Editing Everson, Washington (section)

==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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everson -- Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/10775 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref> Everson was later named to honor a local pioneer, Ever Everson, the first white settler north of the Nooksack River.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=98|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=82}}</ref> Everson was officially incorporated on May 4, 1929.

In February 2009, a citizens group and local officials proposed consolidating Everson and [[Nooksack, Washington|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.<ref name="Herald-Feb">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=March 4, 2009 |title=Everson, Nooksack residents discuss merging |page=A1 |work=The Bellingham Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72091109/everson-nooksack-residents-discuss/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fraley |first=Zoe |date=May 19, 2009 |title=Report favors merger |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72091151/everson-nooksack-residents-discuss/ A10] |work=The Bellingham Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72012763/report-favors-merger-everson-nooksack/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Bellingham Herald]]'' compared the merger to that of the four towns that formed [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]] in 1903.<ref name="Herald-Feb"/> Names for the proposed new city included "Nooksack Valley".<ref>http://www.lyndentribune.com/node/4137{{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kahn |first=Dean |date=March 29, 2009 |title=Everson, Nooksack: What's in a name? |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72091719/everson-nooksack-whats-in-a-name/ B4] |work=The Bellingham Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72091367/everson-nooksack-whats-in-a-name/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref> The proposal was dropped in May following a unanimous vote by the Nooksack City Council to not move forward based on public feedback.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=May 23, 2009 |title=Proposal to merge Everson, Nooksack dropped |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72091671/proposal-to-merge-everson-nooksack/ A6] |work=The Bellingham Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72091649/proposal-to-merge-everson-nooksack/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref>