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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />URBAN FORM ELEMENT <br /> Page 8 <br />Our Community <br />The city, originally called Hibulb, was the principal village of the Snohomish Tribe and has grown and <br />changed from its roots as a fishing and trading post. <br />The Tulalip Tribes are the successors in interest to the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, and other <br />tribes and bands, and were party to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. The Tulalip Indian Reservation is <br />approximately 22,500 acres (about 36 square miles) and lies on Port Susan, Port Gardner, and <br />Possession Sound in western Snohomish County. The treaty established the Tulalip Indian Reservation <br />and reserved to the Tulalip Tribes rights to fish in all their “usual and accustomed” areas and hunt and <br />gather on all “open and unclaimed” lands. <br />By the mid nineteenth century, the first European settlers came to the area, they were primarily <br />homesteaders and loggers. Between 1870 and 1880 the white population in Snohomish County grew <br />from 400 to 1,873. By 1890, there were 5,600 residents; and Everett was incorporated as a city in 1892. <br />One third of the population was foreign-born mostly from England and Scandinavia. <br />At the beginning of the twentieth century, the city began to form as an industrial city along the <br />waterfront. More immigrants arrived from Canada and Germany to work in lumber mills, iron works, <br />shipbuilder, fisheries and canneries. <br />During World War I and World War II, Everett’s contributions to the war efforts led to further growth in <br />the population, with the establishment of the Port of Everett in 1918 and later Paine Field for the Army <br />Air Corps in 1930. When the base was no longer needed by the Air Force it became the site of Boeing’s <br />expanded operations in the Puget Sound region. <br />Everett continues to grow with new residents from across the region and across the globe. <br />Everett’s Population <br />Year Population <br />1900 7,838 <br />1910 24,814 <br />1920 27,664 <br />1930 30,567 <br />1940 30,244 <br />1950 33,849 <br />1960 40,304 <br />1970 53,622 <br />1980 54,413