Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located in the southwest corner of the county, facing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west. The city is portion of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located 15 miles (24 km) north of Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Everett. With a population of 39,709 residents in the 2010 U.S. census, Edmonds is the third most populous city in the county. The estimated population in 2019 was 42,605.

Edmonds was conventional in 1876 by logger George Brackett, who bought the land affirmation of an earlier settler. It was incorporated as a city in 1890, shortly previously the dawn of the Great Northern Railway. Early residents of the city were employed by the shingle mills and logging companies that operated in the Place until the 1950s. The hills surrounding Edmonds were developed into suburban bedroom communities in the mid-to-late 20th century and once annexed into the city. Edmonds is a regional hub for the arts, with museums, specialized facilities, and major annual festivals within the city’s downtown area.

The city is partnered to easy to do to areas by two come clean highways and the declare ferry system, which operates a ferry route to Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula. Public transit encourage in Edmonds is centered on the downtown train station, served by Amtrak and Sounder commuter trains, and includes several Community Transit bus routes that travel through outlying neighborhoods.

Prior to the 19th century, the Edmonds area was inhabited by the Suquamish tribe, who foraged and fished close the flat beach forming modern-day downtown. No archaeological evidence of a remaining settlement in Edmonds has been found, despite claims that a fishing village had existed close the modern-day downtown.