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Skagit County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026

County Commission / Council meets: Monday and Tuesday sessions; times vary by week (pieced together from agenda documents, not one canonical schedule page)
Meeting location: Commissioners' Hearing Room, 1800 Continental Place, Suite 100, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
County Auditor: Sandy Perkins · sandyp@skagitcountywa.gov
Agendas posted at: https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/CountyCommissioners/main.htm
Board of County Commissioners: Ron Wesen (District 1) · Peter Browning (District 2) · Joe Burns (District 3, appointed January 2026)

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

City: Mount Vernon, Washington

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (3)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Towns (4)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (7)

Anacortes School District
Burlington-edison School District
Concrete School District
Conway School District
La Conner School District
Mount Vernon School District
Sedro-woolley School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Emergency services districts (18)

Skagit Co Fire District No. 11 - Mt. Erie Volunteer Fire
Skagit Co Fire Protect District No. 4 - Clear Lake
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 1 - Mount Vernon
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 12 - Bay View
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 13 - Hope Island/Summit Park
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 14 - Alger
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 15 - Lake McMurray
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 16 - Day Creek
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 17 - Guemes Island Fire Department
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 18 - Darrington area, files with Snohomish County No. 24, only Mansford Precinct in Skagit Co
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 3 - Conway
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 6 - Burlington - Bayridge Station
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 7 - Lake Cavanaugh
Skagit Co Fire Protection District No. 9 - Big Lake Fire Department
Skagit County Fire Protection District No. 2 - McLean Rd.
Skagit County Fire Protection District No. 5 - Bow
Skagit County Fire Protection District No. 8 - Sedro-Woolley
Skagit County Regional Fire Authority

Source: MRSC Fire Protection Service Providers directory