Everson

History

The site of Everson was originally home to a settlement of the Lummi nation. A major traditional village with its own large communal smokehouse, it was called Kwánech ("lots -- at the bottom," referring either to two fish traps at Popehómy or to a shallow area in the river at this site). Everson was later named to honor a local pioneer, Ever Everson, the first white settler north of the Nooksack River. Everson was officially incorporated on May 4, 1929. In February 2009, a citizens group and local officials proposed consolidating Everson and Nooksack into a single city with a combined population of 3,819 (2010 census). The neighboring cities shared several municipal services at the time, and a combined government would provide cost savings and advantages in grant writing. The Bellingham Herald compared the merger to that of the four towns that formed Bellingham in 1903. The proposal was dropped in May following a unanimous vote by the Nooksack City Council to not move forward based on public feedback.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  12,491
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,691
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  11,216
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  10,617
• Spotted Towhee

  Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  9,976
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,573
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,222
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,962

Most recent

• M 2.56 — 2026-09-12
  2 km E of Mount Vernon, Washington
• M 3.8 — 2026-07-02
  2 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington
• M 2.87 — 2026-06-08
  2 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington
• M 2.56 — 2026-05-29
  7 km ENE of Ferndale, Washington
• M 2.54 — 2026-05-07
  4 km WSW of Concrete, Washington
• M 2.7 — 2026-04-27
  5 km N of Anacortes, Washington