Editing Nooksack, Washington (section)

==History==
[[Image:Fire burnednooksackwashington.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Nooksack after the fire]]
[[Image:Oldstores nooksackwashington mainstreet.jpg|thumb|Businesses in downtown Nooksack]]
Nooksack was officially incorporated on December 6, 1912, and experienced much growth in its early years. It had a [[rail station]], connecting it to the national train network. However, serious fires in the town in the early 20th century caused most of the growth to halt.

A merger between Nooksack and neighboring [[Everson, Washington|Everson]] into a single city was proposed by a citizens group in February 2009 with support from local officials.<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>  Names for the proposed new city included "Nooksack Valley".<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>

Noosack lacks its own [[ZIP code]] due to a decision by the [[U.S. Postal Service]] in 1992 to station the postmaster in Everson, forcing the two cities to share ZIP code 98247. As a result, the city was found to have lost [[sales tax]] revenue that was instead distributed to Everson based on the ZIP code.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fraley |first=Zoe |date=July 22, 2009 |title=Quirk costly for city |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72093378/quirk-costly-for-city-part-2/ A6] |work=The Bellingham Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72093365/quirk-costly-for-city-nooksack/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref>