Bothell is a city in both Snohomish County and King County, Washington. The population was estimated at 42,939 in 2015. The 2020 census has the population at 48,161.
History[]
Prior to Anglo-American settlement, the Woodinville area was inhabited by the native Sammamish people.
In 1871, Susan Woodin and her husband Ira moved from Seattle and traveled up the Sammamish River to build a cabin, log timber and farm cattle. A town gradually built up around the cabin, which served as its first school and Post Office, with Susan Woodin as Postmaster. Woodin and his son-in-law Thomas Sanders set up the first general store.
Like other nearby towns, Woodinville began as a logging community, became a farming center in the early decades of the 20th century, and developed into a suburb of Seattle after World War II. In 1969, rock bands including Led Zeppelin and The Guess Who performed at the Seattle Pop Festival at Woodinville's Gold Creek Park.
The growth of Bothell in the early 1990s led to plans for it to annex Woodinville; the residents of Woodinville responded by voting for incorporation in 1992. Woodinville was officially incorporated on March 31, 1993.
Since the early 2010s, the city has been redeveloping the downtown core and adding more dense, urban buildings.
Geography[]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.62 square miles (14.56 km2), of which, 5.60 square miles (14.50 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.
To the west is Bothell. North is Grace, North Creek, and Maltby. To the east is Cottage Lake, Echo Lake, and Duvall. South is Kirkland's Kingsgate, Totem Lake, and Redmond.
It is located in northern King County at approximately 47°45'9" North, 122°9'21" West (47.752452, -122.155949).
Climate[]
Bothell has a temperate oceanic climate, with cool summers and cool (but not cold) winters. Winter sees much more rainfall than summer and winters in Bothell (much like the rest of the PNW) are very cloudy and overcast. Summers are drier and cool to warm.