Fox Island

Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the , in the of state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.
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  • Type: Village with 3,920 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “Fox Island, WA”, “Fox Island, Washington”, “Sylvan”, “Sylvan Glen”, and “فاکس آیلند، واشینگتن”
  • Postal code: 98333

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fox Island School and Tanglewood Island.

Building
Photo: Hedwig in Washington, CC BY 3.0.
The is a former public school in Fox Island, Washington.

Islet
Photo: Kris, CC BY 2.0.
is a small island in Hale Passage…

Fox Island

Latitude
47.2466° or 47° 14′ 48″ north
Longitude
-122.6172° or 122° 37′ 2″ west
Population
3,920
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US FXL
Open location code
84VV69WM+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34743345
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5794940
Wiki­data ID
Q1239624
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Fox Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فوكس آيلاند”
  • Asturian: “Fox Island”
  • Basque: “Fox Island”
  • Catalan: “Fox Island”
  • Cebuano: “Fox Island”
  • Chechen: “Фокс-Айленд”
  • Czech: “Fox Island”
  • Dutch: “Fox Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فوكس آيلاند”
  • French: “Fox Island”
  • German: “Fox Island”
  • Gilaki: “فاکس آیلند (واشينگتن)”
  • Gilaki: “فاکس آیلند”
  • Hungarian: “Fox-sziget”
  • Irish: “Fox Island”
  • Italian: “Fox Island”
  • Ladin: “Fox Island”
  • Low German: “Fox Island”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fox Island”
  • Persian: “فاکس آیلند”
  • Polish: “Fox Island”
  • Portuguese: “Fox Island”
  • Russian: “остров Фокс”
  • Russian: “Фокс Ислэнд”
  • Serbian: “Фокс Ајланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fox Island, Washington”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fox Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فاکس آیلند، واشینقتون”
  • Spanish: “Fox Island”
  • Swedish: “Fox Island”
  • Tatar: “Фокс-Айленд”
  • Ukrainian: “Фокс-Айленд”
  • Urdu: “فاکس آئی لینڈ، واشنگٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Fox Island”
  • Volapük: “Fox Island”

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