Where the place sits
The 53-40840 entry identifies Lynnwood, Washington (code 40840, estimate 42,132); rank 986 offers comparison, while 40840 guards the local identity. The marker locates the record, not every boundary; for map reading, Lynnwood, Washington (rank 986) begins at 47 degrees 49 minutes 44 seconds north, 122 degrees 18 minutes 2 seconds west. State code 53 holds the entry in its proper frame; at rank 986, Lynnwood, Washington (latitude 47.82898) has an estimate of 42,132. Read Lynnwood, Washington (FIPS 53-40840) against Washington's Puget Lowland, Olympic and Cascade mountains, Columbia drainage, and dry plateaus; identifier 53-40840 preserves local identity as the view widens.
Natural water references
Identifier 53-40840 holds the marker specific; Puget Sound, Columbia drainage, snow-fed rivers, and coastal streams gives Lynnwood, Washington (code 40840, estimate 42,132) a environmental frame for direction and lower ground. Lynnwood, Washington (rank 986) stays the named reference; for rank 986, supporting geography includes the observation that the Palouse Hills near Pullman contain wind-deposited loess. Code 40840 confirms identity; at 47 degrees 49 minutes 44 seconds north, Lynnwood, Washington (latitude 47.82898) stays a marker while the drainage layer offers direction. Code 40840 cannot by itself define jurisdiction; Near Lynnwood, Washington (FIPS 53-40840), water may separate natural edges from built labels.
Landform and scale
Coordinates and code 40840 next narrow the reference; a wide reading of Lynnwood, Washington (code 40840, estimate 42,132) starts with Puget Lowland, Olympic and Cascade mountains, and dry plateaus. The terrain supplies that statewide dimension and code 40840 supplies identity; the coordinates for Lynnwood, Washington (rank 986) do not reveal height. The Washington entry for Lynnwood, Washington (latitude 47.82898) notes that ice Age outburst floods carved Washington's Channeled Scablands; rank 986 keeps terrain evidence tied to the entry. Land and water meet in the setting of Lynnwood, Washington (FIPS 53-40840); Terrain and drainage belong in one reading for rank 986.
A connected settlement
The incorporated city of Lynnwood, Washington (code 40840) has a defined identity; settlement continues outside the label and code 40840. Read 42,132 as the reported size of Lynnwood, Washington (rank 986); Code 40840 is not a shortcut for jurisdictional shape. For Lynnwood, Washington (latitude 47.82898), regional continuity can be shown even when municipal identity remains distinct; place code 40840 marks the distinction. Keep the state backdrop behind Lynnwood, Washington (FIPS 53-40840); state code 53 and place code 40840 maintain the frame. Together, these layers place Lynnwood, Washington (estimate 42,132) in a wider settlement field while 40840 preserves its named identity.
A practical map sequence
Place code 40840 holds the named entry from drifting; read Lynnwood, Washington (code 40840) as one marker inside Washington. For Lynnwood, Washington (rank 986), the plotted coordinate answers where; environmental systems explain the larger setting beyond rank 986. Place 40840 confirms the entry; the useful comparison for Lynnwood, Washington (latitude 47.82898) is its position with natural systems. Rank 986 identifies the city entry; one state-scale clue behind Lynnwood, Washington (FIPS 53-40840) is that puget Lowland lies between the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range. Rank 986, code 53-40840, and the landscape together provide a durable reference for Lynnwood, Washington (estimate 42,132).