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Welcome to Blue Canyon ...So far, we found very little information about Blue Canyon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Blue Canyon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blue Canyon, please Contact Us. Blue Canyon would have been located within present day Whatcom County<2>. The location of Blue Canyon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Canyon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. A typical abbreviation for Blue Canyon: Blue Cyn. (or less commonly used: Blue Canyn. or Blue Cnyn.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Blue Canyon is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Blue Canyon was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Blue Canyon still existed, it would have been in the (360) area code. Communities Also Named Blue Canyon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blue Canyon - it's located in California. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Canyon. Communities near Blue Canyon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Canyon.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blue Canyon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Canyon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Canyon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Canyon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Canyon. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Canyon. Adding Blue Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blue Canyon in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Blue Canyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Canyon. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Whatcom County: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/ The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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