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We would like to provide the residents of  Lynden  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Lynden Home page. The Lynden Home page provides as much information as possible on Lynden. Knowing Lynden’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Lynden’s Home page, you will also find Lynden’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Lynden has a population of 14700. 49.5% of Lynden’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.5 are female. 58% of Lynden is married and 63.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $361,657, and the average rent is $1,249. Household median income in Lynden is $70,308, and the individual median income is $36,612. Lynden’s Ethnic is the following: White(82.9%), Hispanic(11.9%), Other(6.8%), Multiple(6.7%), Asian(2%), Black(0.8%), Native(0.7%), Pacific(0.1%).


Lynden was founded in the 1870s by Holden and Phoebe Judson near the site of the Nooksack Indian village Squahamish. Phoebe Judson named it after the riverside town in Hohenlinden, a poem by Thomas Campbell. According to her book, A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home, she changed the spelling of "Linden" to be more visually appealing.


Lynden was officially incorporated as a city on March 16, 1891.The city lies in a broad valley formed by the Nooksack River, which empties into nearby Bellingham Bay. The surrounding area is filled with dairy, raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry farms. The region saw significant Dutch immigration in the early and mid 1900s, spurring the growth of dairies.


The city pays homage to its Dutch heritage through the design of buildings on Front Street and local businesses with "Dutch" names and products. In the early 21st century, the population has nearly doubled in size, with Dutch being more predominate than other ethnic ancestry.In 2005, a drug smuggling tunnel was discovered in Lynden, built by a band of Canadian smugglers in the basement of a residence 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Lynden along the Canada–US border.


At the time, this was the only known drug tunnel along the US-Canada border.The first time that a presumptive presidential nominee of a U.S. major political party came to Lynden during a general election year was in May 2016, when Donald Trump visited the city.


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