Editing Langley, Washington (section)

=== American settlement ===
Langley was founded in the 1890s by Jacob Anthes,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.langleywa.org/visitors/history_of_langley.php |title=History of Langley |access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref> and was named for J.W. Langley of Seattle.<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=158 |year=1923 |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |page=142}}</ref> In 1902, Anthes built a logger bunkhouse that still stands in the downtown core (now functioning as the South Whidbey Historical Society Museum).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southwhidbeyhistory.org/join/about-us/the-south-whidbey-historical-society-museum-logger-bunk-house/|title=The South Whidbey Historical Society Museum Logger Bunk House &#124; South Whidbey Historical Society}}</ref> Langley was officially incorporated on February 26, 1913.

In the late 1900s, a number of [[4H Club|4H]] [[rabbit]]s escaped their enclosures at the Island County Fair and went on to thrive as a large [[feral]] population initially residing around the county fairgrounds and later spreading throughout Langley and south Whidbey Island.<!-- <ref>[https://www.change.org/p/langley-city-council-fred-mccarthy-compassion-for-langley-bunnies-on-whidbey-island https://www.change.org/p/langley-city-council-fred-mccarthy-compassion-for-langley-bunnies-on-whidbey-island]</ref> --> In the 2010s the rabbits became a controversial issue in local politics, with citizens and groups advocating for public policy positions from removal and relocation to eradication. Some favored controlling the rabbit population using [[Bird of prey|raptor]]s, while others advocated for a more lenient position of community acceptance.<ref name="nbc20150907">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-bunnies-plague-langley-washington-n429186|title=Hundreds of Bunnies Have Overrun This Washington City|website=[[NBC News]] |date=September 17, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="seattletimes20151007">{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/its-not-cute-anymore-bunny-brouhaha-as-langley-is-overrun-with-rabbits/|title='It's not cute anymore': Bunny brouhaha as Langley is overrun with rabbits|date=October 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="swr20170408">[http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/rabbits-raid-langley-city-hall-garden-but-overall-population-appears-to-be-on-the-decline/ Rabbits raid Langley City Hall garden, but overall population appears to be on the decline], South Whidbey Record, April 4, 2017, accessed September 13, 2019.</ref><ref name="swr20180113">[http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/langleys-rabbit-discussion-returns-port-weighs-options/ Langley's rabbit discussion returns; Port weighs options], South Whidbey Record, January 13, 2018, accessed September 13, 2019.</ref>