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United States Washington Klickitat County

Guide to Klickitat County Washington genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Klickitat County, Washington
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Location in the state of Washington
Location of Washington in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 20, 1859
County Seat	Goldendale
Courthouse
Address	Klickitat County Courthouse 205 S Columbus Avenue Room 204 Goldendale, WA 98620 Phone 509.773.4559 Klickitat County Website

Historical Facts

Beginning dates for major county records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Land	Probate	Court
1882*	1867*	1891*	1863	1882	1880
* For earlier dates, try... Church \| Obituaries \| Cemeteries

Parent County: created 20 December 1859 from Skamania County
County seat: Goldendale ^[1]
Neighboring Counties: Benton, Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Skamania, Wasco, Yakima

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

Census

1860
1870
1871
1880
1883
1885
1887
1889
1890 Veterans
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940

Church Records

Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Directories

Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups

American Indian

The Yakama Indian Reservation is located primarily in Yakima County, with a small portion in Klickitat County.

Japanese

World War II Files, 1942-1946

Public Welfare/Social Security Department, (Japanese Internment) Assistance Cases, Evacuee Referrals for Resettlement and Assistance, 1945-1946 from the Washington State Archives – Digital Archives

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

A county history summary is available at http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7800

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Military

Some military records for this county have been digitized at the Washington State Digital Archives.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Klickitat County Courthouse
205 S Columbus Avenue Room 204
Goldendale, WA 98620
Phone 509.773.4559

County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records.
County Auditor has marriage records. ^[2]

Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Marriages beginning 20 Aug 1867 are available from the Western States Marriage Index website.

Death

Washington Death Certificates 1907-1960 A free internet index to the 1907-1960 death certificates can be found at FamilySearch Record Search, no images are available. A transcribed death certificate may contain such information as name of the deceased, date and place of death, age, gender, birth date and birth place, mother’s maiden name and name of spouse, place of residence, occupation and certificate numbers.

Websites

Places

Indian Reservation