Edison, Washington
| Edison, Washington | |
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| CDP | |
Approaching the center of Edison from the south on Farm to Market Road
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 Location of Edison, Washington |
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| Coordinates: 48°33′45″N 122°26′11″W / 48.56250°N 122.43639°WCoordinates: 48°33′45″N 122°26′11″W / 48.56250°N 122.43639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Skagit |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Land | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 133 |
| • Density | 227.4/sq mi (87.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 98232 |
| Area code | 360 |
| FIPS code | 53-20680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1519188 |
| Highways |
 SR 11
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Edison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
First settled in 1869 by Ben Samson, it was later named for inventor Thomas Edison.
In 1897 Edison became the headquarters of a national utopian socialist project known as Equality Colony, backed by an organization known as the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth. The socialist colony was established on 280 acres just outside Edison and it engaged in farming and timber milling and included a school as well as blacksmith and copper-working shops. The Edison-based Brotherhood also published a newspaper called Industrial Freedom for national circulation to its approximately 3,000 supporters. The socialist community folded shortly after 1903, by which time only about 100 colony remembers remained.
Edison is located at 48°33′45″N 122°26′11″W / 48.56250°N 122.43639°W (48.562531, -122.436514).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 133 people, 52 households, and 35 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 227.4 people per square mile (88.5/km²). There were 55 housing units at an average density of 94.0/sq mi (36.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.48% White, 3.76% Native American, 2.26% Asian, and 1.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
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