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1956 Map of Arlington West

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Arlington West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Stillaguamish River and its intricate distributaries, including Cook Slough and S Slough, dominate this mid-century landscape in Snohomish County. The terrain is characterized by the broad, low-lying alluvial plain known as The Island, bounded by the river and the surrounding marshy sloughs. Industrial and transit hubs are concentrated to the east, where the Burlington Northern railroad lines intersect at Arlington Junction and serve the burgeoning community of Arlington.

South of the river, the landscape transitions into the grid-pattern development of Smokey Point and Lakewood (English Sta), centered around the expansive Arlington Municipal Airport. Local history is preserved through numerous family-named roads such as Kahn Hausen Road and Bjordahl Rd, reflecting the agricultural settlement patterns of the era. To the north and west, the smaller communities of Silvana and Edgecomb are connected by a network of rural routes that skirt Bryant Lake and Lake Armstrong.