Bellingham, Washington

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The coastal city of Bellingham is located in Whatcom County and is the county seat.

Bellingham is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Bellingham lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Bellingham can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Bellingham had a population of 67,171 people^<2> (or 40.05% of the total population of Whatcom County). The population of Bellingham represented 1.14% of the total of Washington, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Bellingham had a population of 78,905 people. This is an increase of 17.47% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Bellingham.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Acme	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Alger	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Anacortes	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	16,798	15.39% increase
	Everson	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,192	7.71% increase
	Ferndale	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	11,359	29.7% increase
	Lynden	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	11,737	30.12% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Bellingham.

The Commemorative Quarter for Washington<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bellingham. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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