Bellingham, Washington
Whatcom County · Population 91,482 · Card no. 1007
Bellingham is four towns in a coat: Whatcom, Sehome, Bellingham and Fairhaven, which merged between 1890 and 1903 and still read as separate districts.
- The bay was named by George Vancouver in 1792 for a navy official who never saw it.
- Western Washington University sits on the hill above downtown.
- Fairhaven's brick blocks were built during a boom that ended before the buildings were paid for.
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