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Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Edmonds has a view of the Puget Sound and both the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range. As of 2007, Edmonds is the second most populous city in Snohomish County, ranking behind Everett, population 101,000.

Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Edmonds ranks 37th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

Edmonds is a port in the Washington State Ferries system. Currently, the only ferry from Edmonds is a short run to Kingston, Washington; in the past, there have been much longer routes from Edmonds to Port Townsend, Washington.

Logger George Brackett founded Edmonds in 1890, naming the city after Vermont Sen. George Franklin Edmunds.^[2] Brackett discovered Edmonds while paddling a canoe north of Seattle, searching for timber. When a gust of wind hit his canoe, Brackett beached in a location later called "Brackett's Landing".^[3] Edmonds is the oldest incorporated city in Snohomish County.

[edit] The Edmonds Fountain/Gazebo

The Edmonds fountain, prior to its destruction in 2006.

The Edmonds fountain, a local landmark, has been a source of major local contention over the past decades. The current Edmonds Fountain is located in the center of the roundabout at Main St. and 5th. Originally built as a plain, whitewashed wooden gazebo over a fountain in 1970, it was wrecked in 1998 from a car crash. The city council and subsquent "Gazebo" subcommittee decided to rebuild. The gazebo was rebuilt a year later, reinforced with stronger wood supports. In 2006, a driver crashed into the gazebo at night.^[4] The resulting discussion over to rebuild or simply landscape the center of the roundabout lasted over a year. Finally, a decision was made to rebuild the gazebo/fountain, this time with steel rods extending from the main pillars deep underground.