Talk:Whatcom County, Washington
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Point Roberts
Point Roberts seems to be counted in the Census, as discussed in its article, shouldn't it be moved to the census-recognized section? Murderbike 00:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Looks like someone moved it. Sehome Bay (talk) 11:35, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Lummi
And what about Lummi Island and the Lummi Indian Reservation? shouldn't they be in census-recognized communities? Murderbike 17:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone moved the Lummi Reservation. Lummi Island is gone from community list. They are distinct places and should be listed separately. Sehome Bay (talk) 11:35, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
External Links
Please evaluate the link to the "Whatcom County Guide" and the link about seminars, workshops, etc. Should those links be removed? Sehome Bay (talk) 11:35, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, for the most part; non-profit sites like library-directory pages, as sometiems exist, are fine, but ones carrying ad copy that are clearly private-enterprise in whose interest it is to generate hits, take 'em out for sure. "Spam, wonderful spam....".Skookum1 (talk) 15:07, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
4th regional district bordering
I don't have a map for comparison of the inland boundaries of Whatcom County vs the boundaries of the regional districts in BC; but I suspect that on the northeast, montane, border, the
- OK, the boundary between the RDOS and the FVRD is at 120-50-30 W, more or less due south of Lightning Lake; does that correspond to the Whatcom-Okanogan Counties boundary; if the latter is farther east than that, then the RDOS also borders Whatcom County. And btw some of Whatcom County is part of hte traditional territory of Canadian First Nations; those from the Chilliwack area frequented the upper Chilliwack River and also into the Maple Falls area via the Columbia Valley (the "pass" south of Cultus Lake), the Hope-area bands in the upper Skagit, and the Nlaka'pamux Thompson into the spine of the Cascades around that same boudnary I'm puzzling over; I think the Nlaka'pamux territory is more into Okanogan County though....Skookum1 (talk) 15:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Changing date formats
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Sentence verbatim
The sentence in the article is verbatim from a source, "The name Whatcom derives from a Nooksack word meaning "noisy water", and it was the name of a Nooksack chief." This is word for word from [2]. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 20:01, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
2020 census update?
How and when is county demography data section updated to include the 2020 US census data? Phil Wolff (talk) 23:39, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
1948 US presidential election Democratic vote total for Whatcom County
Was the 1948 US presidential election Democratic vote total for Whatcom County 13,736 or 12,736? This question alters the winner because the Republican vote total for Whatcom County in 1948 was 12,850. I've added up the entire 1948 Washington state vote total for the Democratic candidate, Truman, using 13,736 for Whatcom County and the Washington state total for Truman came to what's listed as 476,165, yet is this accurate? 13,736 is listed on the 1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state) for Whatcom County, yet it's listed as 12,736 on the Whatcom County, Washington page. The latter would mean a Washington state total of 475,165. It's difficult to find a source either way. 79.66.96.149 (talk) 18:16, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
the MSA
- Its Metropolitan Statistical Area, …
This literally says the Bellingham MSA consists of nothing outside the city of Bellingham. Is that intended?