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Whatcom County, Washington, United States

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Details for Whatcom County

NameWhatcom County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Washington, United States
County SeatBellingham
Coordinates
Latitude 48.9165138 48° 54' 59.4" N
Longitude -121.7845869 121° 47' 04.5" W
Population127,780
Elevation847 m
Surrounding CountiesOkanogan E
Skagit S
San Juan SW
USGS GNIS FeatureID1529224
Histopolis Place ID339591664
Updated Apr 15, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Whatcom County

15 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
The USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Whatcom County, Washington [USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project]
http://www.usgwtombstones.org/washington/whatcom.htm (25 Dec 2009)

Whatcom County, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatcom_County,_Washington (27 Jul 2010)

USGenWeb Archives: Washington - Whatcom County [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/whatcom/whatcom.htm (8 Jan 2010)

(page title not available) [City of Bellingham WA]
http://www.cob.org/documents/parks/bayview/whatcom_county_cemeteries.pdf (5 Aug 2003)

Cemeteries of Whatcom County, Washington [Genealogy Trails History Group]
http://www.genealogytrails.com/wash/whatcom/Cemeteries/cemetery.html (23 May 2008)

Whatcom County Genealogy [Whatcom County WAGenWeb]
Obituaries, directories, census, pictures, church records, newspapers of Whatcom County, Washington
http://www.wagenweb.org/whatcom/index.htm (29 Sep 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Whatcom County, Wash. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WH.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Whatcom County, Washington WA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Whatcom County, Washington WA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23045 (25 Nov 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Washington > Whatcom County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Washington > Whatcom County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/WA/Whatcom/ (25 Dec 2009)

History of the South Fork Valley [Whatcom County WAGenWeb]
http://www.wagenweb.org/whatcom/townhistories/sforkv.htm (29 Sep 2010)

WGS [Whatcom County WAGenWeb]
http://www.wagenweb.org/whatcom/WGS/wgs.htm (29 Sep 2010)

Whatcom County, Washington Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Whatcom County, Washington
http://www.interment.net/us/wa/whatcom.htm (16 May 2010)

Whatcom County Genealogy [Whatcom County WAGenWeb]
Obituaries, directories, census, pictures, church records, newspapers of Whatcom County, Washington
http://www.wagenweb.org/whatcom/ (27 Sep 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Whatcom County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=23045&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (7 Jan 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2989 (3 Sep 2009)
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Surveys in Whatcom County

1 Survey, 20 Ranges, 91 Townships

The Willamette Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Whatcom County. You can navigate to any of the 91 survey townships that overlap Whatcom County using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Whatcom County

7 Cities, 84 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AcmeAgate BayAlabama HillAlderwood
Anacortes CrossingBalfordBarronBeach
Bellingham (city)Birch BayBirch Bay Circle GrangeBirchwood
Blaine (city)Blue CanyonBoundaryBrennan
Cedar CrossingCedarvilleChuckanutChuckanut Village
ClearbrookClipperColumbiaComar
Cottonwood BeachCusterDeltaDeming
DeweyDiabloDoranEdgemoor
EurekaEverson (city)FairhavenFerndale (city)
Forest RidgeGenevaGlacierGoshen
GreenwoodHamptonHappy ValleyHaynie
HillsdaleKendallKickervilleKulshan
LakewayLarson MillLaurelLawrence
Limestone JunctionLummiLummi IslandLynden (city)
Maple BeachMaple FallsMariettaMirror Lake
Mountain ViewNeptune BeachNewhalemNooksack (city)
Nooksack Salmon HatcheryNoonNorthwoodNugents Corner
ParkviewPeaceful ValleyPleasant ValleyPoint Roberts
RooseveltRuby (historical u.p.)SaxonSemiahmoo
Silver BeachSouth BeachSouth BellinghamStrandell
Sudden ValleySumas (city)SunnysideVan Wyck
Van ZandtVictorWahlWarnick
Washington Colony (historical u.p.)WelcomeWickersham

Cemeteries of Whatcom County

59 Cemeteries, 50 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Acme (*)BayviewBeach (*)Berthusen Memorial Park
Beth IsraelBeth Israel Jewish (*)Bethany ChapelBethany Chapel (*)
Bethany LutheranBlaineBlaine City (*)Blaine Masonic (historical cemetery)
BuchananCalifornia Creek (*)Cannon (*)Case
Case IndianCentral (*)Clearbrook (*)Clipper (*)
Columbia Valley (*)Congregation Beth Israel (*)Cornwall Memorial ParkDeadman's Point
Deming (*)Deming (*)Deming (*)Deming Catholic (*)
EnterpriseGlacierGlacier Township (*)Goshen
Goshen Indian (*)Goshen Nooksack (*)Grange (*)Grange (*)
Green Acres Memorial Park (*)Greenacres Memorial ParkGreenwoodGreenwood Methodist (*)
HaynieHillsdaleHillsdale Methodist (*)Hopewell
Immanuel LutheranIndian JoeIOOF (*)IOOF (* Lynden)
Job Indian (*)Jobe (*)Jobe Indian (*)Kallcoe
KendallKing MountainKulshanKulshan (*)
LakesideLawrence (*)Licking (*)Lummi
Lummi Indian Reservation (*)Lummi IslandLyndenLynden Jim Indian
Maple FallsMasonic (*)Moles Greenacres Memorial Park (*)Monumenta
Mount Calvary (historical cemetery)Mount HopeMount Hope IOOF (*)Mountain View
Mt. Hope (*)NooksackNooksack IndianNorthwood (*)
Old BellighamOld Birch Bay IndianOld Lynden Indian Burial Ground (*)Old Maple Falls
Old Semiahmoo IndianOld WelcomePangborn (*)Pangborn Lake (*)
Paradise (*)PerryPoint RobertsSaint Andrew (*)
Saint Anne’s CatholicSaint Joseph’s CatholicSaint Pauls Church ColumbariumSaint Peter’s Catholic (*)
Saint PetersSaxonSemiahmoo Indian (historical cemetery)St. Peters (*)
Sulkanon (*)SumasSumas Catholic (*)Sumas IOOF (*)
Sunnyland Memorial ParkTen MileVan Buren (*)Van Zandt
WelcomeWickershamWoodlawnWoodlawn (*)
Zion Lutheran

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