Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Sedro-Woolley, WA

Sedro-Woolley is a city in Skagit County, Washington, nicknamed the "Gateway to the North Cascades," and it hosts the administrative offices of North Cascades National Park.

The city was formed from the merger of the rival towns of Sedro and Woolley, along with the fading town of Cokedale, and incorporated on December 19, 1898.

Sedro was first called "Bug" for its mosquitoes; founder Mortimer Cook coined the name "Sedro" from the Spanish word "cedro," meaning cedar, by changing one letter.

Four British bachelors led by David Batey homesteaded the area in 1878; the Fairhaven and Southern Railroad arrived on Christmas Eve 1889, and Philip A. Woolley built his company town around the railroad junction and the Skagit River Lumber & Shingle Mill.

A fire on July 24, 1911 destroyed most of downtown, which was rebuilt in brick, and on May 15, 1922 the escaped circus elephant Tusko rampaged through town and was chased 30 miles before being captured.

Northern State Hospital and the Skagit Steel & Iron Works were among the city's major employers in the twentieth century.

Riverfront Park, on the Skagit River, is the city's signature park, with nearly 60 acres including an RV park, an amphitheater, and an off-leash dog park.

Sedro-Woolley celebrates the Fourth of July with a carnival and the Loggerodeo parade, honoring its logging heritage.

The 2020 census counted 12,421 people in Sedro-Woolley living in 4,562 households, with a median age of 34.6 years.

The city receives about 46.6 inches of precipitation a year.