39 Facts About Marysville Washington

In 1891, Marysville Washington was incorporated and welcomed the completed Great Northern Railway.

Marysville Washington is oriented north–south along Interstate 5, bordering the Tulalip Indian Reservation to the west, and State Route 9 to the east.

The reservation, located to the west of modern-day Marysville Washington, was established by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855, signed by local Native American tribes and territorial governor Isaac Stevens at modern-day Mukilteo.

The city remained relatively unchanged through the Great Depression, with the diversity of industries credited for Marysville Washington avoiding the worst of economic hardship experienced by other nearby communities.

Marysville Washington began to grow into a bedroom community of Seattle and Everett in the late 1950s, spurred by the completion of Interstate 5 in stages from 1954 to 1969.

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Marysville Washington was re-classified as a third-class city in March 1962 and the local Chamber of Commerce boosted the city during the Century 21 Exposition held in nearby Seattle, hosting a UFO exposition in Smokey Point that summer.

Marysville Washington underwent further population changes in the late 1980s and 1990s, continuing to build more housing and new retail centers after the lifting of a building moratorium.

Marysville Washington attempted to attract regional facilities in the late 1990s and 2000s, with varying degrees of success.

In September 2004, Marysville Washington won a bid to build a 850-acre NASCAR racetrack near Smokey Point.

In 2015, the city of Marysville Washington was the recipient of grants and consultation from the Environmental Protection Agency's smart growth program, identifying strategies for infill development in downtown.

Marysville Washington sits in the watershed of two major creeks, Quilceda Creek and Allen Creek, and approximately 70 minor streams that flow into Ebey Slough and Snohomish River.

Marysville Washington skyline is dominated by views of Mount Pilchuck and the Cascade Mountains to the east and the Olympic Mountains to the west.

In 2015, Marysville was the fastest-growing city in Washington, growing at a rate of 2.

One of the largest employers of Marysville Washington residents is the Boeing Company and their Everett assembly plant.

Since the late 1980s, the economy of Marysville Washington has centered around retail areas, including the downtown Marysville Washington Towne Center Mall and the Naval Support Complex .

An auto row along Smokey Point Boulevard in northern Marysville Washington was developed in the late 2010s and is home to several car dealerships.

Marysville Washington is home to a small manufacturing industry based in the northern part of the city near Smokey Point and Arlington's manufacturing center at Arlington Municipal Airport.

The cities of Arlington and Marysville Washington lobbied for the creation of the Cascade Industrial Center from the Puget Sound Regional Council, which was approved in 2019.

At the federal level, Marysville is part of Washington's 2nd congressional district, which has been represented by Democrat Rick Larsen since 2001.

Marysville Washington is wholly part of the Snohomish County Council's 1st district, represented by Nate Nehring, son of the city's mayor Jon Nehring, since his appointment in 2017.

Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts was founded in 2009 to offer art, music and theatre classes in Marysville Washington, including the staging of community theatre productions.

Marysville Washington was formerly home to a children's museum from 1993 to 1995, located at the Marysville Washington Towne Center Mall.

Comeford Park, located in Downtown Marysville and named for town founders James P Comeford and his wife Maria, is the city's oldest municipal park and is home to the city's landmark water tower, built in 1921 and non-functional since the 1970s.

Marysville Washington is home to private, non-profit recreation facilities operated by the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club, as well as a privately owned bowling alley and indoor roller skating rink.

Marysville Washington is part of the Seattle–Tacoma media market, and is served by Seattle-based media outlets including The Seattle Times; broadcast television stations KOMO-TV, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, and KCPQ-TV; and various radio stations.

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Cable television service in Marysville Washington is provided by Comcast and Ziply Fiber for most of the city and Wave Broadband in North Lakewood; the city owns a public-access television station that is operated by the Marysville Washington School District.

Marysville Washington initiated its first sister city relationship in 2017 with Yueqing, a coastal city in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.

Public schools in Marysville Washington are operated by the Marysville Washington School District, which covers most of the incorporated city and the Tulalip Indian Reservation.

Marysville Washington has one private school, Grace Academy, which was established as a Christian school in 1977 and enrolls 330 students.

Marysville Washington is located near the Everett Community College, the north county region's only post-secondary education institution, situated in north Everett.

Marysville Washington is located along the east side of Interstate 5, which connects the city to Vancouver, British Columbia to the north and Seattle to the south.

The freeway has four exits serving Marysville Washington, located at 4th Street in Downtown, 88th Street NE near Quil Ceda Village, 116th Street NE near Kruse Junction, and 172nd Street NE near Smokey Point.

Marysville Washington is one of the largest cities in the metro area excluded from the Sound Transit regional service area, but expressed interest in joining the regional transit authority in the 1990s.

Marysville Washington is bisected by a north–south railroad operated by BNSF Railway, carrying freight as well as Amtrak Cascades passenger trains that do not stop in Marysville Washington.

The nearest municipal airports to Marysville Washington are Arlington Municipal Airport and Paine Field in Everett, while the nearest international airport is Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, 45 miles to the south.

Marysville Washington is bisected by the Centennial Trail, a multi-use trail running along the eastern part of the city near State Route 9 between Snohomish and Arlington.

Electric power in Marysville Washington is provided by the Snohomish County Public Utility District, a consumer-owned public utility that sources most of its electricity from the federal Bonneville Power Administration .

City of Marysville Washington provides municipal solid waste collection and disposal services, while contracting Waste Management for mandatory single-stream recycling and optional yard waste disposal.

Areas annexed into the city of Marysville Washington are transferred to municipal water and waste services through agreements between the city and the Snohomish County PUD.