Chico, Washington

Chico, Washington
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 47°37′32″N122°43′10″W / 47.62556°N 122.71944°W / 47.62556; -122.71944
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Kitsap
Area
• Total	2.29 sq mi (5.93 km2)
• Land	2.29 sq mi (5.93 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	436 ft (133 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,723
• Density	1,200/sq mi (460/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98312
Area code	360
FIPS code	53-12175 [2]
GNIS feature ID	2584958 [1]

Chico is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Named in 1889 for a Suquamish head chief, ^{[3] [4]} Chico is located on the Dyes Inlet waterfront, south of Silverdale. At the 2020 census the community had a population of 2,723. ^[5]

Geography

Chico is in central Kitsap County, bordered to the north by Silverdale and to the south by the Erlands Point and Kitsap Lake CDPs. It is bordered to the east by Dyes Inlet, a tidal water body that connects to Puget Sound via Port Washington Narrows through Bremerton, then via the strait of Port Orchard. It is bordered to the west by Camp Wesley Harris and Newberry Hill Heritage Park. The northern border is Newberry Hill Road, which separates Chico from Silverdale. Chico Creek forms the southern boundary with Erlands Point and Kitsap Lake to the south. ^[6] Washington State Route 3 runs through the community, leading north 19 miles (31 km) to Port Gamble and south 4 miles (6 km) to the western side of Bremerton.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Chico CDP has an area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²), all of it land. ^[2]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	2,259		—
2020	2,723		20.5%
Sources: [2] [5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chico, Washington
2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Chico CDP, Washington". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
3. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 45.
4. Buerge, David (2017). Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name. Sasquatch Books. p. 255. ISBN   9781632171351.
5. "Census Bureau profile: Chico, Washington". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
6. "Chico CDP, Washington". TIGERweb. Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 26, 2019.