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Whatcom County Profile

Whatcom County Outline Whatcom County, a land of inland seashores, forested mountains, and the fertile Nooksack Valley, is located on the Canadian border of northwestern Washington. Whatcom County was created by the Washington Territorial Legislature on March 9, 1854. The name is from the Indian, meaning "noisy waters," given to Whatcom Creek on Bellingham Bay.

Current profiles maintained on other sites:

2007 Census of Agriculture

US Census Bureau

Washington State Data Book

Historical Profile

1965 bulletin from the County Agricultural Data Series created by NASS, then known as the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Links are to different chapters within the bulletin and are in Adobe PDF format.

History

Population

Physical Description

Pattern of Agriculture

Crops

Livestock, Dairying and Poultry

Farm Marketing and Expenditures

Index


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