Map of Edison CDP, Washington

Edison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Edison CDP overview:
Name:	Edison CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Washington
County:	Skagit County
Elevation:	7 ft (2 m)
Total Area:	0.6 sq mi (1.5 km²)
Land Area:	0.6 sq mi (1.5 km²)
Water Area:	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Total Population:	133
Population Density:	227.4/sq mi (87.8/km²)
ZIP code:	98232
Area code:	360
FIPS code:	5320680
GNISfeature ID:	1519188

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History

First settled in 1869 by Ben Samson, it was later named for inventor Thomas Edison.

In 1897 Edison became the headquarters of a national utopian socialist project known as Equality Colony, backed by an organization known as the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth. The socialist colony was established on 280 acres just outside Edison and it engaged in farming and timber milling and included a school as well as blacksmith and copper-working shops. The Edison-based Brotherhood also published a newspaper called Industrial Freedom for national circulation to its approximately 3,000 supporters. The socialist community folded shortly after 1903, by which time only about 100 colony members remained.