Klickitat County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Klickitat County

County 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.

Parent County
1859--Klickitat County was created 20 December 1859 from Skamania County. County seat: Goldendale

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

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Benton
 * Gilliam County, Oregon
 * Hood River County, Oregon
 * Morrow County, Oregon
 * Sherman County, Oregon
 * Skamania
 * Wasco County, Oregon
 * Yakima

Census

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

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

Vital Records

 * Marriages from 20 Aug 1867 to ???? are available from the Western States Marriage Index website.
 * 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Goldendale Washington Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Klickitat County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Klickitat County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)