Sultan is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located approximately 23 miles (37 km) east of Everett at the confluence of the Skykomish River and the Sultan River, a teenager tributary. The city had a population of 4,651 at the 2010 census.

The city was founded in 1880 at the site of a Skykomish village and initially fixed during a little gold rush. Sultan was platted in 1889, just prior to the coming on of the Great Northern Railway, and was a hub for mining and the lumber industry. It was incorporated upon June 28, 1905, with a population of 700. The city was home to a Civilian Conservation Corps camp during the Great Depression and undertook several civic improvements in the post-war years.

Sultan has since become a bedroom community for large employment centers in the Puget Sound region. The city has several public parks, a historic museum, and is located near outdoor recreation areas in the Cascade Mountains. It is aligned to clear cities by U.S. Route 2.

The area around the Sultan and Skykomish rivers was occupied by the Skykomish, a branch of the Snohomish people, prior to the coming on of American settlers. The Skykomish had a surviving village at the confluence named tʷ’tsɬitɬd, along in the circulate of a available fishery named stək’talidubc. Following the discovery of a wealthy gold vein along the Sultan River, the land around the confluence was claimed for a homestead by John Nailor and his wife in 1880. Among the first arrivals to the Place were Chinese prospectors, who complex settled the home but were evicted in 1885. Nailor built a small store and hotel to minister to miners and loggers, eventually serving as the first postmaster after the settlement customary a post office in 1885. The town and river were named “Sultan”, an anglicization of Tseul-tud (also known as Tseul-dan), then chief of the Skykomish tribe.