North Lakewood is a neighborhood in
Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located west of
Arlington, east of
Lake Goodwin, and north of the
Tulalip Indian Reservation
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (, lut, dxʷlilap), formerly known as the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Duwamish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people. ...
. North Lakewood is considered part of greater
Smokey Point.
Name
Called "Lakewood" since the turn of the 20th century, the name was changed after the
Pierce County community of the same name incorporated into the
City of Lakewood in 1996. This soon created confusion with mail service, as there were now two communities sharing the name. To alleviate this problem, in 1998 the
United States Postal Service
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granted the Pierce County community the rights to use "Lakewood, Washington", since it was now an incorporated city, and changed the Snohomish County community's name to "North Lakewood", which was unincorporated at the time. This allowed the Snohomish County community to keep its post office.
Since 2005, the portion of North Lakewood located inside the
urban growth boundary
An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by, in its simplest form, mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for urban development and the area outside be preserved in its natural ...
has been part of the City of
Marysville.
Education
The Lakewood School District serves the North Lakewood community. Its main office is located at 17110 16th Dr. NE. The district currently has one high school (
Lakewood High School, originally built in 1983, replaced/reopened in 2017), one middle school (
Lakewood Middle School
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), and three elementary schools (
Lakewood Elementary Lakewood Elementary School may refer to:
Canada
* Lakewood Elementary School in Langford, British Columbia
United States
*Lakewood School in Lakewood, California
* Lakewood Elementary School in Lodi, California
* Lakewood Elementary School in ...
, opened in 1958;
English Crossing Elementary
Lakewood School District, officially known as Lakewood School District 306, is a school district that serves the communities of Lake Goodwin, North Lakewood and Smokey Point in northern Snohomish County, Washington in the Pacific Northwest reg ...
, opened in 1995;
Cougar Creek Elementary
Lakewood School District, officially known as Lakewood School District 306, is a school district that serves the communities of Lake Goodwin, North Lakewood and Smokey Point in northern Snohomish County, Washington in the Pacific Northwest reg ...
, opened in 2003).
Commerce
Lakewood is primarily rural in nature, but suburban development near Interstate 5 has brought retail centers to that area. The largest of these is Lakewood Crossing.
Transportation
North Lakewood has one major road, Lakewood Road, which is also called 172nd Street and
State Route 531.
Here is a list of major streets that go through Lakewood:
*
State Route 531
*11th Avenue
*Forty-Five Road
*27th Avenue NE
*Twin Lakes Avenue
*Freestad RD
*
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Californi ...
, which is the community's eastern boundary.
References
External links
*Washington State Department of Transportation projects
SR 531 Loop RampSR 531 SidewalksLakewood Crossing
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Neighborhoods in Washington (state)
Populated places in Snohomish County, Washington