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We would like to provide the residents of  Index  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Index Home page. The Index Home page provides as much information as possible on Index. Knowing Index’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Index’s Home page, you will also find Index’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Index has a population of 172. 48.3% of Index’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.7 are female. 46.5% of Index is married and 63.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $363,464, and the average rent is $825. Household median income in Index is $67,188, and the individual median income is $25,556. Index’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.1%), Asian(2.9%).


Prior to settlement by White Americans, the Skykomish lived in the area between Sultan and Index. The Skykomish had a village along the north bank of the river named xɬ'xausalt, located at the present site of Index.Logging and lumber booms in the latter half of the 19th century led to the growth of minor settlements in the eastern part of what became Snohomish County in 1861.


A gold strike in 1889 at nearby Monte Cristo fueled another influx of prospectors and settlers. Index was founded in 1889 on the homestead of Amos Gunn in 1889, whose home was also a hotel for prospectors and surveyors. The town was named for nearby Mount Index (later renamed Baring Mountain), itself named for its resemblance to an index finger.


The settlement gained a post office in 1891 and saw major growth after the arrival of the Great Northern Railway. Gunn filed his town plat for Index on April 25, 1893, three months before a major fire on July 22 destroyed most of its buildings.Index was officially incorporated on October 11, 1907. Its population peaked during the decade at 1,000 and has since declined to 200.


The Index area had few jobs and services, with only a single restaurant and general store by the 1980s to serve a population of around 150.The Snohomish County Public Utility District had planned to build a hydroelectric power plant at Sunset Falls near Index in the early 2010s, but abandoned the project after it was opposed by environmentalists and local residents.Index and neighboring areas were placed under mandatory evacuation orders on September 10, 2022, due to the nearby Bolt Creek Fire.


The order was modified two days later to allow residents to return to their homes, but U.S. Route 2 remained closed to most travel.


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