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Our city, Bellingham, started out as four small towns. This timeline shows how the names changed. Please click on the original names to view pictures of how our city has changed.

Whatcom (settled Dec. 1852)	Sehome (settled June 1854)	Bellingham (settled Jan. 1853)	Fairhaven (settled Jan. 1853)
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	Became New Whatcom in May 1890	Bellingham and Fairhaven were consolidated in May 1890 to Fairhaven
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Whatcom and New Whatcom were consolidated to become New Whatcom in Feb. 1891		¦
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Name changed to Whatcom in Feb. 1901		¦
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All were joined to become the city of Bellingham in October 1903