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The archive covers 39 counties in Washington so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in Washington
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 2,669 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 3,341 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Local histories | 44 | Complete chapters from the county histories, reproduced unedited. |
| Listed properties | 1,643 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Words of narrative | 1,316,548 | Public-domain county history, published complete. |
Counties
39 of 39All 39 counties in Washington. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 48 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Asotin County | 18 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Benton County | 50 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Chelan County | 47 | 46 | not yet read | |
| Clallam County | 54 | 43 | not yet read | |
| Clark County | 86 | 45 | not yet read | |
| Columbia County | 25 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Cowlitz County | 46 | 30 | not yet read | |
| Douglas County | 43 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Ferry County | 24 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Franklin County | 33 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Garfield County | 17 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Grant County | 58 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Grays Harbor County | 88 | 22 | not yet read | |
| Island County | 54 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Jefferson County | 44 | 75 | not yet read | |
| King County | 409 | 324 | 212,824 words | |
| Kitsap County | 123 | 23 | not yet read | |
| Kittitas County | 43 | 23 | not yet read | |
| Klickitat County | 49 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Lewis County | 74 | 33 | not yet read | |
| Lincoln County | 38 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Mason County | 44 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Okanogan County | 62 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Pacific County | 60 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Pend Oreille County | 26 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Pierce County | 154 | 215 | 43,193 words | |
| San Juan County | 27 | 21 | not yet read | |
| Skagit County | 75 | 33 | not yet read | |
| Skamania County | 24 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Snohomish County | 147 | 52 | 326,801 words | |
| Spokane County | 103 | 159 | 704,914 words | |
| Stevens County | 64 | 19 | not yet read | |
| Thurston County | 59 | 68 | 11,947 words | |
| Wahkiakum County | 18 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Walla Walla County | 81 | 32 | 4,407 words | |
| Whatcom County | 92 | 74 | not yet read | |
| Whitman County | 94 | 39 | not yet read | |
| Yakima County | 75 | 73 | 12,462 words |
Settlements in Washington
2,669 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in Washington, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.