More historic than 28% of U.S. towns · #141 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
Most of Everson was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1930.
The Everson post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Strandell (1896), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 295 in 19302020 census: 2,888135 years
How historic is Everson?
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More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Everson post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Everson’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Everson is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #141 of 285 in Washington. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Everson’s overall grade.
Few Washington towns list much on the Register (a typical Washington town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Everson’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (27% of Washington towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Everson’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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.
The Everson post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Everson rank for history?
Everson is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #141 of 285 in Washington. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Everson?
10% of Everson’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 4.3% for a Washington town; the median home was built in 1987.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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