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Independent sources don't show Stanwood/Centerville now or then being referred to with this name; MOS:LEADLANG. One of several settlements in the same general area, but different from the subject of this article. Good for history section but not the WP:LEAD / infobox. Tag: Reverted |
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Stanwood
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| named_for = [[Clara Stanwood Pearson]]
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'''Stanwood'''
The Stanwood area has been home to the [[Stillaguamish people]] for thousands of years, who originally had a village at the present site of Stanwood. The modern city of Stanwood was later founded in 1866 as '''Centerville''', adopting its current name in 1877 after the arrival of [[postmaster]] Daniel O. Pearson. It was [[plat]]ted in 1888 and [[municipal incorporation|incorporated]] as a city in 1903. The city was bypassed by the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]], which built a depot {{convert|1|mi|km|1|spell=in}} east that grew into its own separate town, incorporated in 1922 as '''East Stanwood'''. The two Stanwoods were civic rivals for several decades, until their governments were consolidated after a 1960 referendum was approved by voters.
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[[File:Stanwood WA Main St.jpg|thumb|left|Looking west on 271st Street Northwest, formerly the [[main street]] of East Stanwood]]
The [[Stillaguamish people|Stillaguamish]], a [[Coast Salish]] tribe, inhabited the area around the Stillaguamish River delta for several thousand years. The modern-day site of downtown Stanwood was the location of a Stillaguamish village, named {{Lang-lut|sdᶻəlgʷas|label=none}},<ref name="Lushootseed">{{Cite web |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ dxʷləšucid ʔaciɬtalbixʷ – Puget Sound Geographical names |url=https://tulaliplushootseed.com/places/ |website=Tulalip Lushootseed |publisher=Tulalip Tribes |accessdate=October 16, 2023}}</ref> that consisted of three large [[potlatch]] houses with an estimated population of 250 people.<ref name="Lane1973">{{Cite book |last=Lane |first=Barbara |title=Anthropological Report on the Identity, Treaty Status, and Fisheries of the Stillaguamish Indians |year=1973}}</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2023}} There were several other villages around the delta that totaled approximately 800 people,<ref name="Lane1973"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hollenbeck |first1=Jan L. |last2=Moss |first2=Madonna |year=1987 |title=A Cultural Resource Overview: Prehistory, Ethnography and History: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest |publisher=[[United States Forest Service]] |page=153 |oclc=892024380 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005998596 |via=[[HathiTrust]] |access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> as well as a graveyard that was later destroyed by settlers.<ref name="Lane1973"/>
The area's first American expedition was led by George O. and G. L. Wilson, who were led by [[Snohomish people|Snohomish]] guides on a canoe expedition up the Stillaguamish River in 1851 and reported on its economic potential.<ref name="Lane1973"/><ref name="Times-1957">{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Lucile |author-link=Lucile Saunders McDonald |date=December 8, 1957 |title=Two of Stillaguamish River's 3 Mouths Threatened by Siltation |page=5 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>
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