Town file
Everson, Washington
Everson, Washington (Whatcom County, Washington) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 540, "Ghost Hunter" (26 October 2024). Everson is a small town of about 2,859 people in Whatcom County in north-western Washington, roughly an hour and three-quarters from Seattle and fifteen minutes from the Canadian border.
- Town
- Everson
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 540
- Approximate location
- 48.913, -122.354
Episode 540 / 26 October 2024 / 72 min / express
Ghost Hunter
"Everson was named to honor a local pioneer; the county is Whatcom County, in northwestern Washington." about 0:05:55
The case: Murder of Floyd Robert England (1994); Murder of Mark McCollum (February 15th, 2010). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 2,859
- Median household income
- $63,958
- Median home value
- $431,100
History, in brief
- Everson was named to honor a local pioneer, Ever Everson, the first European settler north of the Nooksack River. about 0:05:55
- Everson was incorporated in 1929. about 0:06:33
- In February 2009 a citizens group and local officials proposed consolidating Everson and Nooksack into a single city. about 0:06:36
- The towns shared several municipal services at the time and a combined government was said to provide cost savings. about 0:06:51
- The Bellingham Herald compared the proposed merger to the four towns that formed Bellingham in 1903. about 0:06:59
- Names proposed for the new city included Nooksack Valley. about 0:07:07
- The proposal was dropped after a unanimous vote by the Nooksack City Council not to move forward. about 0:07:24
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A lifelong resident calls it the perfect little big town: comfy, with everyone knowing everyone and the bigger cities not far away."about 0:07:45
1 star
"A true small town with one small grocery store, a drug store, a dentist, an eye doctor and a physician, a couple of local restaurants and no mainstream restaurant other than Little Caesar's; schools in Nooksack are decent, you get more house for your money than in Bellingham, it is fifteen minutes from the Canadian border and twenty to thirty from shopping in Bellingham, quiet and simple but it rains."about 0:08:16
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Acme, Washington15 miles
- Lopez Island, Washington38 miles
- Freeland, Washington62 miles
- Sequim, Washington67 miles
- Port Angeles, Washington74 miles
- Clearview, Washington75 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.