History
Lynden was officially incorporated in March 16, 1891.

It was known as by Phoebe Judson after Hohenlinden, a verse form by T. Campbell, stating, "On Linden, when the sun was low, all bloodless lay the untrodden snow; And dark as winter was the flow of Iser rolling rapidly." According to her book, ''A Pioneer's Search for the Ideal Home'' she changed the spelling of Linden so it would look prettier.

a town lies inside a wide vale that opens intent on the bays & straits separating the U.S. from either Canada's Vancouver Island. A vale is filled by using mostly dairy farm & berry farms. This corner of Washington is a significant source of milk, raspberries, strawberries, & blueberries. A town & circumferent areas saw important immigration of population from either a Netherlands in the early & mid 1900's spurring the incubation of dairy farm & late the produce-across of the mawithin street in town into a Dutch themed steet complete by owning a windmill. As well along wall street your family'll call for the Dutch bakeshop, Dutch eating place & myriad antique places.

A town is noted for its manucired lawns, gay gardens, Dutch architecture, & abundance of Christian Reformed Churches. The Dutch festival is held to each one spring complete by owning the parade, steet sweeping, & "clompen" (sabot) dances. Every August a Northwest Washington Fair allows the front yard to display its agrarian products, art, & crafts.

Geography
Lynden is located at 48°56'48" North, 122°27'25" West (48.946606, -122.456927).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum front yard of Decade.Hexad km² (4.1 mi²). Tenner.Sise klick² (Quartet.Unity mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.24% is a stream.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 9,02Humans, 3,426 home, & 2,500 families living in the city. A population density is 853.6/km² (2,208.8/mi²). There are 3,592 housing units at an typical density of 339.9/km² (879.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 93.07% White, 0.27% African American, 0.45% Native American, 2.26% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.51% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Iv.73% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 3,426 family away from which 34.5% keep around babies under a age of Eighteen swallow the babies, 62.8% come married couples living together, 7.9% have a female homeowner by using there is no hubby present, & Xxvii.0% come non-families. Twenty-four.8% of completely home come processed higher of souls & Fifteen.3% use somebody dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Two.Lx & a typical personal size is Deuce-ace.Xi.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Twenty-eight.2% under a age of Eighteen, Eighter from decatur.0% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-five.5% from either 25 to 44, Xix.0% from either 45 to 64, & Nineteen.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 37 years. For each Centred females there are 89.Septenary males. For each Centred females age Eighteen & complete, there are 84.Sevener males.

the median income for a personal in the city is $42,767, & the median income for a family is $50,449. Males have a median income of $39,597 versus $23,292 for females. A per capita income for the city is $20,639. Sixer.1% of the people & Tetrad.1% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Quartet.5% of victims under a age of 18 & 12.7% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.