| Chico, Washington | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Washington#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Chico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Washington and the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kitsap |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.93 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.93 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2723 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 40 |
| Coordinates: | 47.6111°N -122.7106°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 98312 |
| Area Code: | 360 |
| Blank Info: | 53-12175 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1512090[1] |
Chico is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Named in 1889 for a Suquamish head chief,[2] [3] Chico is located on the Dyes Inlet waterfront, south of Silverdale. At the 2020 census the community had a population of 2,723.[4]
Chico is in central Kitsap County, bordered to the north by Silverdale and to the south by the Erlands Point and Kitsap Lake CDPs. It is bordered to the east by Dyes Inlet, a tidal water body that connects to Puget Sound via Port Washington Narrows through Bremerton, then via the strait of Port Orchard. It is bordered to the west by Camp Wesley Harris and Newberry Hill Heritage Park. The northern border is Newberry Hill Road, which separates Chico from Silverdale. Chico Creek forms the southern boundary with Erlands Point and Kitsap Lake to the south.[5] Washington State Route 3 runs through the community, leading north to Port Gamble and south 4miles to the western side of Bremerton.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Chico CDP has an area of 5.9sqkm, all of it land.