Table:
Name | County | Population / (2012 est.) | Population / (2010) | Land area
Aberdeen | Grays Harbor | 16,529 | 16,896 | 10.65 sq mi (27.6 km2)
Airway Heights | Spokane | 6,363 | 6,114 | 5.63 sq mi (14.6 km2)
Algona | King | 3,074 | 3,015 | 1.29 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Anacortes | Skagit | 15,928 | 15,778 | 11.75 sq mi (30.4 km2)
Arlington | Snohomish | 18,317 | 17,926 | 9.25 sq mi (24.0 km2)
Asotin | Asotin | 1,270 | 1,251 | 1.05 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Auburn | King / Pierce | 73,505 | 70,180 | 29.62 sq mi (76.7 km2)
Bainbridge Island | Kitsap | 23,263 | 23,025 | 27.61 sq mi (71.5 km2)
Battle Ground | Clark | 18,044 | 17,571 | 7.16 sq mi (18.5 km2)
Bellevue | King | 126,439 | 122,363 | 31.97 sq mi (82.8 km2)
Bellingham | Whatcom | 82,234 | 80,885 | 27.08 sq mi (70.1 km2)
Benton City | Benton | 3,134 | 3,038 | 2.46 sq mi (6.4 km2)
Bingen | Klickitat | 724 | 712 | 0.62 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Black Diamond | King | 4,237 | 4,151 | 6.01 sq mi (15.6 km2)
Blaine | Whatcom | 4,744 | 4,684 | 5.63 sq mi (14.6 km2)
Bonney Lake | Pierce | 17,964 | 17,374 | 7.94 sq mi (20.6 km2)
Bothell | King / Snohomish | 34,651 | 33,505 | 12.11 sq mi (31.4 km2)
Bremerton | Kitsap | 39,251 | 37,729 | 28.41 sq mi (73.6 km2)
Brewster | Okanogan | 2,386 | 2,370 | 1.19 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Bridgeport | Douglas | 2,444 | 2,409 | 1.05 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Brier | Snohomish | 6,251 | 6,087 | 2.13 sq mi (5.5 km2)
Buckley | Pierce | 4,402 | 4,354 | 3.87 sq mi (10.0 km2)
Burien | King | 49,410 | 33,313 | 7.42 sq mi (19.2 km2)
Burlington | Skagit | 8,470 | 8,388 | 4.26 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Camas | Clark | 20,490 | 19,355 | 13.49 sq mi (34.9 km2)
Carnation | King | 1,823 | 1,786 | 1.16 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Cashmere | Chelan | 3,104 | 3,063 | 1.03 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Castle Rock | Cowlitz | 1,983 | 1,982 | 1.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Centralia | Lewis | 16,505 | 16,336 | 7.42 sq mi (19.2 km2)
Chehalis | Lewis | 7,298 | 7,259 | 5.53 sq mi (14.3 km2)
Chelan | Chelan | 3,945 | 3,890 | 6.29 sq mi (16.3 km2)
Cheney | Spokane | 11,018 | 10,590 | 4.27 sq mi (11.1 km2)
Chewelah | Stevens | 2,606 | 2,607 | 2.98 sq mi (7.7 km2)
Clarkston | Asotin | 7,283 | 7,229 | 2.01 sq mi (5.2 km2)
Cle Elum | Kittitas | 1,907 | 1,872 | 3.82 sq mi (9.9 km2)
Clyde Hill | King | 3,047 | 2,984 | 1.06 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Colfax | Whitman | 2,839 | 2,805 | 3.79 sq mi (9.8 km2)
College Place | Walla Walla | 8,884 | 8,765 | 2.66 sq mi (6.9 km2)
Colville | Stevens | 4,669 | 4,673 | 2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2)
Connell | Franklin | 5,421 | 4,209 | 7.87 sq mi (20.4 km2)
Cosmopolis | Grays Harbor | 1,643 | 1,649 | 1.33 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Covington | King | 18,298 | 17,575 | 5.86 sq mi (15.2 km2)
Davenport | Lincoln | 1,718 | 1,734 | 1.82 sq mi (4.7 km2)
Dayton | Columbia | 2,509 | 2,526 | 1.43 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Deer Park | Spokane | 3,673 | 3,652 | 6.88 sq mi (17.8 km2)
Des Moines | King | 30,449 | 29,673 | 6.50 sq mi (16.8 km2)
DuPont | Pierce | 8,808 | 8,199 | 5.86 sq mi (15.2 km2)
Duvall | King | 7,183 | 6,695 | 2.47 sq mi (6.4 km2)
East Wenatchee | Douglas | 13,439 | 13,190 | 3.80 sq mi (9.8 km2)
Edgewood | Pierce | 9,501 | 9,387 | 8.41 sq mi (21.8 km2)
Edmonds | Snohomish | 40,400 | 39,709 | 8.91 sq mi (23.1 km2)
Electric City | Grant | 1,004 | 968 | 1.70 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Ellensburg | Kittitas | 18,348 | 18,174 | 6.92 sq mi (17.9 km2)
Elma | Grays Harbor | 3,095 | 3,107 | 1.89 sq mi (4.9 km2)
Entiat | Chelan | 1,129 | 1,112 | 2.11 sq mi (5.5 km2)
Enumclaw | King / Pierce | 11,327 | 10,669 | 4.26 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Ephrata | Grant | 7,916 | 7,664 | 10.09 sq mi (26.1 km2)
Everett | Snohomish | 104,655 | 103,019 | 33.45 sq mi (86.6 km2)
Everson | Whatcom | 2,513 | 2,481 | 1.24 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Federal Way | King | 91,933 | 89,306 | 22.26 sq mi (57.7 km2)
Ferndale | Whatcom | 11,998 | 11,415 | 6.61 sq mi (17.1 km2)
Fife | Pierce | 9,333 | 9,173 | 5.68 sq mi (14.7 km2)
Fircrest | Pierce | 6,579 | 6,497 | 1.58 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Forks | Clallam | 3,552 | 3,532 | 3.65 sq mi (9.5 km2)
George | Grant | 514 | 501 | 1.33 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Gig Harbor | Pierce | 7,549 | 7,126 | 5.95 sq mi (15.4 km2)
Gold Bar | Snohomish | 2,101 | 2,075 | 1.03 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Goldendale | Klickitat | 3,471 | 3,407 | 2.52 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Grand Coulee | Grant | 1,044 | 988 | 1.19 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Grandview | Yakima | 11,012 | 10,862 | 6.23 sq mi (16.1 km2)
Granger | Yakima | 3,298 | 3,246 | 1.79 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Granite Falls | Snohomish | 3,416 | 3,364 | 2.18 sq mi (5.6 km2)
Harrington | Lincoln | 420 | 424 | 0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
Hoquiam | Grays Harbor | 8,535 | 8,726 | 9.02 sq mi (23.4 km2)
Ilwaco | Pacific | 936 | 936 | 2.10 sq mi (5.4 km2)
Issaquah | King | 32,633 | 30,434 | 11.38 sq mi (29.5 km2)
Kahlotus | Franklin | 204 | 193 | 0.47 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Kalama | Cowlitz | 2,346 | 2,344 | 2.77 sq mi (7.2 km2)
Kelso | Cowlitz | 11,832 | 11,925 | 8.14 sq mi (21.1 km2)
Kenmore | King | 21,280 | 20,460 | 6.15 sq mi (15.9 km2)
Kennewick | Benton | 75,971 | 73,917 | 26.93 sq mi (69.7 km2)
Kent | King | 122,999 | 92,411 | 28.63 sq mi (74.2 km2)
Kettle Falls | Stevens | 1,593 | 1,595 | 1.07 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Kirkland | King | 50,697 | 48,787 | 10.79 sq mi (27.9 km2)
Kittitas | Kittitas | 1,405 | 1,381 | 0.76 sq mi (2.0 km2)
La Center | Clark | 2,852 | 2,800 | 1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Lacey | Thurston | 43,860 | 42,393 | 16.06 sq mi (41.6 km2)
Lake Forest Park | King | 12,972 | 12,598 | 3.53 sq mi (9.1 km2)
Lake Stevens | Snohomish | 29,104 | 28,069 | 8.88 sq mi (23.0 km2)
Lakewood | Pierce | 58,852 | 58,163 | 17.17 sq mi (44.5 km2)
Langley | Island | 1,041 | 1,035 | 1.08 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Leavenworth | Chelan | 1,993 | 1,965 | 1.23 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Liberty Lake | Spokane | 7,889 | 7,591 | 6.14 sq mi (15.9 km2)
Long Beach | Pacific | 1,393 | 1,392 | 1.35 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Longview | Cowlitz | 36,458 | 36,648 | 14.48 sq mi (37.5 km2)
Lynden | Whatcom | 12,605 | 11,951 | 5.17 sq mi (13.4 km2)
Lynnwood | Snohomish | 36,275 | 35,836 | 7.84 sq mi (20.3 km2)
Mabton | Yakima | 2,324 | 2,286 | 0.80 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Maple Valley | King | 24,171 | 22,684 | 5.72 sq mi (14.8 km2)
Marysville | Snohomish | 62,402 | 60,020 | 20.68 sq mi (53.6 km2)
Mattawa | Grant | 4,543 | 4,437 | 0.74 sq mi (1.9 km2)
McCleary | Grays Harbor | 1,647 | 1,653 | 2.05 sq mi (5.3 km2)
Medical Lake | Spokane | 4,940 | 5,060 | 3.40 sq mi (8.8 km2)
Medina | King | 3,029 | 2,969 | 1.44 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Mercer Island | King | 23,661 | 22,699 | 6.32 sq mi (16.4 km2)
Mesa | Franklin | 518 | 489 | 1.64 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Mill Creek | Snohomish | 18,671 | 18,244 | 4.67 sq mi (12.1 km2)
Millwood | Spokane | 1,797 | 1,786 | 0.70 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Milton | Pierce / King | 7,048 | 6,968 | 2.51 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Monroe | Snohomish | 17,503 | 17,304 | 6.05 sq mi (15.7 km2)
Montesano | Grays Harbor | 3,962 | 3,976 | 10.41 sq mi (27.0 km2)
Morton | Lewis | 1,132 | 1,126 | 0.82 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Moses Lake | Grant | 21,182 | 20,366 | 15.75 sq mi (40.8 km2)
Mossyrock | Lewis | 764 | 759 | 0.68 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Mount Vernon | Skagit | 32,287 | 31,743 | 12.30 sq mi (31.9 km2)
Mountlake Terrace | Snohomish | 20,198 | 19,909 | 4.06 sq mi (10.5 km2)
Moxee | Yakima | 3,361 | 3,308 | 1.69 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Mukilteo | Snohomish | 20,605 | 20,254 | 6.40 sq mi (16.6 km2)
Napavine | Lewis | 1,778 | 1,766 | 2.38 sq mi (6.2 km2)
Newcastle | King | 10,792 | 10,380 | 4.45 sq mi (11.5 km2)
Newport | Pend Oreille | 2,116 | 2,126 | 1.07 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Nooksack | Whatcom | 1,355 | 1,338 | 0.70 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Normandy Park | King | 6,504 | 6,335 | 2.52 sq mi (6.5 km2)
North Bend | King | 6,030 | 5,731 | 4.27 sq mi (11.1 km2)
North Bonneville | Skamania | 963 | 956 | 2.41 sq mi (6.2 km2)
Oak Harbor | Island | 22,260 | 22,075 | 9.42 sq mi (24.4 km2)
Oakville | Grays Harbor | 682 | 684 | 0.50 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Ocean Shores | Grays Harbor | 5,622 | 5,569 | 8.51 sq mi (22.0 km2)
Okanogan | Okanogan | 2,568 | 2,552 | 1.95 sq mi (5.1 km2)
Olympia | Thurston | 47,698 | 46,478 | 17.82 sq mi (46.2 km2)
Omak | Okanogan | 4,881 | 4,845 | 3.50 sq mi (9.1 km2)
Oroville | Okanogan | 1,698 | 1,686 | 1.64 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Orting | Pierce | 6,872 | 6,746 | 2.73 sq mi (7.1 km2)
Othello | Adams | 7,532 | 7,364 | 3.81 sq mi (9.9 km2)
Pacific | King / Pierce | 6,838 | 6,606 | 2.42 sq mi (6.3 km2)
Palouse | Whitman | 1,011 | 998 | 1.08 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Pasco | Franklin | 65,398 | 59,781 | 30.50 sq mi (79.0 km2)
Pateros | Okanogan | 673 | 667 | 0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Pomeroy | Garfield | 1,422 | 1,425 | 1.78 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Port Angeles | Clallam | 19,056 | 19,038 | 10.70 sq mi (27.7 km2)
Port Orchard | Kitsap | 11,680 | 11,144 | 7.24 sq mi (18.8 km2)
Port Townsend | Jefferson | 9,117 | 9,113 | 6.98 sq mi (18.1 km2)
Poulsbo | Kitsap | 9,393 | 9,200 | 4.67 sq mi (12.1 km2)
Prescott | Walla Walla | 323 | 318 | 0.40 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Prosser | Benton | 5,799 | 5,714 | 4.49 sq mi (11.6 km2)
Pullman | Whitman | 31,359 | 29,799 | 9.88 sq mi (25.6 km2)
Puyallup | Pierce | 38,147 | 37,022 | 13.93 sq mi (36.1 km2)
Quincy | Grant | 7,013 | 6,750 | 4.96 sq mi (12.8 km2)
Rainier | Thurston | 1,826 | 1,794 | 1.73 sq mi (4.5 km2)
Raymond | Pacific | 2,883 | 2,882 | 4.06 sq mi (10.5 km2)
Redmond | King | 56,561 | 54,144 | 16.28 sq mi (42.2 km2)
Renton | King | 95,448 | 90,927 | 23.12 sq mi (59.9 km2)
Republic | Ferry | 1,093 | 1,073 | 1.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Richland | Benton | 51,440 | 48,058 | 35.72 sq mi (92.5 km2)
Ridgefield | Clark | 5,260 | 4,763 | 7.08 sq mi (18.3 km2)
Ritzville | Adams | 1,699 | 1,673 | 1.70 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Rock Island | Douglas | 799 | 788 | 0.61 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Roslyn | Kittitas | 910 | 893 | 4.37 sq mi (11.3 km2)
Roy | Pierce | 803 | 793 | 0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Royal City | Grant | 2,193 | 2,140 | 1.35 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Ruston | Pierce | 759 | 749 | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
Sammamish | King | 49,069 | 45,780 | 18.22 sq mi (47.2 km2)
SeaTac | King | 27,667 | 26,909 | 10.03 sq mi (26.0 km2)
Seattle | King | 634,535 | 608,660 | 83.94 sq mi (217.4 km2)
Sedro-Woolley | Skagit | 10,636 | 10,540 | 3.81 sq mi (9.9 km2)
Selah | Yakima | 7,333 | 7,147 | 4.44 sq mi (11.5 km2)
Sequim | Clallam | 6,624 | 6,606 | 6.31 sq mi (16.3 km2)
Shelton | Mason | 9,800 | 9,834 | 5.76 sq mi (14.9 km2)
Shoreline | King | 54,352 | 53,007 | 11.67 sq mi (30.2 km2)
Snohomish | Snohomish | 9,275 | 9,098 | 3.44 sq mi (8.9 km2)
Snoqualmie | King | 11,594 | 10,670 | 6.40 sq mi (16.6 km2)
Soap Lake | Grant | 1,550 | 1,514 | 1.25 sq mi (3.2 km2)
South Bend | Pacific | 1,631 | 1,637 | 1.62 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Spangle | Spokane | 280 | 278 | 0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Spokane | Spokane | 209,525 | 208,916 | 59.25 sq mi (153.5 km2)
Spokane Valley | Spokane | 90,641 | 89,755 | 37.77 sq mi (97.8 km2)
Sprague | Lincoln | 441 | 446 | 0.63 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Stanwood | Snohomish | 6,422 | 6,231 | 2.82 sq mi (7.3 km2)
Stevenson | Skamania | 1,473 | 1,465 | 1.64 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Sultan | Snohomish | 4,710 | 4,651 | 3.15 sq mi (8.2 km2)
Sumas | Whatcom | 1,325 | 1,307 | 1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Sumner | Pierce | 9,541 | 9,451 | 7.51 sq mi (19.5 km2)
Sunnyside | Yakima | 16,054 | 15,858 | 6.63 sq mi (17.2 km2)
Tacoma | Pierce | 202,010 | 198,397 | 49.72 sq mi (128.8 km2)
Tekoa | Whitman | 787 | 778 | 1.14 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Tenino | Thurston | 1,724 | 1,695 | 1.44 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Tieton | Yakima | 1,211 | 1,191 | 0.82 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Toledo | Lewis | 729 | 725 | 0.40 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Tonasket | Okanogan | 1,038 | 1,032 | 0.80 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Toppenish | Yakima | 9,017 | 8,949 | 2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2)
Tukwila | King | 19,611 | 19,107 | 9.17 sq mi (23.8 km2)
Tumwater | Thurston | 18,102 | 17,371 | 14.32 sq mi (37.1 km2)
Union Gap | Yakima | 6,060 | 6,047 | 5.05 sq mi (13.1 km2)
University Place | Pierce | 31,562 | 31,144 | 8.42 sq mi (21.8 km2)
Vader | Lewis | 626 | 621 | 0.93 sq mi (2.4 km2)
Vancouver | Clark | 165,489 | 161,791 | 46.46 sq mi (120.3 km2)
Waitsburg | Walla Walla | 1,235 | 1,217 | 1.11 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Walla Walla | Walla Walla | 31,864 | 31,731 | 12.80 sq mi (33.2 km2)
Wapato | Yakima | 5,065 | 4,997 | 1.17 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Warden | Grant | 2,758 | 2,692 | 2.58 sq mi (6.7 km2)
Washougal | Clark | 14,584 | 14,095 | 5.42 sq mi (14.0 km2)
Wenatchee | Chelan | 32,562 | 31,925 | 7.77 sq mi (20.1 km2)
West Richland | Benton | 12,663 | 11,811 | 21.92 sq mi (56.8 km2)
Westport | Grays Harbor | 2,092 | 2,099 | 3.70 sq mi (9.6 km2)
White Salmon | Klickitat | 2,266 | 2,224 | 1.22 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Winlock | Lewis | 1,346 | 1,339 | 1.29 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Woodinville | King | 11,234 | 10,938 | 5.60 sq mi (14.5 km2)
Woodland | Cowlitz / Clark | 5,540 | 5,509 | 3.37 sq mi (8.7 km2)
Woodway | Snohomish | 1,324 | 1,307 | 1.11 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Yakima | Yakima | 93,101 | 91,067 | 27.18 sq mi (70.4 km2)
Yelm | Thurston | 7,121 | 6,848 | 5.68 sq mi (14.7 km2)
Zillah | Yakima | 3,011 | 2,964 | 1.78 sq mi (4.6 km2)

Question: which town name is the best if you want an area with the largest square miles?
Answer: Seattle