Editing Langley, Washington (section)

{{Short description|City in Washington, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Langley
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Main Street, Langley.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Main Street in Langley
| image_seal         = Langley_WA_seal.png
| nickname           = "The Village by the Sea"
| image_map          = Island_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Langley_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Langley in <br>[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Island County, Washington|Island]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Mayor-council government]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = 
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = February 26, 1913
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_53.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 4.09
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.58
| area_land_km2      = 2.61
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.01
| area_water_km2     = 1.48
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.57
| area_metro_km2     = 67.86
| area_metro_sq_mi   = 26.2
<!-- Population -->
| population_total   = 1147
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_demonym = Langleyite
<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = 0&ndash;27.7
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 102
| coordinates        = {{coord|48|02|12|N|122|24|23|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 98260
| area_code          = [[Area code 360|360]] [[Area code 564|564]]
| blank_name         = Telephone exchanges
| blank_info         = 221, 321, 331, 341, 730
| blank1_name        = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank1_info        = 53-38355<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank2_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank2_info        = 2411623<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411623}}</ref>
| blank3_name        = Annual budget
| blank3_info        = 2012, approximately $5.5 million
| website            = [http://www.langleywa.org City of Langley]
| footnotes          = 
}}
[[File:Downtown langley wa.JPG|thumb|Downtown Langley from Second Street]]

'''Langley''' ({{Langx|lut|sc̓q̓abac}})<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-295-97323-4 |location=Seattle |pages=53, 64, 71 |oclc=29877333 |author-link3=Vi Hilbert}}</ref><ref name="Waterman">{{cite book |last=Waterman |first=T. T. |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography |publisher=Lushootseed Press |year=2001 |isbn=979-8750945764 |pages=364}}</ref><ref name="Tweddell1953">{{Cite book |last=Tweddell |first=Colin E. |title=A Historical and Ethnological Study of the Snohomish Indian People: A Report Specifically Covering Their Aboriginal and Continued Existence, and Their Effective Occupation of a Definable Territory |date=August 1953 |publisher=Garland Publishing |series=Coast Salish and Western Washington Indians |volume=II |location=New York & London |publication-date=1974 |pages=141}}</ref> is a city in [[Island County, Washington|Island County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. It sits at the south end of [[Whidbey Island]], overlooking the [[Saratoga Passage]]. The city's population was 1,035 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], while the [[ZIP Code Tabulation Area]] (ZCTA) for Langley's post office had a population of 4,878.<ref name="wwwcensusgov" /> By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population increased to 1,147 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Langley, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Langley%20city,%20Washington |access-date=May 10, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> Langley proper only covers {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, but its ZCTA extends for {{convert|26.20|sqmi|km2}}.<ref name="wwwcensusgov" />

Langley has been home to the [[Snohomish people]] since [[time immemorial]]. For centuries, people came to the site of Langley to camp during the summer months, and there was a village nearby at Sandy Point ({{Langx|lut|č̓əč̓ɬqs|links=no}}), which, as of 1792, was inhabited by about 200 people; however, the Snohomish were removed to the [[Tulalip Tribes#Reservation|Tulalip Reservation]] in the late 1800s, and the village was abandoned. The modern settlement of Langley was founded in the 1890s by Jacob Anthes, and the town was incorporated in 1913.

Langley is served by South Whidbey Fire/Emergency Medical Services, the Langley Police Department, and [[South Whidbey School District|South Whidbey School District #206]]; the school district offices are located there.