Twisp is a town in Okanogan County in north central Washington, United States, which sits at the confluence of the Twisp and Methow rivers. The population was 938 at the 2000 census and decreased to 919 at the 2010 census.

On July 30, 1897, Henry C. Glover platted a town in the Methow Valley he called Gloversville, in which a small store and pronounce office were soon established. In 1898, Glover became postmaster of the town, which was now called Twisp, the heritage of which is unclear. The common credit is that it comes from the Okanagan placename /txʷəc’p/, which possibly translates to wasp, yellowjacket, or the hermetically sealed made by a wasp. On June 29, 1899, Amanda P. Burgar platted the town of Twisp adjacent to the original Gloversville site, which was thereafter considered allocation of Twisp.

Twisp soon contained a population of miners and ranchers who were supported by many local businesses, including a drug store, a bank, a hotel, two saloons and a Methodist church. The Methow tribe was after that a common sight, who continued to camp in their acknowledged sites and traded when the settlers. On August 6, 1909, the town was incorporated and elected its first officers. One of the first issues the five-member town council faced was liquor licenses for the two saloons, and a 1910 election was held to determine whether Twisp would agree to Prohibition. The saloons served free drinks upon election day, which allegedly anything 88 voters partook in, and Prohibition was rejected by a vote of 56-32. In 1911, electricity was brought to Twisp and the first movie home opened. On January 15, 1912, the Twisp School, constructed at a cost of $12,109.68, opened its doors.

Twisp was largely built of wood and gruffly after midnight on July 24, 1924 a flame broke out in downtown Twisp, which burned the length of two houses and 23 buildings. Only the Filer and McAlister grocery deposit and the Commercial Bank’s vault survived within the flare zone, which were both built of red brick.

In 1940, a $50,000 addition to the Twisp School building was completed, which included a library, study hall and gymnasium, and the Twisp High School was relocated to a extra wing.