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Alderwood Manor

Alderwood Manor, Washington
CDP
Location of Alderwood Manor, Washington
Location of Alderwood Manor, Washington
Coordinates: 47°48′9″N 122°15′31″W / 47.80250°N 122.25861°W / 47.80250; -122.25861Coordinates: 47°48′9″N 122°15′31″W / 47.80250°N 122.25861°W / 47.80250; -122.25861
Country United States
State Washington
County Snohomish
Area
 • Total 4.8 sq mi (12.4 km2)
 • Land 4.8 sq mi (12.4 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 423 ft (129 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 8,442
 • Density 3,194.6/sq mi (1,233.4/km2)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 98036
Area code 425
FIPS code 53-01185
GNIS feature ID 1511955

Alderwood Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,442 at the 2010 census. Prior to the 2000 census, Alderwood Manor was counted as part of the Alderwood Manor-Bothell North CDP. Some of Alderwood Manor lies in the Lynnwood MUGA (Municipal Urban Growth Area) meaning some of the area of Alderwood Manor uses a Lynnwood postal address. some uses a Bothell postal address, and some uses a Brier postal address.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.4 km²).

Alderwood Manor was a community that is now the cities of Lynnwood, Brier, and Mountlake Terrace. Alderwood Manor was a farming community where most residents raised chickens. Alderwood Manor was connected to Everett and Seattle by an Interurban trolley system. Most signs of Alderwood have since disappeared but in 2004 Lynnwood's Heritage Park opened. The Heritage Park has some old buildings of the Lynnwood area such as The Wickers Building which served as Alderwood's main store and post office from 1919-1960s, it was still open in the 1990s. Other buildings included car 55 of the interurban trolley system.

In 1979 Lynnwood's largest tourist attraction, the Alderwood Mall was built. But most people do not know the history of the name Alderwood.

The only Alderwood Manor building still in the same place as when it was built are the old Masonic Temple (now a Korean church). The Manor Hardware building (originally used as a schoolhouse in the early 1900s, but which had been vacant for many years) was demolished on April 8, 2015. Both locations are just off of busy 196th St SW in Lynnwood. Some private homes still stand in the area as well.


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