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Everett (City of Washington)

a city of Washington, the county-seat of Snohomish co. It is a port of entry and is at the mouth of the Snohomish river, on Puget Sound, and on the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroads. It is also on several lines of freight and passenger steamboats. It is the center of an important lumbering, gardening, and mining community. There is an excellent harbor with facilities for docking vessels of large tonnage. The city has an important trade in lumber. Other industries include ship yards, paper and flour mills, iron works, and chemical works. It is the seat of the Pacific College and has a public library, hospitals, and the United States customs and assayer's offices.

Pop. (1910) 24,814; (1920) 27,644.