Bothell, Washington

The Sammamish River valley from Lake Washington to Issaquah Creek was first inhabited by the indigenous Sammamish people ({{Langx|lut|sc̓ababš}}),{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |author-link3=Vi Hilbert |year=1994 |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |pages=50–51 |isbn=978-0-295-97323-4 |oclc=29877333}} a Coast Salish group with an estimated population of 80 to 200 around 1850.{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=June 12, 2003 |title=Bothell — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/4190 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=May 13, 2008}}{{cite web |title=History of Bothell |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/315/Bothell-History-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219075122/https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/315/Bothell-History-PDF |archive-date=February 19, 2022 |accessdate=February 19, 2022}} The Sammamish had a major winter village, {{Langx|lut|ƛ̕ax̌ʷadis|label=none}}, at the mouth of the Sammamish River, between what is now Bothell and Kenmore.{{cite web |date=October 24, 2018 |title=King County Streams Monitoring Update for September 2018: Sammamish River |pages=3–5 |url=https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/topic_files/WAKING/WAKING_993/2018/10/23/file_attachments/1093754/stream_monitor_2018_09__1093754.pdf |publisher=King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks |accessdate=February 19, 2022}} Although the Sammamish resisted removal efforts by settlers, they were eventually removed to Fort Kitsap following the 1855–1856 Puget Sound War.{{cite news |last=Buerge |first=David |date=August 1984 |title=Indian Lake Washington |pages=29–33 |work=Seattle Weekly}} Some Sammamish continued to live in the area and worked as laborers and farmers, but the village of {{Langx|lut|ƛ̕ax̌ʷadis|label=none}} was later destroyed.{{cite book |editor-last=Malinowski |editor-first=Terri |year=2003 |title=Kenmore by the Lake: A community History |page=16 |url=http://kenmoreheritagesociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kenmore-by-the-lake-ebook-full.pdf |publisher=Kenmore Heritage Society |oclc=52826119 |accessdate=June 24, 2024}}

The first Homestead Act claims to modern-day Bothell were filed in 1870 by Columbus S. Greenleaf and George R. Wilson, an English immigrant, on adjoining plots of land. The area along the lower Sammamish River, then named Squak Slough, was mostly marshlands and had not been surveyed at the time of Wilson's arrival;{{cite news |last=Worl |first=Marva |date=August 3, 1970 |title=Bothell's History Recapped |page=A9 |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-bothells-history-recap/146948376/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=May 9, 2024}} Greenleaf filed for his claim in June 1870 on land that Wilson had originally sought.{{cite book |last1=Stickney |first1=Amy Eunice |last2=McDonald |first2=Lucile |author-link2=Lucile Saunders McDonald |year=1977 |title=Squak Slough, 1870–1920: Early Days on the Sammamish River |pages=2–5 |publisher=Friends of the Bothell Library |location=Seattle |oclc=3483758}} Eight families settled in the area in the next six years and were followed by Canadian businessman George Brackett, who began commercial logging in 1877 on {{convert|80|acre|ha}} on the modern-day site of Wayne Golf Course. Brackett also established Brackett's Landing, which had a sawmill and steamboat dock served by traffic from Seattle and Issaquah.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|p=25}}

In 1884, Brackett sold {{convert|80|acre}} of his timberland to David Bothell, a settler and American Civil War veteran from Pennsylvania. Bothell and his two sons built a home and shingle mill on the property the following year and later opened a boarding house with his wife.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|p=28}} The boarding house was destroyed by a fire and replaced by the Bothell Hotel at another location, where the townsite was platted on April 25, 1888.{{cite news |last=Vinh |first=Tan |date=October 15, 1998 |title=The birth of Bothell |page=B3 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19981015&slug=2777725 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 19, 2022}}{{cite book |last=Bagley |first=Clarence B. |year=1929 |title=History of King County, Washington, Volume I |pages=856–851 |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |location=Chicago |oclc=16690641}} The settlement was named for the Bothell family by the first postmaster Gerhard Ericksen, who had bought the boarding house property.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|p=28}} At the time, the area had two hotels, several lumber mills, and a school. Bothell originally shared schools with Woodinville until a separate school district was established in 1885; the first classes at Bothell's schoolhouse were held in March 1886.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=118–119}} The school district was merged with North Creek in 1897 and ten years later, a dedicated school building was constructed to accommodate the growing student population.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=126–127}}

The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway was constructed along the Sammamish River to connect Seattle to the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway as well as coal from mines near Issaquah. The tracks reached Bothell in November 1888 and a boxcar was placed at Brackett's Landing to serve as a temporary station; it was moved east to Bothell in 1890 and later replaced by a depot building.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|p=47}} A county road was built between Bothell and neighboring Woodinville to the east. Several logging railroads were also constructed in the Bothell area, stretching as far north as modern-day Canyon Park, to transport logs to local mills; one included a trestle bridge across the Sammamish River.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=57–58}} Bothell grew rapidly following the railroad's opening; by the end of the 1880s, it had telegraph service, a general store, a butcher, and a drugstore with a practicing doctor.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=76–79, 82}} Many of the new residents were Scandinavian or Eastern European immigrants, along with emigrants from the Midwest. The first churches in the area were established by these immigrants in the mid-1880s.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=132–133}} Two of the local mills were destroyed in fires in 1893 and 1894 and were later replaced with a larger facility that produced 80,000 shingles per day.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|p=64}}

Bothell was incorporated as a fourth-class town on April 14, 1909, eight days after a narrow 79–70 vote in favor. George Bothell, one of the sons of David Bothell and a former state legislator, was elected as the first mayor.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=151–152}}{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=April 11, 1984 |title=City of Bothell marks 75th anniversary of its incorporation |page=G2 |work=The Seattle Times}} At the time, the town had a population of 599 residents, a bank, four general stores, and three saloons. A dozen buildings on Main Street were destroyed or damaged by a fire on April 11, 1911, including the Ericksen general store where the town's records had been kept. A fire department was established in 1913 and new building regulations were enacted by the town government in response to the fire.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=156–157}} The Pacific Highway was completed through the town in August 1912, connecting to Everett and Seattle. A {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=mid}} section west of Bothell was the first to be paved in brick; it was inaugurated on May 29, 1913, by Washington governor Ernest Lister.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=99–105}}{{cite news |last=Eals |first=Clay |date=October 10, 2019 |title=The Good Roads cause cruises through Bothell's Main Street |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-good-roads-cause-cruises-through-bothells-main-street/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}

Steamship traffic on the Sammamish River waned after the arrival of the railroad and completion of the Pacific Highway. The river itself was dredged and straightened by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1916.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=99–105}} The water level on Lake Washington was lowered by {{convert|9|ft|m|spell=in}} by the opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle the following year; the lowering prevented several steamships and other riverboats from traversing the mouth of the Sammamish River.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|p=179}} By the end of the decade, Bothell had a water system, telephone service, a library, and several fraternal organizations with chapters or lodges in the area.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=165–159}} The logging economy declined during the early 20th century and was replaced by agriculture on the cleared land, including dairy and poultry farms. Passenger traffic on the railroad, now under the management of Northern Pacific, ceased in 1938.

A new high school was opened in 1923 and followed by an adjacent junior high school building in 1931, now known as the Anderson School.{{cite news |last=Vaughn |first=Alexa |date=May 26, 2014 |title=McMenamins project in Bothell may transform old school |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mcmenamins-project-in-bothell-may-transform-old-school/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 11, 2024}} Several civic projects were completed during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration, including construction of a new town hall that also housed the fire department and library when it opened in 1938.{{cite news |date=February 9, 1977 |title=Bothell about to remodel its city hall |page=H3 |work=The Seattle Times}} Bothell remained a rural community until the development of suburban housing areas after World War II as the Seattle metropolitan area experienced a major population boom. A new high school opened in 1953 along with five elementary schools by the end of the decade to accommodate a growing number of students.{{cite book |last=Klein |first=Fred |year=1992 |title=Slough of Memories: Recollections of Life in Bothell, Kenmore, North Creek, Woodinville 1920–1990 |page=34 |publisher=Peanut Butter Publishing |location=Seattle |isbn=9780897164085 |oclc=26473735}} The first major annexations in the town's history were made in 1954; by the end of the decade, the boundaries extended south of the Sammamish River.{{cite map |date=January 2020 |title=City of Bothell Annexations Map |url=https://wa-bothell.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/243/Annexations-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 11, 2024}}

Bothell was reclassified as a city in 1960 after its population had surpassed the state's threshold for cityhood—1,500 residents.{{sfnp|Klein|1992|p=143}} The city's sewer system was completed that same year and the water system was switched from local wells to the Tolt pipeline, operated by Seattle Public Utilities, in 1963.{{cite news |date=November 28, 1965 |title=Bothell Hopes to Remain Residential Community |page=40 |work=The Seattle Times}} The sewage system was incorporated into the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle system in 1967, which bypassed its outflow to Lake Washington but restricted new residential development south of the Sammamish River.{{cite news |last=Moody |first=Dick |date=March 22, 1967 |title=Sewer Trunks To Bothell Are Put in Service |page=38 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |date=November 12, 1978 |title=Bothell asked to OK Norway Hill subdivision |page=M6 |work=The Seattle Times}} Bothell developed further into a bedroom community after the completion of Interstate 405 in 1968, which passes east of downtown and intersects State Route 522.{{cite news |last=Iwasaki |first=John |date=April 13, 1988 |title=Before high-tech: Golf, farming and thistles |page=B2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} Another routing for the freeway west of the city was also considered before it was rejected, along with a later proposal to route State Route 522 on a freeway around the south side of downtown.{{cite news |last=Whitely |first=Peyton |date=January 3, 2003 |title=Eastside history: I-405 radically altered life east of the lake |page=B3 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030103&slug=fourohfive03e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 11, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Steve |date=June 7, 1988 |title=Bothell-bypass plans draw little support |page=C3 |work=The Seattle Times}} By 1970, Bothell had annexed neighborhoods as far east as the outskirts of Woodinville, then seeking annexation or incorporation.{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Susan |date=March 9, 1969 |title=Some Woodinville Interests Put Out Annexation Feelers |page=30 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=December 22, 1976 |title=Woodinville—'identity' area in search of a city |page=D7 |work=The Seattle Times}} The city's mayor–council government was replaced by a council–manager system in 1973 following voter approval of a proposition the year before.{{cite news |last=Buckley |first=Mike |date=November 6, 1972 |title=Bothell To Vote On City System |page=A7 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}

In 1974, plans to build a regional shopping mall were announced on the site of a {{convert|142|acre|ha|adj=mid}} truck farm adjacent to the Interstate 405 and State Route 522 interchange east of downtown Bothell.{{cite news |last=Young |first=Dick |date=April 13, 1975 |title=Bothell Is Divided Over Proposed Shopping Center |page=A6 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} It was described as similar in size to Southcenter Mall in Tukwila and would include a motel, two movie theaters, and office space.{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Paul |date=August 4, 1974 |title=Merits, drawbacks of proposed Bothell complex are weighed |page=A5 |work=The Seattle Times}} The city government sought the new shopping mall to improve its local tax base and approved a rezoning of the property for commercial use, but the proposal was opposed by local environmental groups due to the potential impact on North Creek, which flows through the site.{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Linda |date=November 17, 1974 |title=Family seeks balance of ecology, commerce |page=D2 |work=The Seattle Times}} The environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the city government over the rezoning, which the King County Superior Court found to violate state laws on land use fairness and conflicts of interest within the planning commission.{{cite news |last=Sanger |first=S. L. |date=June 13, 1976 |title=Bothell Shop Mall To Fight Court Ban |page=A11 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} The ruling was upheld by the Washington Supreme Court in 1978 and the property was instead rezoned into an office park under new regulations for the North Creek Valley, which was designated as a special district.{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=August 18, 1982 |title=Council approves business park on Vitulli farm |page=F1 |work=The Seattle Times}}

The remaining farmland in the North Creek Valley was developed into facilities for high tech and light industrial companies beginning in the 1980s, encompassing {{convert|1.8|e6sqft|sqm}} of office space.{{cite news |last=Matt |first=Imbert |date=August 28, 1985 |title=North Creek's new stream bed should improve habitat for fish |page=H7 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=June 4, 1986 |title=Koll seeks rezoning for business park |page=H2 |work=The Seattle Times}} The developments were required by the special district to restore wetlands along North Creek and other waterways as part of environmental mitigation, but the artificial wetlands initially saw limited success in controlling invasive species and regulating soils.{{cite news |last=Hadley |first=Jane |date=March 22, 1988 |title=New wetlands: Fooling with Mother Nature |page=B3 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} Bothell continued to develop into a center of high tech employment alongside Canyon Park, an unincorporated area to the north in Snohomish County, with a combined 4,300 jobs added between 1985 and 1987.{{cite news |last=Erickson |first=Jim |date=April 13, 1988 |title=Technology corridor is taking root |page=B2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} Several office parks were also developed in nearby Woodinville, which Bothell unsuccessfully attempted to annex in 1985 for a shopping center;{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Scott |date=June 28, 1991 |title=High-tech firms shop the suburbs |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Schulz |first=Blaine |date=May 8, 1985 |title=Woodinville may get it together |page=H2 |work=The Seattle Times}} the community later incorporated as a separate city in 1993.{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=March 11, 2006 |title=Woodinville residents celebrate incorporation on March 27, 1993. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/7677 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

In 1990, the University of Washington opened its northern branch campus in Bothell at an office park building. A permanent campus, shared with Cascadia Community College, opened in September 2000 at a site that was originally proposed for a separate shopping mall east of downtown;{{cite news |date=September 17, 2000 |title=Cascadia, UW open Bothell campus |page=B2 |work=The Everett Herald |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-cascadia-uw-open-bothe/147419193/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=May 14, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Griffin |first=Tom |date=September 2000 |title=UW Bothell has a place to call home |url=https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/uw-bothell-has-a-place-to-call-home/ |work=UW Magazine |accessdate=May 14, 2024}} the mall had been blocked by the Washington State Department of Ecology due to its effects on wetlands near North Creek.{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Steve |date=July 7, 1989 |title=Bothell shopping center blocked again |page=C3 |work=The Seattle Times}} Bothell annexed the Canyon Park area in 1992, becoming a dual-county city and nearly doubling its population by adding 11,400 people.{{cite news |last=Carlton Harrell |first=Debera |date=February 15, 1997 |title=A logging and farm town yields to people and high technology |page=D1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} The annexation prevented the competing proposal for a new city, tentatively named North Creek,{{cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=August 9, 1991 |title=New city of North Creek or Bothell annexation? |page=E3 |work=The Seattle Times}} from claiming the area and its existing industrial parks that employed 20,000 people.{{cite news |last=Lopez Williams |first=Sarah |date=January 15, 1997 |title=Small places hit by growth, too |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=March 5, 1992 |title=Canyon Park: Doom or Destiny? |page=F1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920305&slug=1479290 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 14, 2024}} The addition of Canyon Park and additional development increased Bothell's population by 144 percent to over 30,000 residents by 2000.{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=March 25, 2001 |title=Supersizing from small town to suburb |page=A1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20010325&slug=censusburb25m |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 30, 2020}} The 1990s also saw more technology businesses relocate to Bothell, including biotechnology firms, call centers, and manufacturers of medical equipment and electronics.{{cite news |last=Ervin |first=Keith |date=October 10, 1998 |title=Call centers, technology lead boom in Bothell |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB5396A6909238C |via=NewsBank |accessdate=February 19, 2022}}

The city government commissioned a plan in 2000 to address worsening traffic congestion throughout Bothell that was blamed, in part, on recent development. The plan would use additional street connections to form a more cohesive grid, but was negatively received by residents who opposed higher traffic volumes.{{cite news |last=Tarpley |first=Catherine |date=March 26, 2001 |title=Bothell road plan drives a wedge |page=B2 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=David |date=January 24, 2001 |title=Street plan for Bothell is stirring opposition |page=B1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} A separate plan to widen portions of State Route 527 (the Bothell–Everett Highway) was completed in 2005 using funding from commercial development along the corridor.{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=May 24, 2006 |title=Loggers to latte stands: Route spans history |page=I14 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060524&slug=highway24n |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 14, 2024}} In the late 2000s, the city government adopted a downtown plan to revitalize Main Street and add denser housing and mixed-use development in the area. The plan involved the acquisition of various parcels and demolition of 15 buildings to allow for roadwork and the expansion of the Park at Bothell Landing.{{cite news |last=Beekman |first=Daniel |date=December 17, 2023 |title=Bothell just built a downtown. A new crop of leaders will tackle what's next |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/bothell-just-built-a-downtown-new-crop-of-leaders-will-tackle-whats-next/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=December 17, 2023}}

Construction of the $150 million downtown redevelopment program began in 2010 with the realignment of State Route 522 at its intersection with the Bothell–Everett Highway, which was completed in 2013.{{cite news |last=Tsong |first=Nicole |date=April 6, 2010 |title=Bothell breaks ground on a grand plan to fix its downtown |page=A1 |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bothell-breaks-ground-on-a-grand-plan-to-fix-its-downtown/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 2, 2016}}{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=August 12, 2013 |title=Highway 522 project designed to ease Bothell traffic |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/highway-522-project-designed-to-ease-bothell-traffic/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 17, 2022}} The Bothell–Everett Highway was rebuilt as a wide boulevard in 2017 that includes separate laneways for parking and landscaped dividers.{{cite news |last=Slager |first=Melissa |date=August 23, 2017 |title=Bothell leans European with its new multiway boulevard |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/bothell-leans-european-with-its-new-multiway-boulevard/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 17, 2022}} A new city hall opened in October 2015 to consolidate several city departments into one building. The city also annexed {{convert|1,005|acre|ha|adj=pre|additional}} of King County in 2014 and added 6,000 residents.{{cite news |date=November 26, 2013 |title=Bothell City Council passes ordinance completing the annexation of 6,000 residents |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/bothell-city-council-passes-ordinance-completing-the-annexation-of-6000-residents/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=May 14, 2024}} The downtown redevelopment yielded 1,300 new apartment units and townhouses by 2020, including middle housing. Between 2010 and 2020, Bothell's population increased by more than 40 percent and the share of minority residents also increased to 33 percent.

A major fire in downtown broke out at the Mercantile Building on July 22, 2016, damaging and closing more than 20 businesses. Among the destroyed buildings was the Bothell Mall, which housed several small businesses. The fire hindered the Main Street portion of the redevelopment program and required $4.7 million in state aid for rebuilding.{{cite news |last=Coleman |first=Vernal |date=July 22, 2016 |title=Downtown Bothell blaze deals blow to redevelopment efforts |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/buildings-ablaze-as-huge-fire-sweeps-through-downtown-bothell/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 2, 2016}}{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=December 26, 2016 |title='Our link to the past': Bothell reviving its fire-ravaged Main Street |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/bothell-reviving-fire-ravaged-main-street-help-from-state-grant/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 14, 2024}} Main Street was rebuilt as a shared space between vehicles and other modes with curbless sidewalks and parallel parking separated by dining areas and planter boxes. A one-block section was closed to all vehicular traffic in June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage its use as an outdoor gathering space and dining area to revitalize business in downtown.{{cite news |last=Beekman |first=Daniel |date=April 6, 2022 |title=Bothell banned cars from Main Street in response to COVID. They may never return |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/bothell-banned-cars-from-main-street-in-response-to-covid-they-may-never-return/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 14, 2024}} The program was successful and became a permanent fixture during the summer months.

Bothell is located along the Sammamish River near its mouth at the northeast end of Lake Washington. It is one of six cities in Washington that are in multiple counties, as the city straddles King and Snohomish counties.{{cite web |date=2018 |title=2018 Popular Annual Financial Report |page=4 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9955/2018-PAFR-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 11, 2022}} The boundary between the counties is at Northeast 205th Street / 244th Street Southwest; because most streets in Bothell are numbered and not named, north–south streets that cross the county line often change numbers.{{cite map |author=GIS Services |date=August 2021 |title=Bothell Roads and Parcels |url=http://wa-bothell.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/254/Street-Map-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 23, 2022}} According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Bothell has a total area of {{convert|13.64|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it classified as land. The city is predominantly suburban, with 41.4 percent of land area zoned for single-family homes, 13 percent for denser housing, 10.5 percent for parks and open space, and 8 percent for commercial development.{{cite web |date=April 2024 |title=Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan: Public Review Draft |page=2{{hyphen}}4 |url=https://engagebothell.com/en/projects/draft-2024-imagine-bothell-comprehensive-plan |publisher=City of Bothell |ref={{SfnRef|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024}} |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

The city's western border with Kenmore follows 86th and 84th avenues, with the exception of Inglemoor High School; within Snohomish County, the western border follows 7th Place West. The northern city limits of Bothell is defined by 216th Street Southwest on the west side of Interstate 405 and State Route 524 (Maltby Road) through Thrasher's Corner. The eastern boundary follows 35th Avenue Southeast in Snohomish County; on the King County site, it is shared with Woodinville and follows 130th Avenue Northeast on the north side of the Sammamish River and 124th Avenue Northeast on the south side of the river. The southern border with Kirkland follows Simonds Road and Northeast 145th Street to Interstate 405 and jumps north to follow part of the Tolt pipeline right-of-way.{{cite map |date=September 2023 |title=City of Bothell |url=http://wa-bothell.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/246/City-Map-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} The city's urban growth area in Snohomish County includes unincorporated areas that border Brier to the west and Mill Creek to the north.{{cite map |date=September 2, 2013 |title=Snohomish County GMA Comprehensive Plan Municipal Urban Growth Areas |url=https://snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8216/Map-3-Municipal-Urban-Growth-Areas-MUGA-11x17 |publisher=Snohomish County |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}

Most of the city lies in the drainage basins of the Sammamish River or its tributaries North Creek and Swamp Creek; a portion also lies in the Juanita Creek basin, which drains directly into Lake Washington.{{cite web |date=September 2020 |title=Bothell 2021 Storm and Surface Water Master Plan Update |pages=80–84 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11954/2021-Storm-and-Surface-Water-Master-Plan-Update-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 3, 2022}} These creeks are also home to spawning Kokanee salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, and other freshwater fish.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=9{{hyphen}}13}}{{cite news |last=Gracey |first=Celeste |date=November 30, 2016 |title=Searching for the little red fish in local streams |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/searching-for-the-little-red-fish-in-local-streams/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} The Sammamish River formed following the retreat of the Cordilleran ice sheet during the Vashon Glaciation period approximately 15,000 years before present. The glaciers cut across several north–south channels that now form Bothell's seven hills,{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=2{{hyphen}}6}} which include areas south of the Sammamish River that are prone to landslides.{{cite report |date=October 2015 |title=Sammamish River Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Total Maximum Daily Load Study Design Quality Assurance Project Plan |page=13 |url=https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/documents/1503123.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Ecology |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}{{cite map |year=2015 |title=Landslide Prone Deposits |url=https://wa-bothell.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/248/Landslide-Prone-Deposits-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} The highest point in the city is Nike Hill, named for its former Nike missile silo, that sits {{convert|510|ft|m}} above sea level.{{cite map |date=January 2020 |title=City of Bothell, Washington Environment and Natural Geography |url=https://wa-bothell.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/250/Natural-Geography-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Michael |first=Shannon |date=July 22, 2014 |title=Bothell's Nike Hill home to regional FEMA headquarters |url=http://www.nwnews.com/index.php/local/news/10007-bothell-s-nike-hill-home-to-regional-fema-headquarters |work=The Woodinville Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220092059/http://www.nwnews.com/index.php/local/news/10007-bothell-s-nike-hill-home-to-regional-fema-headquarters |archive-date=February 20, 2016 |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} Bothell has several wetlands, including a {{convert|58|acre|ha|adj=mid}} area along North Creek that was restored by University of Washington Bothell in the 2000s.{{cite map |author=GIS Services |date=December 2021 |title=City of Bothell Wetlands & Streams |url=http://wa-bothell.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/258/Wetlands-Streams-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Marmor |first=Jon |date=March 2004 |title=UW Bothell brings wetlands back to life |url=https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/uw-bothell-brings-wetlands-back-to-life/ |work=UW Magazine |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} Since its restoration, the wetlands have become home to large groups of crows, up to 16,000 at a time, that commute from around the Seattle region to roost in Bothell.{{cite news |last=Van Sistine |first=Ta'leah |date=November 18, 2023 |title='Bird-watcher's paradise': Countless crows swoop in to Bothell Crow Watch |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/bird-watchers-paradise-countless-crows-swoop-in-to-bothell-crow-watch/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=August 21, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Doughton |first=Sandi |author-link=Sandi Doughton |date=January 3, 2018 |title=What's with all the cawing? UW team eavesdrops on crows |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/whats-with-all-the-cawing-uw-team-eavesdrops-on-crows/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 1, 2020}} The university hosts an annual "Crow Watch" event in November with presentations and a viewing party.

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As part of the city's comprehensive plan, Bothell's neighborhoods and districts are organized into planning subareas for zoning regulation purposes.{{cite web |title=Section 12.04.120: Subareas |url=https://bothell.municipal.codes/BMC/12.04.120 |work=Bothell Municipal Code |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} {{As of|2023}}, Bothell has 17 recognized subareas, four of which include portions of the urban growth area outside the city limits.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}13}}

• Bloomberg Hill is located at the eastern edge of the city and is primarily in King County{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Brickyard Road/Queensgate is in the southeastern corner of Bothell, bound to the west by Interstate 405 and to the north by State Route 522{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Canyon Creek/39th Avenue SE is in the northeastern quarter of the city{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Canyon Park is on the northern edge of the city proper and includes commercial and industrial areas{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Damson/Logan lies outside of the northwestern city limits along the southwest side of Interstate 405{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Downtown Bothell is situated along the north side of the Sammamish River between Westhill and Interstate 405 and includes a commercial district and mixed-use residential buildings{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Filbert/Winesap lies outside of the northern city limits along the northeast side of Interstate 405{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Fitzgerald/35th Avenue SE is located northeast of Interstate 405 along North Creek{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Locust/14th Avenue W lies outside the western city limits in unincorporated Snohomish County{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Maywood/Beckstrom Hill is north of Downtown Bothell and east of the Bothell–Everett Highway{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• North Creek/NE 195th Street includes office and industrial areas along North Creek east of Interstate 405 and Downtown Bothell{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Queensborough/Brentwood/Crystal Springs is at the northwest corner of the city limits and generally lies west of Interstate 405{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Red Barn is situated along the Bothell–Everett Highway between downtown and Canyon Park{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Shelton View/Meridian/3rd Avenue SE is on the western edge of the city proper within Snohomish County{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}
• Thrasher's Corner/Red Hawk is northeast of the city limits on the north side of State Route 524. It is named for the Thrasher family, who opened a grocery store and gas station at the corner of the Bothell–Everett Highway and Filbert Road (now State Route 524) in 1928.{{cite news |last=Archer |first=Michelle |date=September 9, 2007 |title=Thrasher's Corner: Once-sleepy area fully awake |page=D5 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/thrashers-corner-once-sleepy-area-fully-awake/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=April 12, 2022}}
• Waynita/Simonds/Norway Hill includes all of the neighborhoods south of the Sammamish River and west of Interstate 405.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}} It is also home to the former Wayne Golf Course, now a city-owned parkland.
• Westhill is west of downtown and primarily in King County{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=1{{hyphen}}14}}

{{US Census population

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|1920= 613

|1930= 818

|1940= 794

|1950= 1019

|1960= 2237

|1970= 5420

|1980= 7943

|1990= 12345

|2000= 30150

|2010= 33505

|2020= 48161

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Bothell is the 26th-largest city in Washington, with a population of 48,161 people as of the 2020 U.S. census.{{cite web |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Census 2020 Redistricting Data [P.L. 94-171] for Washington, City/Town Summary, Table 1: Population and Housing |url=https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/dataresearch/pop/census/2020/data/PL/wa_2020_pl94171_city.xlsx |publisher=Washington State Office of Financial Management |accessdate=February 9, 2022}} The city grew significantly in the 1950s, 1990s, and 2000s from the annexation of surrounding areas and suburban development.{{cite web |date=February 2020 |title=Bothell Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan |pages=7–8 |url=http://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11988/Bothell_PROS_vFinal-022420 |publisher=City of Bothell |ref={{SfnRef|Bothell Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan|2020}} |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Between 2010 and 2020, Bothell's population grew by 44 percent, faster than any other city in Snohomish County and among the fastest rates in the Puget Sound region.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Joseph |date=August 13, 2021 |title=2020 Census: Snohomish County grows by more than 114,000 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/2020-census-snohomish-county-grows-by-more-than-114000/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 9, 2022}}{{cite web |date=November 2021 |title=Regional Population Trends |pages=2, 5 |url=https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/trend-population-202111.pdf |publisher=Puget Sound Regional Council |accessdate=February 9, 2021}} {{as of|2014}}, approximately 60 percent of Bothell residents live in King County and 40 percent live in Snohomish County.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=3{{hyphen}}3}}

The city has a large concentration of Asian Americans, of which 33 percent identify as Indian and 29 percent identify as Chinese, and Hispanic/Latino Americans. Approximately 20 percent of Bothell residents in 2020 were born outside the United States, an increase from 11 percent reported in 2000.{{cite web |date=August 2020 |title=Bothell – a Growing, Diversifying City |pages=1–2 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11986/Bothell---A-Growing-Diversifying-City |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 11, 2022}}

The 2021 American Community Survey estimated that the median household income of the city's residents was $116,578, higher than the averages for King and Snohomish counties.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=3{{hyphen}}5}} An evaluation by Public Health – Seattle & King County in 2016 found that residents of Bothell and Woodinville had lower prevalence of health issues and a life expectancy of 83.4 years, higher than the King County and Washington average.{{sfnp|Bothell Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan|2020|p=11}}

As of the 2020 U.S. census, there were 48,161 people, 19,149 households, and 7,948 families residing in Bothell. The population density was {{convert|3530.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 19,149 occupied housing units and 989 vacant units. 60 percent of the city's population, 28,956 people, resided in the King County portion of Bothell, while the remaining 19,205 lived in Snohomish County.{{cite web |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Census 2020 Redistricting Data [P.L. 94-171] for Washington, City/Town (County Parts) Summary, Table 1: Population and Housing |url=https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/dataresearch/pop/census/2020/data/PL/wa_2020_pl94171_cityp.xlsx |publisher=Washington State Office of Financial Management |accessdate=February 9, 2022}} The racial makeup of the city was 65.0% White, 1.9% African American, 0.6% Native American, 17.7% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 4.0% from other races, and 10.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.2% of the population.{{cite web |title=Table P1 Race: Bothell city, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US5307380&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |work=2020 Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=February 9, 2022}}

As of the 2010 U.S. census, there were 33,505 people, 13,497 households, and 8,779 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2764.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 14,255 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1176.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 79.7% White, 1.6% African American, 0.6% Native American, 10.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.4% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.7% of the population.{{cite web |date=May 19, 2011 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010: Bothell city, Washington |url=https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/dec_10_dp_bothell.pdf |publisher=United States Census Bureau |via=Puget Sound Regional Council |accessdate=March 15, 2022}}

There were 13,497 households, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.0% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.3% were from 25 to 44; 28.1% were from 45 to 64; and 12.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

{{As of|2022}}, Bothell has an estimated workforce population of 37,721 residents with 68.8 percent who are employed according to an annual survey from the United States Census Bureau. The largest industry sectors for the city's residents were professional and scientific services (24.4%) and educational services (18.1%).{{cite web |year=2022 |title=Selected Economic Characteristics: Bothell, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP03?q=DP03&g=160XX00US5307380,5322640 |work=American Community Survey |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} According to a city study from 2022, approximately 28,778 workers commute into Bothell for work while 19,813 residents travel elsewhere for work;{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=3{{hyphen}}10}} the most common destinations for commuters from Bothell include Seattle (29%), Bellevue (14%), Redmond (12%), and Kirkland (8%), while 9.1 percent of workforce residents are employed in the city.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=5{{hyphen}}5}}{{cite web |date=August 2019 |title=City of Bothell Economic Dashboard |pages=3, 5 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9746/EconDevelopDashboardAugust2019 |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} The mean commute travel time was 30.2 minutes with more than 57 percent of residents driving alone to work, 26 percent working from home, and under 6 percent using public transportation.

The city also had approximately 28,025 jobs provided by private sector businesses, of which the largest industry sectors in 2021 were professional and scientific services (15.4%), manufacturing (15.3%), and information (12.8%).{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Work Area Profile Analysis: Employed in Bothell, WA |url=https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/cgi-bin/report.py?report_id=otm_1b277b5be2f345619ffc430900fcac3f&heading=Work+Area+Profile+Analysis%0AWorkers%3A+Employed+in+Bothell+city%2C+WA%0AShowing%3A+Employment+locations&mode=details&settings=%7B%22origin%22%3A+%22work%22%2C+%22selection%22%3A+%5B%22otm_da480ceab2f74af0a4c10b2faa46d5b0%22%5D%2C+%22year%22%3A+2021%2C+%22color%22%3A+%5B%22%230000AA%22%5D%2C+%22comparison_geom%22%3A+%22us_plc%22%2C+%22destination_rollup%22%3A+%22us_plc%22%2C+%22job_type%22%3A+%22jt03%22%2C+%22ac_segment%22%3A+%22s000%22%2C+%22origin_dir%22%3A+%22home%22%2C+%22geom_operation%22%3A+%22ignore%22%2C+%22characteristic%22%3A+%22c000%22%2C+%22analysis_type%22%3A+%22area_profile_report%22%2C+%22ap_segment%22%3A+%22s000%22%2C+%22origin_app%22%3A+%22text-only%22%2C+%22origin_type%22%3A+%22work%22%7D&format=pdf |publisher=United States Census Bureau |via=OnTheMap |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Most of these jobs are on the King County side of the city, with the exception of the manufacturing sector.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=5{{hyphen}}2}} The largest share of commuters to employers in Bothell are from Seattle (10.5%), Everett (4.9%), Kirkland (3.6%), and Bellevue (2.8%); approximately 5 percent of jobs in the city are held by Bothell residents.{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Destination Analysis: Employed in Bothell, WA |url=https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/cgi-bin/report.py?report_id=otm_4a732970c27843f1bf8789cde51d3f48&heading=Destination+Analysis%0AWorkers%3A+Employed+in+Bothell+city%2C+WA%0AShowing%3A+Residential+locations+grouped+by+Places+%28Cities%2C+CDPs%2C+etc.%29&mode=details&settings=%7B%22selection%22%3A+%5B%22otm_8ea7cfc4950741e88ac488ae9fd6a52f%22%5D%2C+%22n_rollups%22%3A+%22n100%22%2C+%22color%22%3A+%5B%22%230000AA%22%5D%2C+%22rollup%22%3A+%22us_plc%22%2C+%22destination_rollup%22%3A+%22us_plc%22%2C+%22job_type%22%3A+%22jt03%22%2C+%22labor%22%3A+%22s000%22%2C+%22ac_segment%22%3A+%22s000%22%2C+%22origin_dir%22%3A+%22home%22%2C+%22geom_operation%22%3A+%22ignore%22%2C+%22fid%22%3A+%22-1%22%2C+%22year%22%3A+%222021%22%2C+%22analysis_type%22%3A+%22destination_report%22%2C+%22drilldown%22%3A+%22%22%2C+%22ap_segment%22%3A+%22s000%22%2C+%22origin_app%22%3A+%22text-only%22%2C+%22origin_type%22%3A+%22work%22%2C+%22comparison_geom%22%3A+%22us_plc%22%7D&format=pdf |publisher=United States Census Bureau |via=OnTheMap |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

In its early decades, Bothell's economy was primarily tied to the logging industry and transitioned into agriculture by the 1920s. The city became a bedroom community in the mid-20th century for commuters to Seattle and later other Eastside cities. Since the 1980s, high tech development in the Canyon Park and North Creek business districts has transformed Bothell into a regional employment center. These areas are home to office parks and warehouses for various industries, primarily in the service and manufacturing sectors. Bothell has several commercial districts that are anchored by supermarket stores or other retailers.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=2{{hyphen}}6}}

The city had the second-largest biotechnology and biomedical hub in Washington state, behind South Lake Union in Seattle, and has 61 companies that employ 4,000 people.{{cite news |last=Coombs |first=Casey |date=May 3, 2018 |title=The Bothell economy: City looks to Lake Union area as model to build up biotech hub |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/05/03/bothell-economy-lake-union-biotech-hub.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 19, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Paul |date=January 30, 2019 |title=Seattle area's life-science sector is on the upswing, and it is scrambling to fill jobs |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-areas-life-science-sector-is-on-the-upswing-again/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} In addition to development facilities, Bothell is home to several major biotechnology wet labs and manufacturers due to its abundance of available space.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Megan |date=June 11, 2021 |title=Seattle hasn't lost its appeal with biotech execs — sorry Bothell |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/06/11/good-news-seattle-biotech-companies-still-want-you.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Biotechnology and biomedical companies headquartered in the city include pharmaceutical manufacturer Seagen (formerly Seattle Genetics), which was acquired by Pfizer in 2023;{{cite news |last=Geraldo |first=Renata |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Pfizer pulls plug on mammoth Seagen pharma factory in Everett |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/pfizer-pulls-plug-on-mammoth-seagen-pharma-factory-in-everett/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 12, 2024}} drug developer and manufacturer AGC Biologics (formerly CMC Biologics);{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=February 1, 2023 |title=AGC Biologics in Bothell to produce new diabetes treatment |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/agc-biologics-in-bothell-to-produce-new-diabetes-treatment/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Coombs |first=Casey |date=March 30, 2018 |title=AGC Biologics expands Bothell headquarters after $511 million acquisition |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/03/30/agc-biologics-expands-bothell-headquarters-after.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 19, 2022}} medical imaging equipment manufacturer Fujifilm Sonosite; and drug manufacturer Lundbeck Seattle Biopharmaceuticals.{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=August 5, 2020 |title=Bay Area bio-tech firm to open production plant in Bothell |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/bay-area-bio-tech-firm-to-open-production-plant-in-bothell/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 19, 2022}} The state's largest biotechnology company, Icos, was headquartered in Bothell until their acquisition by Eli Lilly and Company in 2007.{{cite news |last=González |first=Ángel |date=July 23, 2007 |title=After Icos' acquisition, no time to mourn |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20070723&slug=icos23 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

The city is also home to major facilities for Philips Medical Systems, which manufactures its ultrasound equipment and Sonicare toothbrushes in Bothell and maintains a regional sales office;{{cite news |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Medical devices made in county one of state's top exports |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/medical-devices-made-in-county-one-of-states-top-exports/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Timmerman |first=Luke |date=April 21, 2004 |title=Biotech becomes big business in Bothell |page=H26 |work=The Seattle Times}} Lockheed Martin's subsidiary Aculight, which creates laser equipment for medical and defense use;{{cite news |last=Fetters |first=Eric |date=July 28, 2008 |title=Bothell-based firm agrees to purchase by Lockheed |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/bothell-based-firm-agrees-to-purchase-by-lockheed/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 19, 2022}} and medical device company Ventec Life Systems, which manufactures ventilators.{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Geoff |date=March 27, 2020 |title=Trump orders GM to make ventilators for coronavirus fight after it agreed to produce them with Bothell's Ventec |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/bothells-ventec-and-general-motors-moving-ahead-with-plans-to-build-10000-ventilators-a-month-for-coronavirus-fight/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 28, 2020}} Immunex opened their Bothell campus, which included the first major pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the Pacific Northwest, in 1992;{{cite news |last=Erickson |first=Jim |date=October 16, 1992 |title=Immunex cuts the ribbon on new $70 million plant |page=B1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} the company was later acquired by Amgen in 2002 but the plant remained a major employer in Bothell until it was shut down in 2015.{{cite news |last=González |first=Ángel |date=July 30, 2014 |title=Amgen's exit a new blow for Seattle biotech industry |page=A1 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amgenrsquos-exit-a-new-blow-for-seattle-biotech-industry/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

Other major technology industries in Bothell include information technology and telecommunications. The city's second-largest employer is wireless provider AT&T Mobility, which maintains a backbone network facility and call center in Bothell.{{cite news |date=March 4, 2011 |title=AT&T shows off massive backbone facility in Bothell |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/att-shows-off-massive-backbone-facility-in-bothell/281-331876540 |publisher=KING 5 News |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Another major cellular service provider, T-Mobile US, is also a major employer in the city and has one of its largest offices in Canyon Park.{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Alexandria's Eastside buying spree continues, with T-Mobile's Bothell campus its latest target |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/01/25/alexandria-eastside-buying-spree.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Two firms associated with the electricity industry, Teltone and Leviton Network Solutions, also have facilities in Bothell.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Debra |date=February 3, 2013 |title=Bothell firm brings work back to the U.S. from China |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/bothell-firm-brings-work-back-to-the-u-s-from-china/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Fetters |first=Eric |date=June 24, 2008 |title=Purchase of Teltone keeps the company in Bothell |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/purchase-of-teltone-keeps-the-company-in-bothell/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Google opened a Bothell office in 2011 and outsources some of its Google Maps teams to another company in the city.{{cite news |last=Cook |first=John |date=August 18, 2011 |title=Google's new Bothell facility could hold 840 workers |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2011/googles-bothell-facility-hold-840-workers/ |work=GeekWire |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Nico |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Google Maps Workers Say They Can't Afford the Trip Back to the Office |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/technology/google-maps-workers-office.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=February 9, 2024}} A quantum computing research and development plant in Bothell—the first to be built in the United States—was opened by IonQ in 2024.{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=February 16, 2024 |title=Nation's first quantum computing manufacturing plant opens in Bothell |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/nations-first-quantum-computing-manufacturing-plant-opens-in-bothell/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} Microsoft had a Canyon Park campus in the 2000s that housed servers for the company's web services and previously used a building in the area to package its consumer software.{{cite magazine |last=McCullagh |first=Declan |date=January 25, 2001 |title=How, Why Microsoft Went Down |url=https://www.wired.com/2001/01/how-why-microsoft-went-down/ |magazine=Wired |accessdate=July 17, 2012}}{{cite news |date=January 15, 1999 |title=Former Microsoft facility in Bothell sold to Romac |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990115&slug=2938946 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

Other companies in the Canyon Park area include Boeing and Panasonic Avionics due to the proximity to aerospace facilities in Everett.{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=April 30, 2014 |title=Boeing leases big chunk of Bothell office space |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-leases-big-chunk-of-bothell-office-space/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}{{cite news |last=McIntosh |first=Andrew |date=June 14, 2017 |title=Boeing, Expedia, Puget Sound-area aerospace companies hit by Alitalia bankruptcy |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/06/14/boeing-expedia-puget-sound-area-aerospace.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} A United States Army Reserve facility, the Staff Sgt. Joe R. Hooper Army Reserve Center, is located in the northwest part of the city on Nike Hill. It opened in 1993 and also houses the Region X headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in an underground facility that was formerly a bunker.{{cite news |last=Larsen |first=Christopher |date=March 12, 2013 |title=380th AG Battalion cases colors for last time |url=https://www.army.mil/article/98415/380th_ag_battalion_cases_colors_for_last_time |work=Army.mil |publisher=United States Army |accessdate=March 11, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Vinh |first=Tan |date=February 26, 1999 |title=Fixtures reveal it's no ordinary office |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990226&slug=2946287 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Real estate trade magazine publisher Scotsman Guide is based in Bothell.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Jim |date=March 14, 2018 |title=A niche Bothell publisher is becoming a mortgage matchmaker |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/a-niche-bothell-publisher-is-becoming-a-mortgage-matchmaker/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Defunct specialty retailer Pacific Linen was based in the city until 1996.{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Nancy J. |date=August 25, 1996 |title=Pacific Linen moves to cheaper headquarters |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1996/08/26/story5.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

The Bothell area is home to a Sikh gurdwara, a regional mosque, and the first consecrated Hindu temple in the Pacific Northwest, which opened in 2014.{{cite news |last=Vaughn |first=Alexa |date=May 13, 2014 |title=Temple shrine is dream come true for Northwest Hindus |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/temple-shrine-is-dream-come-true-for-northwest-hindus/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 27, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Syed |first1=Adnan |last2=Karn |first2=Sumit |date=July 13, 2013 |title=Merging traditions |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/merging-traditions/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=January 27, 2024}}

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Bothell has several pieces of public art, primarily located in downtown or on the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College campus.{{cite web |title=Browse by County |url=https://www.arts.wa.gov/county-collections/ |publisher=Washington State Arts Commission |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} The city government created an arts advisory committee and adopted a percent for art ordinance in 2009 to fund the creation of public artwork and other programs. The committee was replaced by a formal Arts Commission in 2017 with seven members appointed by the city council to manage and promote the public arts program.{{cite web |title=Creative Consultancies: City of Bothell |url=https://www.4culture.org/grants-artist-calls/creative-consultancies-bothell/ |publisher=4Culture |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}{{cite news |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Bothell invites applicants for new Arts and Festivals Commission |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/bothell-invites-applicants-for-new-arts-and-festivals-commission/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} A gallery at the new city hall is curated by the Arts Commission with room for paintings, sculptures, and on-screen artwork.{{cite news |last=Metzger |first=Katie |date=April 5, 2018 |title=Bothell opens its own art gallery at City Hall |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/life/bothell-opens-its-own-art-gallery-at-city-hall/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}

The city's downtown is home to an art walk, the Bothell Art Scene, with several participating businesses and art studios.{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Madison |date=February 26, 2020 |title=Local artists to launch Bothell Art Scene this spring |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/life/local-artists-to-launch-bothell-art-scene-this-spring/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} Other pieces of public art in the city include a series of murals on downtown buildings that depict Bothell's history and pioneers. They were first painted in 1989 to honor the city's centennial, but some were lost in the late 1990s to redevelopment.{{cite news |last=Heyamoto |first=Lisa |date=December 2, 2003 |title=Portraits of the past: Bothell pioneers honored on downtown buildings |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20031202&slug=bothellarts02e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Beason |first=Tyrone |date=September 22, 1997 |title=Bothell mural to be destroyed |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19970922&slug=2561837 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}

From 1981 to 2019, Bothell was home to Country Village, a themed shopping center with stores that catered towards the arts community.{{cite news |last=Manandic |first=Kailan |date=April 2, 2019 |title=Country Village closed after hosting local shops since 1985 |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/business/country-village-closed-after-hosting-local-shops-since-1985/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} It had 45 independent businesses in several historic buildings that were repurposed for use by artisan stores, antique shops, and restaurants.{{cite news |last=Lyman |first=Francesca |date=April 3, 2019 |title=Booming Bothell says goodbye to quaint Country Village |url=https://crosscut.com/culture/2019/04/booming-bothell-says-goodbye-quaint-country-village |work=Crosscut.com |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Lobos |first=Ignacio |date=January 3, 1990 |title=Bothell's Country Village hooks on a caboose |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900103&slug=1048902 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} Country Village also hosted an annual driftwood sculpture contest and the Museum of Special Art, an art museum for works created by people with disabilities.{{cite news |last1=Coolican |first1=J. Patrick |last2=Wright |first2=Diane |date=May 15, 2003 |title=Sculptors branch out with driftwood |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030515&slug=driftwood15e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Fiege |first=Gale |date=July 23, 2016 |title=Museum in Bothell features work by special artists |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/museum-in-bothell-features-work-by-special-artists/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}

The city's largest performing arts venue, the Northshore Performing Arts Center, opened in 2005 at Bothell High School and seats 600 people.{{cite news |last=Bain |first=Lara |date=July 8, 2005 |title=Anticipation mounts for Northshore Performing Arts Center debut |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20050708&slug=npac08e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 23, 2022}}{{cite news |date=January 19, 2006 |title=Center opens its doors |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/center-opens-its-doors/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 23, 2022}} It is operated by the Northshore School District and was funded with assistance from a volunteer organization that sought to build a regional theater at a cost of $5 million.

File:BothellConcordReenact05.jpg reenactment at Freedom Festival 2005]]

Bothell hosts several annual events that are funded in part by private donations, sponsorships, and a hotel tax levied by the city government.{{cite news |date=August 22, 2004 |title=Bothell prepares for fifth annual RiverFest downtown on Sunday |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Bothell-prepares-for-fifth-annual-RiverFest-1152310.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=March 11, 2022}}{{cite news |date=November 30, 2017 |title=Main St. block closes for Bothell's Tree Lighting Festival |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/main-st-block-closes-for-bothells-tree-lighting-festival/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=March 11, 2022}} The city government's Parks Department organizes five annual events, including the Fourth of July parade (also known as the Freedom Festival), which featured a reenactment of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.{{cite news |last=Green |first=Sara Jean |date=June 30, 2000 |title=Re-enactment of battle on Fourth |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |date=June 15, 2009 |title=Wanted: Residents ready for battle |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/wanted-residents-ready-for-battle/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} Other events include an Arbor Day celebration, trick-or-treating on Halloween, and a Winter Porch Light Parade in December.{{cite web |title=Community Events |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/1047/Community-Events |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}{{cite web |date=December 2019 |title=Begin at Bothell: Explore Bothell Map |url=https://www.beginatbothell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BOTHEL-ExploreBothellMap-1219.pdf |work=Begin at Bothell |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 3, 2022}} The winter festival also includes the lighting of a Christmas tree; from 1929 to 1979, a {{convert|112|ft|m|adj=on}} Douglas fir on Main Street was decorated annually by the city.{{cite news |last=Macdonald |first=Sally |date=December 10, 1980 |title=Yule tree lets new roots sustain tradition |page=F1 |work=The Seattle Times}} It was recognized as the "largest living Christmas tree in the world" by Life magazine in December 1962; the top of the tree was later removed due to disease and a replacement was planted near the city museum. The parks department also hosts weekly outdoor concerts at the Bothell Landing amphitheater and other activities during the summer months, including night markets on Main Street.{{cite web |title=Summer Nights in Bothell |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/2032/Summer-Nights-in-Bothell |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}

Other events are hosted by community organizations, such as the annual Bothell block party and brewfest sponsored by University of Washington Bothell and the local chamber of commerce.{{cite news |last=Swaney |first=Aaron |date=June 2, 2023 |title=Beer Notebook: Bothell Block Party and Brewfest returns this weekend |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/food-and-drink/beer-notebook-bothell-block-party-and-brewfest-returns-this-weekend/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} The annual "Sustainamania" has been held in Bothell since 2012 to promote sustainable living, conservation, and education.{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Blake |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Sustainamania arrives at Bothell City Hall this week |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/life/sustainamania-arrives-at-bothell-city-hall-this-week/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=September 30, 2024}} A weekly community market, named the Bothell Friday Market, launched in 2019 in response to the closure of Country Village, which formerly hosted a farmers' market.{{cite news |last=Quiroz |first=Stephanie |date=July 18, 2019 |title=New Bothell Friday Market opens |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/business/new-bothell-friday-market-opens/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} An annual bicycle ride, named the Summits of Bothell, was held in the 2000s along a {{convert|38|mi|km|adj=mid}} course in the city with {{convert|3,250|ft|m}} of elevation gain.{{cite news |last=Nystrom |first=Andy |date=August 20, 2008 |title=Bothell's RiverFest offers an array of activities Aug. 24 |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13297D7E04C2EEE0&f=basic |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |via=NewsBank |accessdate=May 7, 2024}} In 2007, about 5,000 to 7,000 people gathered for a parade and outdoor concert at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater at Bothell Landing in honor of local American Idol contestant Blake Lewis.{{cite news |last=Dizon |first=Kristin |date=May 11, 2007 |title='Idol' mania hits home as Blake Lewis returns |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/Idol-mania-hits-home-as-Blake-Lewis-returns-1237122.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=February 19, 2022}} The Cup of Kindness Day, created by a local coffeeshop owner and held on May 10, 2018, was cited by Reader's Digest in its awarding of "Nicest Places in America" honors to Bothell and nine other cities that year.{{cite news |last=manandic |first=Kailan |date=November 13, 2018 |title=Bothell finalist in top 10 of 'Nicest Places in America' |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/bothell-finalist-in-the-top-10-nicest-place-in-america/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Finalist: Bothell, WA — 'For a day or a lifetime' and 'people are just plain nice' |url=https://www.rd.com/nicestplaces/bothell-wa/ |magazine=Reader's Digest |access-date=October 28, 2018}}

The Bothell area has one weekly newspaper, the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, which is owned by Sound Publishing and also serves nearby Kenmore. It was first published in 1933 as the Bothell Citizen and became the Northshore Citizen in 1961 as its coverage grew outside the city's boundaries.{{cite news |last=Grindeland |first=Sherry |date=December 26, 2001 |title=Therapeutic riding center receives a Norwegian Christmas present |page=B7 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F0AB10B608C093F |via=NewsBank |access-date=February 10, 2022}} The newspaper became a semimonthly publication in January 2002, receiving its current name in the process; the Reporter restored its weekly schedule two months after Sound Publishing acquired the newspaper in November 2006.{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=December 29, 2006 |title=Daily King County Journal to print final edition Jan. 21 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/daily-king-county-journal-to-print-final-edition-jan-21/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 10, 2022}} The first newspapers published in the city included the Bothell Independent from 1903 to 1904 and the Bothell Sentinel from 1908 to 1935.{{sfnp|Stickney|McDonald|1977|pp=143–144}}

Bothell is also part of the Seattle–Tacoma media market and is served by Seattle-based media outlets.{{cite map |title=Western Washington Markets |date=November 9, 2014 |url=http://mediakit.seattletimes.com/wp-content/PDF/The_Seattle_Times_-_Market_Boundaries_Map.pdf |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |access-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906004153/http://mediakit.seattletimes.com/wp-content/PDF/The_Seattle_Times_-_Market_Boundaries_Map.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2015}} The region's largest newspaper, The Seattle Times, operated a production facility in the city's North Creek business district from 1992 to 2020, when it closed amid an industry-wide decline in print revenue. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer was also printed at the facility until it shifted to online-only publication in 2009.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Mike |title=Seattle Times to sell Bothell printing plant to help fund news operations |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-times-to-sell-bothell-printing-plant-to-help-fund-newspaper-operations/ |access-date=February 17, 2022 |work=The Seattle Times |date=April 3, 2019}} The Snohomish County side of the city is served by The Everett Herald, a sister paper to the Reporter under the ownership of Sound Publishing.{{cite web |title=About The Daily Herald and HeraldNet |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/about/ |publisher=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 18, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416221232/http://www.heraldnet.com/about/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}} Broadcast-based media outlets that serve the city include television stations KOMO-TV, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, and KCPQ; as well as various radio stations.{{cite web |title=DTV Reception Maps |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=February 18, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503232917/https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps |archive-date=May 3, 2017}}{{cite news |last=Visser |first=Nick |date=April 23, 2011 |title=Seattle radio stations |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/seattle-radio-stations/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 18, 2022}}

File:Bothell Library.jpg, operated by the King County Library System]]

Bothell's public library has been operated by the King County Library System (KCLS) since 1946. The city's first library was established at the Odd Fellows Hall on Main Street in 1905 and was followed by private libraries in local businesses and homes. A public library was established on January 19, 1925, after a fundraising campaign led by local women, at the American Hotel and had 1,000 books. The Bothell city council voted to move the library into the city hall in 1928; the city hall was replaced with a new building in 1936 that included more space for a library.{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |date=September 21, 2016 |title=Bothell Library, King County Library System |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20131 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=February 10, 2022}}

The city government contracted with KCLS to operate the library, which remained at city hall, beginning in 1946. A $280,000 bond issue was approved by voters in 1967 to construct a separate, {{convert|8,300|sqft|adj=on}} building for the library. It was dedicated on July 6, 1969, and held 33,000 books; the library was noted for its natural duck habitat and garden.{{cite news |date=July 6, 1969 |title=Bothell To Dedicate New Library |page=15 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A127D718D1E33F961%2540EANX-NB-12D38BFD309F2D05%25402440409-12D38546B7CFE707%254016-12D38546B7CFE707%2540/hlterms%3A |via=NewsBank |access-date=February 10, 2022}} The Bothell branch was one of the fastest-growing KCLS libraries by the 1980s and a replacement was planned; voters approved full annexation of Bothell into KCLS in November 1986, which was followed two years later by a KCLS bond issue to construct a new library.{{cite news |date=November 5, 1986 |title=East briefs: Bothell |page=H1 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB53211B419B4F4 |via=NewsBank |access-date=February 10, 2022}} Initial plans to expand the existing building were scrapped in favor of a new building with {{convert|25,000|sqft|sqm}} of space to serve as a regional library, to be the largest in North King County at the time. The new Bothell library opened on September 18, 1995, and housed 200,000 books and other materials; the old library was purchased outright by the city government and used for various departments until it was demolished in 2016.{{cite news |date=October 6, 1995 |title=Bothell library dedication tomorrow |page=B2 |work=The Seattle Times}}

Bothell has nine properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) due to their cultural, architectural, or historic qualities.{{cite web |date=July 7, 2015 |title=Historic Preservation Element |pages=1–2 |work=Imagine Bothell... Comprehensive Plan |url=http://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/465/Historic-Preservation-Element-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 22, 2022}} Several properties are surviving homes from early city pioneers built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were later moved to the Park at Bothell Landing.{{cite web |date=June 2013 |title=City of Bothell Historic Register Properties, June 2013 |pages=1, 4–6 |url=http://www.ci.bothell.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/310/All-City-Landmarks-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 22, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Grindeland |first=Sherry |date=December 1, 1998 |title=Time traveling on the Eastside |page=B4 |work=The Seattle Times}} Other listed sites include the Bothell Pioneer Cemetery,{{cite news |last=Kearsley |first=Kelly |date=October 28, 2004 |title=Bothell Pioneer Cemetery offers life stories |page= |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20041028&slug=bothellcemetery28e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 2, 2022}} Bates-Tanner Farm, and North Creek School at Centennial Park.{{cite news |date=July 5, 2012 |title=Designated historic sites in Snohomish County |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/designated-historic-sites-in-snohomish-county/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 22, 2022}}

In 1987, the city government established its own local register of historic places, which is managed by the Landmark Preservation Board appointed by the city council. It has 15 properties that include those on the NRHP and the Washington State Heritage Register, as well as additional sites that are over 50 years old. One site, the Harries House and Water Tower, was delisted following its demolition in 2015 despite plans to protect it from nearby housing development.{{cite news |last=Isaacs |first=Deanna |date=April 15, 2015 |title=Verde construction may have violated two Bothell municipal codes |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/verde-construction-may-have-violated-two-bothell-municipal-codes/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 22, 2022}}

The Bothell Historical Museum, a non-profit museum run by the local historical society, is located within the Hannan House on the grounds of the Park at Bothell Landing. It opened in 1969 and was relocated to the new park in 1978.{{cite news |date=July 29, 1978 |title=The Bothell landing |page=A3 |work=The Seattle Times}} The museum is open on Sundays from April through October (aside from a two-year hiatus induced by the COVID-19 pandemic); it is furnished with contemporary artifacts from a late 19th-century home and those related to the city's history.{{cite web |title=About the Museum |url=https://www.bothellhistoricalmuseum.org/?page_id=32 |publisher=Bothell Historical Museum |accessdate=November 27, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Humphrey |first=Robert |date=December 12, 1990 |title=Put Yourself in 19th century |page=F4 |work=The Seattle Times}} The historical society also funded several restoration projects, including work on the Beckstrom Cabin, built in 1883 and moved to the park grounds in 1979.{{cite news |last=Coolican |first=J. Patrick |date=January 11, 2003 |title=Cabin is Bothell's first family home |page=B2 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030111&slug=logcabin11e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 22, 2022}}

Pop Keeney Stadium in Downtown Bothell was built in 1920 and seats 4,438 spectators.{{cite news|date=August 3, 2019 |title=Seahawks hold 'mock game' at Bothell's Pop Keeney Stadium |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seahawks-to-hold-mock-game-at-bothells-pop-keeney-stadium-on-saturday/972286087/ |publisher=KIRO 7 News |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} It is primarily used by high school football teams from the Northshore School District, having originally hosted only Bothell High School. The stadium was renamed during renovations in 1953 for Harold "Pop" Keeney, a local high school football coach. Its original stands were replaced in 1968 and the stadium was renovated again in 2010.{{cite news |date=April 24, 2017 |title=Northshore schools consider new name for Pop Keeney Stadium |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/northshore-district-mulls-name-change-to-pop-keeney-stadium/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 18, 2022}}

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Bothell is a non-charter code city with a council–manager government.{{cite web |title=Chapter 1.08: Classification of City |url=https://bothell.municipal.codes/BMC/1.08 |work=Bothell Municipal Code |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 17, 2021}} The city council has seven members elected in non-partisan, at-large positions to four-year terms in staggered election years. The city council passes ordinances and resolutions, approves the budget, sets policies and adjudicates issues. A mayor and deputy mayor are elected to two-year terms by the council from within their own membership.{{cite web |title=City Leadership |url=http://bothellwa.gov/247/City-Leadership-Team |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}}{{cite web |date=July 23, 2021 |title=2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 |pages=II–III |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13730/2020-CAFR |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Day-to-day affairs in the city are administered by a city manager, who is hired by the council and appoints the heads of eight departments. Since 2022, the city manager has been Kyle Stannert.{{cite news |last=Marmaduke |first=Jacy |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Fort Collins deputy city manager takes top position in Bothell, Washington |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/04/18/fort-collins-deputy-city-manager-takes-city-manager-job-washington/7360526001/ |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}

The city government has 387 employees and an operating budget of $266.2 million appropriated for the 2021–22 biennium, sourced primarily from property tax, service charges, and sales tax.{{cite web |date=November 27, 2020 |title=2021–2022 Biennial Budget |page=4 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13062/2021---2022-Adopted-Budget |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} It provides a range of municipal services, including police, fire services, emergency medical services, public works, zoning and planning, parks and recreation, and some utilities. The city's fire department has three fire stations and also contracts with Snohomish County Fire Protection District 10 for services north of the county line.{{cite web |title=City of Bothell Fire Department |url=http://bothellwa.gov/415/Fire-Department |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 3, 2022}} A new city hall in Downtown Bothell opened in 2015; it replaced an earlier city hall built in 1938 and five other buildings in the city used by various municipal departments.{{cite news |last=Kunkler |first=Aaron |date=October 30, 2015 |title=A look inside the new Bothell City Hall |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/a-look-inside-the-new-bothell-city-hall/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |access-date=February 14, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Vaughn |first=Alexa |date=September 2, 2014 |title=Bothell breaking ground on new City Hall |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bothell-breaking-ground-on-new-city-hall/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2022}}

At the federal level, Bothell is part of the 1st congressional district, represented by Democrat Suzan DelBene since 2012.{{cite map |author=Census Bureau Geography Division |year=2023 |title=118th Congress of the United States: Washington – Congressional District 1 |scale=1:118,000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST53/CD118_WA01.pdf |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=January 15, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Brunner |first=Jim |date=October 20, 2014 |title=Celis struggles to voice his views in 1st District race |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/celis-struggles-to-voice-his-views-in-1st-district-race/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2022}} At the state level, the city is part of the 1st legislative district alongside Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Woodinville, and northern Kirkland.{{cite map |author=Washington State Redistricting Commission |date=July 15, 2022 |title=Legislative District 1 |page=2 |work=District Maps Booklet 2022 |url=https://leg.wa.gov/LIC/Documents/Maps/Redistricting%20Map%20Booklet_2022.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislative Information Center |accessdate=January 15, 2024}} Bothell is also represented by three county council districts: King County Council's 1st district covers most of the city's King County side, while a small portion belongs to the 3rd district;{{cite map |date=December 8, 2021 |title=2021 Districting Plan, Adopted Dec. 8, 2021 |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/independent/districting/2021/draftplans/adopted-plan-2021/2021_Districting_Plan_20211208.ashx?la=en |publisher=King County GIS Center |access-date=February 14, 2022}} the Snohomish County Council's 4th district represents all of the Snohomish County side of the city.{{cite map |title=Snohomish County Council Districts |url=http://snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/49 |publisher=Snohomish County Elections |access-date=February 14, 2022}}

Bothell has 26 parks, trails, and open spaces for public use that are maintained by the city government's Parks and Recreation Department. These comprise {{convert|403|acre|ha}} of city-owned open spaces and are supplemented by {{convert|1,428|acre|ha}} in other open spaces and parks owned by county governments and private entities.{{sfnp|Bothell Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan|2020|pp=30–31}} The Parks and Recreation Department also organizes recreational activities for residents at city parks and facilities, including sport leagues, concerts, yoga, and instructional classes.{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Bothell Bridge Recreational Guide for Spring 2018 |pages=10–14 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6379/Bridge_2018-Spring |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Recreation Programs |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/255/Recreation-Programs |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Bothell is also home to a YMCA branch, senior centers, and other community organizations that provide their own recreational programs.{{sfnp|Bothell Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan|2020|p=96}}

The Sammamish River corridor has several city parks that are connected to each other by the Sammamish River Trail, a regional hiking and bicycling trail that continues southeast for {{convert|10|mi|km}} to Redmond.{{cite web |title=Sammamish River Park/Trail |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/1043/Sammamish-River-ParkTrail |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 19, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Sammamish River Trail |url=https://kingcounty.gov/services/parks-recreation/parks/trails/regional-trails/popular-trails/samm-river.aspx |publisher=King County Parks |accessdate=February 19, 2022}} The Sammamish River Trail also connects to two other paved regional trails that converge in Bothell: the Burke–Gilman Trail, which runs southwest to Seattle;{{cite map |date=May 2021 |title=Leafline Regional Trails in King County |url=https://aqua.kingcounty.gov/gis/web/VMC/recreation/RTS/rtsmap-2021.pdf |publisher=King County Parks |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} and the North Creek Trail, which travels to Canyon Park and is planned to reach Mill Creek and Everett in later phases.{{cite map |year=2020 |title=Snohomish County Area Bicycling & Trail Map |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/mappdfs/bikemaps/2020/bicyclingandtrailmap_2020.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}{{cite web |title=North Creek Regional Trail |url=https://snohomishcountywa.gov/680/North-Creek-Regional-Trail---Mill-Creek- |publisher=Snohomish County Public Works |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} An unpaved corridor, the Tolt Pipeline Trail, runs southeast from Bothell towards Duvall and follows the route of the Tolt pipeline.

Blyth Park is the city's oldest park, sitting on {{convert|40|acre|ha}} of land facing the river that was donated in 1959 by the local Lions Club.{{cite news |date=December 15, 2010 |title=Bothell officials plan to refine Blyth, the city's oldest park |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/bothell-officials-plan-to-refine-blyth-the-citys-oldest-park/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} It is adjacent to the former Wayne Golf Course, which was acquired for $3.8 million by the city government between 2017 and 2018 with assistance from Forterra.{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Ben |date=April 2, 2018 |title=Bothell's largest park is open to visitors and name ideas |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/bothells-largest-park-is-open-to-visitors-and-name-ideas/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} The {{convert|89|acre|ha|adj=mid}} property is the largest in Bothell's parks system and remains undeveloped except for an existing disc golf course that was retained.{{cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=December 16, 2017 |title=Bothell buys Wayne Golf Course and turns it into a park |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/bothell-buys-wayne-golf-course-and-turns-it-into-a-park/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Connecting the river and trail to Downtown Bothell is the Park at Bothell Landing, a {{convert|14|acre|ha|adj=mid}} park that opened in 1978 with historic buildings and a footbridge.{{cite news |date=May 8, 2008 |title=Take a walk, see historic buildings at Park at Bothell Landing |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/take-a-walk-see-historic-buildings-at-park-at-bothell-landing/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 19, 2022}} The park's land on the south side of the Sammamish River was acquired from the Washington State Department of Transportation, which had originally planned to build a freeway there to replace State Route 522.{{cite news |last=Rinearson |first=Peter |date=January 4, 1978 |title=Bothell developing towards river |page=H1 |work=The Seattle Times}}

Bothell's largest nature preserve, North Creek Forest, was established in 2011 and sits on {{convert|64|acre|ha}} surrounding North Creek near Interstate 405.{{cite news |last=Bartley |first=Nancy |date=December 16, 2011 |title=Bothell gets a forest for Christmas |page=B1 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bothell-gets-a-forest-for-christmas/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} It is home to large forests as well as wetlands that host band-tailed pigeons, pileated woodpeckers, and salmon in streams.{{cite news |last=Nystrom |first=Andy |date=January 5, 2012 |title=Bothell buys 'last great forest' |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/bothell-buys-last-great-forest-thanks-to-combined-efforts-of-friends-of-the-north-creek-forest-help-our-woods-and-the-city-35-acres-is-purchased-expanded-story/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} The forest is managed by a volunteer group and is adjacent to state-owned wetlands on the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College campus. The {{convert|58|acre|ha|adj=mid}} wetlands, the largest in the Pacific Northwest to undergo restoration, are home to habitats for deer, goats, coyotes, and other wildlife.{{cite news |date=May 31, 2007 |title=UW Bothell/Cascadia Community College wetland trails |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/uw-bothell-cascadia-community-college-wetland-trails/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Sanders |first=Hillary |date=February 29, 2012 |title='Green' runs deep on UW-Bothell, Cascadia Community College campus |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/green-runs-deep-on-uw-bothell-cascadia-community-college-campus-going-green/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}

In addition to parks in the downtown area, Bothell has several community parks in its outlying neighborhoods. The Doug Allen Sportsfields, named in 2008 for a former city worker, has several grass fields for soccer and a baseball diamond.{{cite web |title=Doug Allen Sportsfields |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/1665/Doug-Allen-Sportsfields |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}{{cite news |date=September 3, 2010 |title=Tending to park and their son's memory at Doug Allen Sportsfields in Bothell |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/tending-to-park-and-their-sons-memory-at-doug-allen-sportsfields-in-bothell/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} The North Creek Sportsfields complex comprises four fields in the North Creek business park designated for soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and American football.{{cite web |date=February 2019 |title=Inventory: North Creek Sportsfields |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/289/Inventory-North-Creek-Sportsfields-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} The city's northernmost park, Centennial Park, opened in October 2008 at the former site of a Snohomish County park in Thrasher's Corner.{{cite news |date=October 1, 2008 |title=Bothell favors daffodils for centennial events |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/bothell-favors-daffodils-for-centennial-events/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 20, 2022}}

The Northshore School District serves the cities of Bothell, Woodinville, Kenmore, and surrounding unincorporated areas in King and Snohomish counties.{{cite map |author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |date=December 21, 2020 |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: King County, WA |page=2 |scale=1:80,000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53033_king/DC20SD_C53033.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=August 3, 2022}} It is the 10th-largest school district in Washington state,{{cite web |year=2019 |title=2018–19 School Performance Report: Inglemoor High School |pages=4–5 |url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1582069311/nsdorg/nvonqllbz5ommvdcjwgr/IHS__APR_2018-19.pdf |publisher=Northshore School District |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} with 35 schools—of which 12 are within Bothell city limits.{{cite map |author=GIS Services |date=October 2014 |title=City of Bothell |url=http://www.ci.bothell.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/1334/Map-of-Bothell-City-Limits-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |access-date=February 12, 2022}}{{cite news |last=McLain |first=Madysen |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Ballot measures ask for $700 million in funding for NSD |url=https://www.nwnews.com/news/ballot-measures-ask-for-700-million-in-funding-for-nsd/article_9a49782c-796f-11ec-89fd-e3e25c8d2aa0.html |work=The Woodinville Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127211424/https://www.nwnews.com/news/ballot-measures-ask-for-700-million-in-funding-for-nsd/article_9a49782c-796f-11ec-89fd-e3e25c8d2aa0.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |access-date=February 12, 2022}} The district is governed by a five-member school board elected from geographic districts, of which three include portions of Bothell.{{cite web |title=Meet the Board |url=https://www.nsd.org/our-district/leadership/school-board/meet-the-school-board |publisher=Northshore School District |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} Bothell originally formed its own school district in 1885, with the latter expanding its service into surrounding areas throughout the early 20th century until it was merged with its Woodinville counterpart to form Northshore in 1959.{{cite web |last1=Chase |first1=Katie |last2=Johnson |first2=Susan |year=2012 |title=City of Bothell Local Register of Historic Landmarks Nomination Form: W.A. Anderson School |pages=13–14 |url=http://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/311/Anderson-School-Nomination-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=March 15, 2022}}{{cite news |date=February 25, 1959 |title=Two School Districts Joined By Elections |page=6 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A142FE773BA94746A%2540EANX-NB-16D64CBCE0A60478%25402436625-16D43D899F8A3E98%25405-16D43D899F8A3E98%2540/hlterms%3A |via=NewsBank |access-date=February 12, 2022}}

The 12 public schools in Bothell comprise one high school, three middle schools, and eight elementary schools. Bothell High School opened in 1907 to serve several rural school districts and moved between several buildings until its current West Hill campus was completed in 1953. The campus underwent an extensive renovation that was completed in 2008 that added classrooms, common areas, and a performing arts center.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=May 30, 2007 |title=County leads state in new schools |page=H13 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/county-leads-state-in-new-schools/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 13, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Young |date=May 25, 2004 |title=Arts center to supersize Bothell-area school plays |page=B4 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F102D6087DAF9EB61 |via=NewsBank |access-date=February 13, 2022}} Two of the district's other high schools, Inglemoor in Kenmore and North Creek in unincorporated Snohomish County, also serve Bothell residents.{{cite news |last=Haglund |first=Noah |date=March 6, 2017 |title=Bothell's new high school is modeled on the best in the world |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/bothells-new-high-school-is-modeled-on-the-best-in-the-world/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 15, 2022}}

The Bothell area is also home to several private schools, including those affiliated with local churches.{{cite web |title=Search for Private Schools: Bothell, Washington |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=&SchoolID=&Address=&City=Bothell&State=53&Zip=&Miles=&County=&PhoneAreaCode=&Phone=&Religion=&Association=&SchoolType=&Coed=&NumOfStudents=&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1 |work=Private School Universe Survey |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} Among them are campuses of the Cedar Park Christian School system, including a high school in Bothell;{{cite news |last=Slager |first=Melissa |date=March 3, 2008 |title=Christian school plans a Mill Creek campus |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/christian-school-plans-a-mill-creek-campus/ |work=The Enterprise |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} the Providence Classical Christian School, a K–12 school founded in 1997;{{cite news |date=August 24, 2017 |title=Providence Christian school to open in Bothell Sept. 6 |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/life/providence-christian-school-to-open-in-bothell-sept-6/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} and St. Brendan's Catholic School, founded in 1966 and administered by the Archdiocese of Seattle.{{cite web |title=History |url=https://school.saintbrendan.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1586157&type=d&pREC_ID=1712285 |publisher=St. Brendan Catholic School |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} The Clearwater School, a Sudbury school with student-controlled learning;{{cite news |last=de Lapparent Alvarez |first=Aina |date=March 4, 2024 |title=No grades, no teachers: Inside a Bothell school run by student vote |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/no-grades-no-teachers-inside-a-bothell-school-run-by-student-vote/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2024}} two Montessori schools; the Evergreen Academy; and the Washington Preparatory School are also located in and around Bothell.{{cite news |last=Worcester |first=Adam |date=March 7, 2018 |title=Grocery chain owners plan $26M private school near Mill Creek |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/grocery-store-chain-owners-plan-26m-private-school-near-mill-creek/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 15, 2022}}

Bothell is home to two post-secondary educational institutions, Cascadia College and the University of Washington Bothell (UW Bothell), which share a single campus east of downtown near Interstate 405 and State Route 522. UW Bothell is one of three campuses of the University of Washington and serves 6,000 students {{as of|2019|lc=y}}, of which approximately 30 percent reside in Snohomish County.{{cite news |last=Cornwell |first=Paige |date=March 4, 2019 |title=In Bothell, another fight between a growing UW campus and its neighbors |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/in-bothell-another-fight-between-a-growing-uw-campus-and-its-neighbors/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=December 3, 2017 |title=What draws so many Snohomish County students to UW Bothell? |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/county-leaving-an-imprint-on-uw-bothell/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 15, 2022}} Cascadia College, a two-year community college, had fewer than 3,000 enrolled students in 2019.

UW Bothell was established by the state government in 1989 alongside another branch campus in Tacoma to serve students who had graduated from two-year community colleges. Its first classes were held in October 1990 at a Canyon Park office building.{{cite news |last=Cronin |first=Mary Elizabeth |date=October 1, 1990 |title=Bothell branch of UW opens with 155 students |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}} At the same time, the state government approved plans to establish another community college on the Eastside to relieve overcrowding at colleges in Bellevue and Shoreline.{{cite news |last1=Ramirez |first1=Marc |date=October 25, 1990 |title=Community college gets a step closer for Eastside – State board targets Woodinville-Duvall area |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB53441B556E809 |work=The Seattle Times |page=A1 |via=NewsBank}} The state government proposed replacing UW Bothell and the planned community college with a new four-year university in 1992, but opted instead to have both institutions share space on the intended site for the latter;{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=June 21, 2003 |title=Permanent home of University of Washington Bothell Branch opens for classes on September 25, 2000. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/4184 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=February 14, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Hadley |first1=Jane |date=February 19, 1994 |title=Three sites, and UW regents are out of luck |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB04A68452F03C9 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |page=A1 |via=NewsBank}} the shared campus opened in September 2000.{{cite news |last=Schubert |first=Ruth |date=September 23, 2000 |title=A unique partnership for higher education |page=A1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} Further attempts to merge the institutions were rejected by students and the state government,{{cite news |last=Linn |first=Sarah |date=January 28, 2004 |title=Legislature: Merging two schools into university called wrong union |page=C2 |work=The Columbian |agency=Associated Press}} who instead authorized an expansion of UW Bothell from an upper division school to a four-year institution beginning in 2006.{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=February 5, 2018 |title=UW Bothell plan: New student housing, academic buildings |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-student-housing-academic-buildings-in-uw-bothell-plan/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Nick |date=September 24, 2006 |title=Different tier of freshmen sprouting on UW branches |page=A1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060924&slug=branchcampus24m |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}

File:Aerial view of the Wetlands after restoration (2011).jpg and State Route 522 interchange near the University of Washington Bothell campus]]

Bothell lies at the intersection of Interstate 405, a major freeway bypass of Seattle, and State Route 522, which provides connections to Seattle and Monroe. Other highways in the city's northern neighborhoods include State Route 524, which travels west to Lynnwood and east to Maltby; and State Route 527 (the Bothell–Everett Highway), which connects Bothell to Mill Creek and Everett.{{cite WSDOT map |year=2014 |at=[https://web.archive.org/web/20201105191320/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf Puget Sound] inset |accessdate=February 10, 2022}} Prior to the opening of the new Pacific Highway between Everett and Seattle in 1927, U.S. Route 99 was routed through Bothell on modern-day State Route 522 and State Route 527.{{cite news |date=August 29, 1927 |title=New Highway Shortens Trip; Everett Road Open Oct. 15 |page=20 |work=The Seattle Times}}

Public transportation within the city is provided by several operators that serve hubs at the University of Washington Bothell campus, Canyon Park Park and Ride on Interstate 405, and Downtown Bothell. King County Metro has local routes connecting Bothell to nearby cities, as well as express routes traveling to North Seattle and the main University of Washington campus. Sound Transit Express operates express routes from Bothell to Seattle's Roosevelt station via State Route 522 and along Interstate 405 to Lynnwood and Downtown Bellevue.{{cite map |date=October 2021 |title=Metro Transit System: Northeast Area |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/metro/maps/system/09212021/pdf/metro-system-map-ne |publisher=King County Metro |accessdate=February 10, 2022}} Community Transit primarily serves Snohomish County with connections at its Canyon Park hub, which is also the terminus of the Swift Green Line, a bus rapid transit line on State Route 527 that debuted in 2019.{{cite news |last=Giordano |first=Lizz |date=March 25, 2019 |title=Swift Green Line starts rolling, from Bothell to Boeing |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/swift-green-line-starts-rolling-from-bothell-to-boeing/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 17, 2022}} The agency's routes connect Bothell to Lynnwood, Mill Creek, and Everett.{{cite map |date=September 2024 |title=Community Transit System Map |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/mappdfs/systemmappdfs/mapsystem.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=November 8, 2024}} These agencies, along with the Washington State Department of Transportation, also operate park-and-ride lots that have a total capacity of 965 vehicles.{{cite web |title=Park and rides |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/roads-bridges/park-and-rides |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=February 17, 2022}}

As part of the Sound Transit 3 program, two Stride bus rapid transit lines are planned to be built through Bothell by 2029. The S2 Line will follow Interstate 405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue with stops at the University of Washington Bothell campus and Canyon Park when it opens in 2029; the S3 Line on State Route 522 between Shoreline South/148th station in Shoreline and Bothell will open in 2028 with stations in Downtown Bothell and at the University of Washington Bothell campus.{{cite press release |date=September 12, 2023 |title=Sound Transit, WSDOT break ground on Stride BRT project, NE 85th Interchange in Kirkland |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/sound-transit-wsdot-break-ground-stride-brt-project |publisher=Sound Transit |accessdate=January 30, 2025}} An extension of the Swift Green Line from Canyon Park to Downtown Bothell and the UW Bothell campus is planned to open by 2031.{{cite press release |date=October 16, 2023 |title=Locations considered for Swift Green Line stations in Bothell |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/news-and-events/article-detail/2023/10/17/locations-considered-for-swift-green-line-stations-in-bothell |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=January 30, 2025}}

In July 2019, the city government launched its dockless electric scooter sharing program with Lime.{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Blake |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Lime's e-scooters to remain in Bothell until early 2020 |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/limes-e-scooters-to-remain-in-bothell-until-early-2020/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}

The delivery of electric power to residents, businesses, and buildings in Bothell is split between two providers serving different sides of the King–Snohomish county line. The Snohomish County Public Utility District provides electricity for the Snohomish County side of Bothell, along with the rest of the county;{{cite web |date=May 2021 |title=Quick Facts |url=https://www.snopud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/QuickFacts_1021.pdf |publisher=Snohomish County Public Utility District |accessdate=February 10, 2022}} Puget Sound Energy provides electricity for the King County side and natural gas service for all of Bothell.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=14{{hyphen}}2}}{{cite map |date=August 2015 |title=Puget Sound Energy service area |url=https://www.pse.com/-/media/PDFs/1213_ServiceAreaMap_web.pdf?modified=20200922215317 |publisher=Puget Sound Energy |accessdate=February 10, 2022}} The Bothell city government contracts with Recology for all curbside garbage, recycling, and yard waste collection and disposal.{{sfnp|Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan|2024|p=14{{hyphen}}2}} The company also has a store in Canyon Park that sells products made from recycled materials and accepts hazardous materials for recycling.{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=February 4, 2020 |title=Forget the plastic! This Bothell store can help you go green |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/forget-the-plastic-this-bothell-store-can-help-you-go-green/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 17, 2022}} Waste Management handles garbage and recycling collection outside of city limits and was also responsible for some annexed areas of Bothell until 2021.{{cite web |title=Recology |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/225/Recology |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 17, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Isaacs |first=Deanna |date=February 18, 2015 |title=Changes to garbage billing in Bothell confuses some |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/changes-to-garbage-billing-in-bothell-confuses-some/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 17, 2022}}

Bothell has four water districts that provide tap water service within its city limits: the Alderwood Water and Wastewater District serving Canyon Park and the northern neighborhoods; the Bothell Water District serving Downtown Bothell and nearby neighborhoods; the Northshore Utility District serving western and southern Bothell; and the Woodinville Water District serving a small area in the city's southeastern outskirts.{{cite web |date=July 1, 2021 |title=2020 Water Quality Report |pages=5–6 |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13400/Water-Quality-Report |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Alderwood sources its water from Spada Lake in Snohomish County through the City of Everett;{{cite web |year=2020 |title=Water for Life, Forever: 2020 Drinking Water Quality Report |page=2 |url=http://yourwater.awwd.com/ |publisher=Alderwood Water and Wastewater District |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} the other three districts purchase their water from Seattle Public Utilities, which sources its supply from the Tolt River watershed in King County.{{cite web |date=December 2020 |title=2020 Annual Survey of Wholesale Customers: Summary of Results |pages=1–2 |url=https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/SPU/Documents/2020SummaryofSurveyResults.pdf |publisher=Seattle Public Utilities |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} The water districts also manage the wastewater and sewage systems for their respective service areas, which are pumped to the Brightwater sewage treatment plant near Woodinville for treatment.{{cite map |author=Bothell GIS Services |date=January 13, 2016 |title=Bothell Sewer Service Areas |url=http://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1393/Sewer-Districts-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}}{{cite web |title=2021 King County Sewage Treatment Capacity Charge |url=https://www.bothellwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13087/Sewage-Treatment-Capacity-Charge-Brochure |publisher=King County Wastewater Treatment Division |via=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} The city government is also responsible for stormwater collection and treatment using a {{convert|138|mi|km|adj=mid}} system of storm pipes that flow into catchment ponds and detention vaults.{{cite web |date=September 2020 |title=2021 Storm and Surface Water Master Plan Update |pages=29–30 |url=http://www.ci.bothell.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/11954/2021-Storm-and-Surface-Water-Master-Plan-Update-PDF |publisher=City of Bothell |accessdate=February 18, 2022}}

The city's nearest general hospital is EvergreenHealth Kirkland, a Level III trauma center located in the Totem Lake neighborhood of Kirkland. The King County portion of Bothell is part of the public hospital district that manages EvergreenHealth and elects one member to its board of commissioners.{{cite map |date=May 2019 |title=Public Hospital District No. 2 |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/elections/maps/special-purpose-district-maps/hospital-2-districts.ashx?la=en |publisher=King County Elections |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}{{cite web |author=KPMG |authorlink=KPMG |date=June 3, 2021 |title=King County Public Hospital District No. 2 (d/b/a EvergreenHealth) Financial Statements December 31, 2020 and 2019 |page=3 |url=https://www.evergreenhealth.com/app/files/public/3f19836a-d691-4989-9281-b33a1fda2165/eh-annual-financial-statement-evergreenhealth-kirkland-wa.pdf |publisher=EvergreenHealth |accessdate=February 10, 2022}} The northwestern outskirts of the city in Snohomish County are part of the Verdant Health Commission (Snohomish County Public Hospital District No. 2), which formerly operated Stevens Hospital (now Swedish Health Services Edmonds).{{cite news |last=Bryan |first=Zachariah |date=October 30, 2021 |title=Pro-ivermectin, anti-mask rally host runs for health board |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/pro-ivermectin-anti-mask-rally-host-runs-for-health-board/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Bothell is home to several small community and urgent care clinics operated by regional healthcare providers, including The Everett Clinic,{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Jim |date=July 28, 2017 |title=Everett Clinic, two others open new health-care clinics |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/everett-clinic-two-others-open-new-health-care-clinics/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} HealthPoint,{{cite news |date=January 14, 2013 |title=Grand opening ceremony at new Bothell HealthPoint center |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/business/grand-opening-ceremony-at-new-bothell-healthpoint-center/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Indigo Health,{{cite web |date=October 2020 |title=Hello, Bothell! Indigo's now open |url=https://www.indigohealth.com/blog/bothell-indigo-now-open |publisher=Indigo Urgent Care |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} Pacific Medical Centers,{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=December 6, 2018 |title=New Bothell clinic to treat kids with developmental delays |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/new-bothell-clinic-to-treat-kids-with-developmental-delays/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} and ZoomCare.{{cite web |title=ZoomCare Bothell |url=https://www.zoomcare.com/clinic/zoomcare-bothell |publisher=ZoomCare |accessdate=February 18, 2022}} A clinic run by Public Health – Seattle & King County in southern Bothell served over 4,200 annual clients until its closure in 2014.{{cite news |last=Kehoe |first=Sarah |date=July 2, 2014 |title=Public Health clinic at Kirkland and Bothell boundary facing closure |url=https://www.kirklandreporter.com/news/public-health-clinic-at-kirkland-and-bothell-boundary-facing-closure/ |work=Kirkland Reporter |accessdate=February 18, 2022}}

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• Micah Downs, basketball player{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Percy |date=December 24, 2004 |title=Juanita's Downs plans to apply for NBA draft |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20041224&slug=downs24 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}
• Korel Engin, basketball player{{cite web |title=Cori Enghusen WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/e/enghuco01w.html |work=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Bud Ericksen, American football player and former mayor{{cite news |last=Raley |first=Dan |date=August 2, 2005 |title=Where Are They Now: Ex-Husky Bud Ericksen |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/where-are-they-now-ex-husky-bud-ericksen-1179724.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=May 14, 2024}}
• Brenden Foster, terminal leukemia patient and activist{{cite news |last=Karlinsky |first=Neal |date=November 24, 2008 |title=Dying Boy Makes Final Wish to Feed Homeless |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=6325558&page=1 |publisher=ABC News |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Dorothy Awes Haaland, Alaskan politician{{cite news |date=March 4, 1996 |title=Alaska Constitution Convention Delegate Dorothy Haaland Dies |page=2 |work=Daily Sitka Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94712359/alaska-constitution-convention-delegate/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}
• Phil Harris, fisherman and reality TV star{{cite news |date=August 15, 2010 |title=Phil Harris, Captain of a Crab Boat on Deadliest Catch, Dies |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/news/phil-harris-captain-crab-boat-deadliest-catch-dies |work=Emmys.com |publisher=Emmy Awards |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Johnny Hekker, American football player{{cite news |last=Nystrom |first=Andy |date=January 29, 2019 |title='Bothell is in the Super Bowl' |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/sports/bothell-is-in-the-super-bowl/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Shiloh Keo, American football player{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Larry |date=February 2, 2016 |title=How Twitter helped save Shiloh Keo's career with the Denver Broncos and send him to Super Bowl |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/how-twitter-helped-save-shiloh-keos-career-with-the-denver-broncos-and-send-him-to-super-bowl/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}
• Zach LaVine, basketball player{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=K.C. |date=March 6, 2021 |title=For LaVine, loyalty mattered on rise to All-Star status |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/how-bulls-zach-lavine-stayed-loyal-what-mattered-he-rose-all-star |publisher=NBC Sports Chicago |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Blake Lewis, singer and American Idol 2007 runner-up{{cite news |last=Chansanchai |first=Athima |date=May 23, 2007 |title=Blake's still our Seattle idol |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Blake-s-still-our-Seattle-idol-1238404.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Rosemary McAuliffe, state politician{{cite news |last=Cornfield |first=Jerry |date=January 3, 2017 |title=McAuliffe steps down from state Senate, eyes council run |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mcauliffe-steps-down-from-state-senate-eyes-council-run/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}
• Sharon McMurtry, soccer player{{cite news |last=Pentz |first=Matt |date=July 20, 2016 |title=Michelle Akers, Hope Solo headline Washington Youth Soccer's 50th anniversary team |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign/michelle-akers-hope-solo-headline-washington-youth-soccers-50th-anniversary-team/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Patty Murray, U.S. Senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate{{cite news |last=Blumenthal |first=Les |date=October 17, 2010 |title=Patty Murray: From mom in tennis shoes to influential lawmaker |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/election/article25267783.html |work=The Olympian |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Mikayla Pivec, basketball player{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Nick |date=January 6, 2022 |title=A basketball odyssey: Pivec excelling in Spain after adversity |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/a-basketball-odyssey-pivec-excelling-in-spain-after-adversity/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}
• Arnold Riegger, trap shooter and Olympian{{cite news |last=Pisapia |first=John |date=July 8, 1996 |title=The stuff of legend |page=B1 |work=The Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94712537/the-stuff-of-legend/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 11, 2022}}
• Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist{{cite news |date=August 13, 1984 |title=Ruiz Wins in Solo For 2d Gold Medal |page=C15 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/13/sports/synchronized-swimming-ruiz-wins-in-solo-for-2d-gold-medal.html |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Ernie Steele, American football player{{cite news |last=Raley |first=Dan |date=October 17, 2006 |title=Ernie Steele, 1917-2006: Ex-Eagle played in two NFL title games |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Ernie-Steele-1917-2006-Ex-Eagle-played-in-two-1217452.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Hal Sutherland, animator and painter{{cite news |last=Tarzan |first=Deloris |date=July 27, 1980 |title=Area art sold nationally |page=E6 |work=The Seattle Times}}
• Cody Votolato, musician for The Blood Brothers{{cite news |last=Nystrom |first=Andy |date=March 16, 2011 |title=Telekinesis man Lerner power pops into the spotlight |url=https://www.bothell-reporter.com/life/telekinesis-man-lerner-power-pops-into-the-spotlight/ |work=Bothell-Kenmore Reporter |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Chris Walla, musician for Death Cab for Cutie{{cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Tom |date=January 29, 2008 |title=The Death Cab for Cutie guitarist releases his solo CD, "Field Manual" |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/the-death-cab-for-cutie-guitarist-releases-his-solo-cd-field-manual/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
• Doug Yule, musician{{cite news |last=Catlin |first=Roger |date=April 30, 1997 |title=Drummer 'Moe' Tucker still has that Velvet touch |page=E1 |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-04-30-9704300046-story.html |work=Hartford Courant |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}

Bothell has one sister city, Koganei in Tokyo, Japan. Their relationship was formalized in 1991 and has included annual student exchanges.{{cite news |date=July 20, 2000 |title=Sister-city guests from Japan due this weekend |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}

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{{Geographic Location

|Northwest = Brier

|North = Mill Creek

|Northeast = Snohomish County

|West = Kenmore

|Center = Bothell

|East = Woodinville

|Southwest = Kirkland

|South = Kirkland

|Southeast = Woodinville

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