Do you know of Whatcom ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whatcom. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Whatcom.<1> Our sources for Whatcom (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Whatcom other than they indicate that Whatcom would be found somewhere in Whatcom County, Washington. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1904. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whatcom ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Whatcom: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Whatcom - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Whatcom was listed as Whatcom Courthouse. More Orphans in Whatcom County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Whatcom County. Footnotes ...
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