manor plots to Little Landers a nickname for the new residents 12 Alderwood Manor grew to over 1 463 people and 200 000 hens by 1922 and had electricity and telephone services to most of its residents 6 13 The Puget Mill Company leased out its demonstration farm in 1933 and ceased operations at Alderwood Manor later in the decade amid declining sales during the Great Depression At the same time the opening of the Pacific Highway modern day Highway 99 in 1927 and the decline of Interurban service in the 1930s shifted the center of economic growth west near Scriber Lake Seattle realtor Karl O Brien filed a plat along Highway 99 at 196th Street Southwest in 1937 naming the development Lynnwood after his wife Lynn 14 Nearby businesses adopted the name during the 1940s leading to the formal use of Lynnwood by the chamber of commerce in 1946 instead of the suggested West Alderwood 6 15 Lynnwood gained its first post office in 1948 after a successful lobbying campaign by the Lynnwood Commercial Club to the federal Post Office Department 16 Throughout the early 1950s Lynnwood saw slow residential development in part because of the lack of sewers and other municipal services 17 Local residents sought to be annexed into Edmonds but were denied and left to organize their own city 18 In 1956 a committee to study incorporating Lynnwood as a city was formed proposing an area of 6 7 square miles 17 km2 and population of 10 744 for the new city A petition to incorporate was signed by 600 voters and submitted early the following year proposing a 6 square mile 16 km2 city during the early months of 1958 several property owners asked to be removed from the proposal over disinterest in the Lynnwood group 19 An incorporation measure was put before voters on the November 1958 failing by a narrow margin of 890 to 848 votes 20 21 A second attempt at incorporation with a revised size of three square miles 7 8 km2 and population of 6 000 was approved by a 2 to 1 margin on April 14 1959 The successful incorporation was credited in part to the movement of dilapidated homes and structures from the right of way of Interstate 5 a freeway to be built through Alderwood Manor into the Lynnwood area at the behest of the county government Realtor Jack Bennett was elected the city s first mayor 22 and the city council first met on April 20 23 The city charter was approved by the county commissioners on April 23 1959 marking Lynnwood s official incorporation as a third class city 23 18 Two years after incorporation the young city was mired in a legal dispute with neighboring Edmonds over the annexation of the Browns Bay area 24 which was resolved in an out of court settlement 25 Lynnwood began offering municipal services in its first years opening a sewage treatment plant a public park new streets and acquiring a water system from the Alderwood Water District 26 The city began building its 18 acre 7 3 ha civic center complex in 1969 shortly after the approval of a bond issue to finance the 1 5 million project equivalent to 8 63 million in 2021 dollars 27 28 The civic center located at 44th Avenue West and 194th Street Southwest came after a decade in leased facilities scattered around the city center 29 The first buildings on the campus including the city hall and public library opened in 1971 30 Later expansions to the civic center added a police station a municipal courthouse and an indoor recreation center 31 The opening of Interstate 5 in 1965 moved the commercial center of Lynnwood east towards Alderwood Manor which culminated in the proposed construction of a large shopping center in 1968 6 18 331 332 The 130 acre 53 ha shopping center named Alderwood Mall and developed by Allied Stores 32 was put on hold during the local recession of the early 1970s and was later sold to shopping mall developer Edward J DeBartolo Sr in 1976 33 34 Alderwood Mall opened on October 4 1979 35 sparking a major retail and residential boom in the Lynnwood area in the early 1980s 36 The Swamp Creek Interchange at Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 was completed in 1984 creating a new regional connection to Alderwood and Lynnwood from the Eastside region of King County 37 During the 1980s Lynnwood gained its first of several office parks housing high tech companies expanding from the Eastside and the Canyon Park area of Bothell 38 36 Shopping areas developed around Alderwood Mall at the same time creating the county s largest retail center and new housing areas spread out from the city limits of Lynnwood 36 39 Despite the development boom of unincorporated areas surrounding Lynnwood growth within the city itself slowed in the late 1980s and 1990s attributed to few annexations and slow natural growth 40 7 The Lynnwood Convention Center opened in 2003 at the intersection of 196th Street Southwest and Interstate 5 Lynnwood began developing plans for a city center near the Alderwood Mall area in the 1980s 39 41 Like other post war suburbs Lynnwood developed without a defined central business district and sought to consolidate cultural facilities and high density development in a manner similar to Downtown Bellevue 14 42 In the late 1990s the Washington State Department of Transportation rebuilt several interchanges on Interstate 5 in Lynnwood including the construction of a full diamond interchange at 196th Street Southwest costing 80 million 43 44 The city opened a 31 million medium sized convention center in 2005 to anchor the future city center 45 46 The City of Lynnwood formally adopted its City Center Subarea Plan in 2007 outlining plans to re develop a 300 acre 120 ha area between Lynnwood Transit Center and Alderwood Mall into a central business district 47 48 Development of the city center began in 2015 with the construction of two apartment buildings and a hotel located near the convention center 49 50 Geography Edit Looking east on 164th Street Southwest in Lynnwood s urban growth area towards Mill Creek and the Cascade Mountains According to the United States Census Bureau the city of Lynnwood has a total area of 7 86 square miles 20 36 km2 of which 7 84 square miles 20 31 km2 is land and 0 02 square miles 0 05 km2 is water 51 The city is in the southwestern part of Snohomish County in Western Washington and is considered part of the Seattle metropolitan area 52 It is at the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 approximately 16 miles 26 km north of Seattle 19 miles 31 km northwest of Bellevue and 13 miles 21 km south of Everett 53 Lynnwood s city limits are roughly defined to south by Mountlake Terrace at 212th Street Southwest and the Interurban Trail to the west by Edmonds along 76th Avenue West and Olympic View Drive to the north by the unincorporated Picnic Point North Lynnwood area near 164th Street Southwest and to the east and south by the unincorporated Alderwood Manor along State Route 525 and Interstate 5 54 The city s urban growth area UGA includes Alderwood Manor and part of North Lynnwood extending east to Locust Way and Mill Creek and north to the Mukilteo UGA at 148th Street Southwest 55 56 1 5 Lynnwood is situated 300 to 600 feet 91 to 183 m on a plateau above Puget Sound which lies to the city s west and consists of several hills and valleys 56 9 1 57 The city has eighteen identified drainage basins most of which drain into Swamp Creek or Puget Sound via Lund s Gulch 56 9 6 Other natural features within Lynnwood include Scriber Lake and Hall Lake One of the highest hills in the Seattle area is 649 foot 198 m Lake Serene Hill near the lake of the same name 58 59 The city has extensive views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Mountains to the east 60 The main retail and commercial corridor of the city is the Lynnwood Triangle bordered to the east by Interstate 5 to the south by Southwest 196th Street and to the west by 44th Avenue West The Triangle area has been proposed as the site of a city center for Lynnwood since the 1980s including planning for a future light rail station and high density development surrounding it 39 41 Economy EditLargest employers 2015 61 Employer Employees1 Edmonds School District 2 9652 City of Lynnwood 5133 Nordstrom 4904 Costco 4885 Macy s 3666 Fred Meyer 3067 J C Penney 2418 ADP 2119 Zumiez 21110 Target Corporation 181As of 2015 update Lynnwood has an estimated 19 095 residents who were in the workforce either employed or unemployed 62 Only 12 percent of Lynnwood residents work within city limits while approximately 31 percent commute to Seattle 9 percent to Everett 6 percent to Bellevue and 4 percent to Edmonds 40 22 Regional job centers in Downtown Seattle the Boeing assembly plant near Paine Field in Everett Downtown Bellevue and the Microsoft Redmond Campus employ the majority of Lynnwood workers 40 22 The average one way commute for Lynnwood workers in 2015 was approximately 30 minutes 69 percent of workers drove alone to their workplace while 12 percent carpooled and 10 percent used public transit 62 The largest industry of employment for Lynnwood workers are educational services and health care with approximately 23 percent followed by retail 15 food services 13 and professional services 12 62 Lynnwood is also a major job center for Snohomish County with approximately 24 767 jobs in 2012 but only seven percent of workers in Lynnwood live within the city limits Over 52 percent of workers in Lynnwood reside within Snohomish County while 9 percent reside in Seattle 40 22 The largest industry in Lynnwood is the services sector with approximately 45 percent of workers followed by retail 28 and education 8 40 24 The retail sector centered around Alderwood Mall employs 7 000 people and generates 50 percent of the city s tax revenue 40 25 27 Professional services are concentrated in office parks near Alderwood Mall comprising 176 buildings with nearly 2 8 million square feet 260 000 m2 of leasable office space 14 40 44 The largest non retail employers in the city include the Edmonds School District the city government and Automatic Data Processing ADP 61 Clothing retailer Zumiez and knife manufacturer SOG Specialty Knives are headquartered in Lynnwood 63 64 Demographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 19607 207 197016 919134 8 198022 64133 8 199028 69526 7 200033 84718 0 201035 8365 9 202038 5687 6 2021 est 40 592 3 5 2 U S Decennial Census 65 2019 Estimate 66 The 1960 census counted 7 207 residents within Lynnwood city limits which grew by 134 percent to nearly 17 000 by the 1970 census 67 From 1970 to 1990 the city s population nearly doubled fueled by annexations and suburban development 68 During this period Lynnwood gained a significant population of Asian Americans primarily of Korean and Vietnamese origin eventually growing to 14 percent of the city s population by 2000 69 70 The estimated population of Lynnwood was 36 420 in 2015 with an additional 28 973 people living outside city limits in Lynnwood s urban growth area By 2035 the Lynnwood area is projected to have a population of over 92 000 people including 54 400 people within the current city limits 71 Lynnwood residents had an estimated median household income of 47 700 in 2011 ranking lower than comparable suburban cities in the Seattle metropolitan area 40 12 2010 census Edit As of the 2010 census there were 35 836 people 13 950 households and 8 501 families residing in the city of Lynnwood The population density was 4 570 9 inhabitants per square mile 1 764 8 km2 There were 14 939 housing units at an average density of 1 905 5 per square mile 735 7 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 63 8 White 58 6 non Hispanic white 5 5 African American 1 1 Native American 17 3 Asian 0 5 Pacific Islander 6 6 from other races and 5 1 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13 3 of the population 2 There were 14 107 households of which 26 9 had children under the age of 18 living with them 42 6 were married couples living together 12 2 had a female householder with no husband present 5 5 had a male householder with no wife present and 39 7 were non families 30 8 of all households were made up of individuals and 9 4 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 50 and the average family size was 3 13 2 The median age in the city was 37 3 years 21 7 of residents were under the age of 18 10 6 were between the ages of 18 and 24 28 were from 25 to 44 26 2 were from 45 to 64 and 13 4 were 65 years of age or older The gender makeup of the city was 49 male and 51 female 2 2000 census Edit As of the 2000 census there were 33 847 people 13 328 households and 8 330 families residing in the city of Lynnwood The population density was 4 431 2 people per square mile 1 710 5 km2 There were 13 808 housing units at an average density of 1 807 7 per square mile 697 8 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 74 3 White 3 3 African American 1 0 Native American 13 87 Asian 0 40 Pacific Islander 2 80 from other races and 4 35 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6 96 of the population 72 There were 13 328 households out of which 32 1 had children under the age of 18 living with them 46 3 were married couples living together 11 5 had a female householder with no husband present and 37 5 were non families 29 3 of all households were made up of individuals and 9 4 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 50 and the average family size was 3 13 72 In the city the age distribution of the population shows 24 4 under the age of 18 10 4 from 18 to 24 32 1 from 25 to 44 21 3 from 45 to 64 and 11 8 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 35 years For every 100 females there were 95 0 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92 0 males 72 The median income for a household in the city was 42 814 and the median income for a family was 51 825 Males had a median income of 37 395 versus 30 070 for females The per capita income for the city was 19 971 About 6 2 of families and 9 5 of the population were below the poverty line including 9 8 of those under age 18 and 12 2 of those age 65 or over 72 Crime Edit LynnwoodCrime rates 2015 Violent crimesHomicide3Rape14Robbery92Aggravated assault111Total violent crime220Property crimesBurglary507Larceny theft4 940Motor vehicle theft415Arson5Total property crime5 861Notes Number of reported crimes per 100 000 population Source 2015 FBI UCR DataThe Lynnwood Police Department has 70 officers and 38 support staff overseen by chief Tom Davis since his appointment to the position in August 2016 73 In 2015 Lynnwood had 81 violent crimes and 2 162 property crimes reported to law enforcement 74 The city s violent crime rate was 220 per 100 000 people ranking below the national and state averages the property crime rate of 5 861 per 100 000 people was significantly above the national and state averages 75 76 Lynnwood has a relatively low overall crime rate compared to cities of the same size in Washington state but ranks high for property crime particularly larceny attributed to the nearby Alderwood Mall 75 77 In an effort to curb traffic violations the city government installed twelve red light cameras and four school zone cameras that took approximately 44 000 photos per year as of 2017 update and generated 3 4 million in ticket revenue in 2018 78 79 The 2008 rape of a teenage woman in Lynnwood part of a serial rape case was the subject of An Unbelievable Story of Rape an article published by ProPublica and the Marshall Project and the winner of a Pulitzer Prize It was adapted into the true crime miniseries Unbelievable for Netflix in 2019 80 81 Between 2008 and 2012 Lynnwood police had labeled 21 percent of rape cases as unfounded five times the national average for similarly sized municipalities 82 The victim known as Marie was initially dismissed by detectives with the Lynnwood police department before the assailant a serial rapist was charged and convicted for the rapes of five more women The city government agreed to a 150 000 settlement in the victim s lawsuit in 2014 and later changed the police department s procedures on sexual assault investigations 80 83 Government and politics EditLynnwood is defined as a non charter code city and operates under a mayor council government with a full time mayor and city council elected by residents 84 85 The mayor serves a four year term with no term limits and is joined in the Executive Department by an Executive Assistant and Assistant City Administrator 86 Former city councilmember Christine Frizzell was elected mayor in 2021 succeeding two term mayor Nicola Smith 87 The Lynnwood city council is composed of seven residents who are elected in at large non partisan elections to four year terms that are staggered every two years The council also appoints a city manager to oversee city operations 88 The council s meetings are held twice per month in a chamber at Lynnwood s city hall 89 According to the Washington State Auditor Lynnwood s municipal government employs 373 people full time and operates on a biennial budget of 197 5 million 88 The municipal government provides emergency services water and sewage utilities street maintenance parks and recreation and the municipal court and jail 88 90 The municipal government has contracted with South County Fire to provide firefighting and emergency medical services since it was formed in 2017 by a merger of the Lynnwood fire department and a county fire district 91 At the federal level Lynnwood has been part of Washington s 2nd congressional district since 2012 92 represented by Democrat Rick Larsen 93 Prior to the 2012 redistricting in Washington Lynnwood was part of the 1st congressional district represented by Jay Inslee 94 At the state level the city is part of the 32nd legislative district which also includes Woodway western Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline 92 95 Lynnwood is wholly part of the Snohomish County Council s 3rd district alongside Edmonds and Woodway 96 Education Edit Snoqualmie Hall a building shared by Edmonds College and Central Washington University 2007 Public schools in Lynnwood are operated by the Edmonds School District which also serves the cities of Edmonds Mountlake Terrace and Woodway 97 The district had an enrollment of approximately 20 847 students in 2014 and has 41 schools of which 16 are located in or around Lynnwood 98 99 The Edmonds School District has three high schools located in the Lynnwood area Lynnwood High School Meadowdale High School and Scriber Lake High School 99 The Lynnwood High School was originally located adjacent to Alderwood Mall but moved to a new campus a mile 1 6 km east on North Road in northern Bothell 100 Lynnwood is also home to two post secondary educational institutions Edmonds College established in 1967 101 offers two year degree programs and other services It enrolls an average of 11 100 students per quarter 102 Central Washington University offers four year bachelor s degrees in select programs at its Lynnwood campus which it has shared with Edmonds College since 1975 103 104 Lynnwood also has several private schools both religious and secular including The Soundview School St Thomas More Parish and the Brighton School 105 Culture EditParks and recreation Edit The city of Lynnwood has over 350 acres 140 ha of open space in 19 community and neighborhood parks as well as 14 miles 23 km of recreational trails 106 Part of the open space is set aside as natural conservation areas including Lund s Gulch and Scriber Creek The city also has special recreational facilities including a municipal golf course skate park sports fields a water park and a senior center 53 56 6 4 Central Lynnwood has two major parks the Scriber Lake nature reserve and Wilcox Park the first park in the city established in 1962 107 The city government also organizes several regular community events including the annual Fair on 44th block party movie screenings and Shakespeare in the Park 108 Media Edit From 1958 to 2012 Lynnwood and southern Snohomish County were served by a weekly newspaper The Enterprise The newspaper was acquired by The Everett Herald in 1996 and renamed to The Weekly Herald in 2011 109 The Weekly Herald published its final issue on August 29 2012 due to revenue issues 109 The city is home to Lynnwood Today a local blog that was established in March 2010 and is affiliated with The Seattle Times 110 111 it was acquired by My Edmonds News which also owns MLTnews in 2013 112 The Lynnwood Times a bi weekly newspaper was founded in April 2019 113 by businessman and political candidate Mario Lotmore 114 Lynnwood is part of the Seattle Tacoma media market and is served by Seattle based media outlets including The Seattle Times 115 broadcast television stations KOMO TV KING TV KIRO TV and KCPQ TV and various radio stations 116 117 Non commercial radio station KSER was based in Lynnwood from 1991 to 1994 when it moved to Everett 118 Lynnwood opened its municipal library in 1971 contracting services to the regional Sno Isle Libraries district 119 The library is the most visited in the system which serves most of Snohomish and Island counties with 504 000 annual visits as of 2012 update 120 Lynnwood residents voted in 2006 to be annexed into the Sno Isle Libraries district also approving an expansion and modernization that took place in 2013 121 Historical preservation Edit Keeler s Corner a service station listed on the National Register of Historic Places Lynnwood has one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places NRHP Keeler s Korner an automobile service station built in 1927 on Highway 99 at 164th Street Southwest 122 123 The Alderwood Manor Heritage Association was formed in 1991 after the demolition of the oldest home in Alderwood Manor located east of Lynnwood city limits 124 The preservation group succeeded in saving other early 20th century homes that were slated for demolition during a highway expansion moving them to a new city owned park The 1 8 million Heritage Park opened in 2004 includes the Tudor style timber framed Wickers Building originally built in 1919 a cottage built for the Alderwood Manor superintendent in 1917 and a restored Interurban trolley car 125 126 The city has two other buildings determined to be eligible for a NRHP listing the Masonic Temple built in 1921 and a former schoolhouse built in 1917 Both buildings are located near the city center southwest of Alderwood Mall 127 Notable people EditNotable people from Lynnwood include Kenneth Bae missionary and North Korean prisoner 128 Steven W Bailey actor 129 Randy Couture UFC MMA fighter and actor 130 Myles Gaskin American football player 131 Paul Kenneth Keller serial arsonist 132 Paul Lyttle curler 133 Tom McGrath animator and film director 134 Edward Nixon brother of President Richard Nixon 135 Mikayla Pivec professional basketball player 136 Travis Snider professional baseball player 137 Layne Staley rock musician 138 Katie Thurston television personality contestant and star on The Bachelorette 139 Infrastructure EditTransportation Edit Interstate 5 approaching Lynnwood from the south Lynnwood is located at the northern junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 the two primary north south freeways in the Seattle metropolitan area 140 17 Interstate 5 continues south to Downtown Seattle and north to Everett and Vancouver British Columbia Interstate 405 continues south to Bellevue and the Eastside and north to Mukilteo as State Route 525 Lynnwood has two additional state highways State Route 99 running north to Everett and south to Seattle and State Route 524 connecting to Edmonds in the west as 196th Street Southwest 141 Public transportation in Lynnwood is provided by Community Transit which serves most of Snohomish County and Sound Transit the regional system serving the entire metropolitan area Most bus service in Lynnwood is concentrated at hubs primarily the Lynnwood Transit Center Ash Way Park and Ride and Edmonds College Community Transit operates local routes including the Swift Blue Line on State Route 99 and peak only commuter service to Downtown Seattle and Northgate station 142 143 The agency also launched a ride hailing service Zip in 2022 to serve areas in Lynnwood and Alderwood 144 Sound Transit operates all day express service from Lynnwood Transit Center and Ash Way Park and Ride to Downtown 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