North Sound · WA
Coupeville
A sea captain's town on Penn Cove.
- Population
- 1,942 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1910
- Ebey's Landing reserve
- 1978
Then
- Before 1850s
The Lower Skagit village bəc̓adᶻali, "snake place," stands on this site.
- 1850s
Captain Thomas Coupe lays out the town.
- 1910
Coupeville incorporates on April 20.
- 1978
Congress creates Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, the first of its kind.
Now
Coupeville is the Island County seat and a historic district within Ebey's Landing. This place includes Admiralty Head and Point Partridge.