Saxon, Washington
Saxon, Washington | |
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 Crew of the Ferguson Logging Co. Camp at Nesset Farm (1905) | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′15.41″N 122°11′19.57″W / 48.6876139°N 122.1887694°WCoordinates: 48°41′15.41″N 122°11′19.57″W / 48.6876139°N 122.1887694°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Whatcom |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated community |
| • Body | Whatcom County |
| Elevation | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Time zone | UTC–8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 98220 |
| Area codes | 360, 564 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1525468[1] |
Saxon is an unincorporated community in south-western Whatcom County between Acme and Wickersham along Washington State Route 9.
Like other communities in the South Fork Valley, Saxon was built to accommodate the growing lumber industry in the area, and waned as the lumber industry did in the 1910s. Unlike the others, however, Saxon never became a town.[2]
History
John Bruns, a German immigrant who moved to Washington from North Dakota, was the first to settle in Saxon in 1883.[3]
Saxon was named after Elizabeth Lyle Saxon, a widow from Tennessee who came to Whatcom County in 1885 and homesteaded at Saxon.[4][5]
Established in 1890 with John O. Wilson as its first postmaster, the Saxon post office operated until 1903, when it closed under John Bruns, who had previously served as both the third and fifth postmaster.[6]
The Saxon school district was established in 1887 and covered a large portion of the South Fork Valley, serving students from north in the Acme area before they built their own school. A schoolhouse with one room was built in 1895,[7] and one with two opened on January 31, 1910.[8] Saxon consolidated with Acme in 1937, would would later be absorbed into Mount Baker School District.[9]
Notable People
- Dennis Bakke, founder of AES Corporation and Imagine Schools, was born in Saxon.[10]
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saxon, Washington
- ↑ Hellyer 2018, p. 219.
- ↑ Royer 1982, p. 325.
- ↑ Royer 1982, p. 114.
- ↑ "Saxon". Revisiting Washington. Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ Mullen 1986, p. 191.
- ↑ Royer 1982, p. 98.
- ↑ Royer 1982, p. 100.
- ↑ Olmsted & Castles 1991, p. 3.
- ↑ Bakke 1969, p. 41.
Sources
- Bakke, Dennis W. (31 December 1969). "Joy at Work Postscript: "Enter Into the Master's Joy"". Journal of Biblical Integration in Business. 11 (3). doi:10.69492/jbib.v11i3.223. ISSN 1527-0602. OCLC 10236303487 Check
|oclc=value (help). - Hellyer, Margaret A. (2018). A Home on the South Fork: An Early History of Acme - A Northwest Washington Community (First ed.). Bellingham, Washington: South Fork Press. ISBN 9780692131718. OCLC 1061558784. Search this book on
- Mullen, Neill D. (1986). Whatcom County, Washington Post Offices and Postmasters 1857-1985. Bellingham, Washington: Mullen. OCLC 13818795. Search this book on
- Olmsted, M. C.; Castles, William Irwin (1991). A brief history of the Mount Baker School District. Deming, Washington: All-School Alumni Reunion Committee. OCLC 41783485. Search this book on
- Royer, Marie Hamel (1982). The Saxon story : early pioneers on the South Fork. Bellingham, Washington: Whatcom County Historical Society. ISBN 9780939576036. OCLC 9564155. Search this book on
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