Whitman County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Whitman County

County Courthouse
Whitman County Courthouse N 404 Main Street Box 390; Colfax, WA 99111-2031 Phone: 509.397.6240 County Clerk has marriage records 1872-1891, probate records from 1870, divorce and court records from 1864 and naturalization records 1862-1942; County Auditor has birth and death records 1891-1907 and land records

Parent County

 * 1871--Whitman County was created 29 November 1871 from Stevens County. County seat: Colfax

Populated Places
Incorporated Cities:

Albion - 615 Colfax - 2,950 (County Seat) Colton - 380 Endicott - 355 Farmington - 150 Garfield - 550 La Crosse - 380 Lamont - 100 Malden - 225 Oakesdale 440 Palouse - 1,050 Pullman - 28,500 (Largest City) Rosalia - 715 St. John - 525 Tekoa - 895 Uniontown - 315

Neighboring Counties
Adams | Asotin | Columbia | Garfield | Franklin | Lincoln | Spokane | Walla Walla | Idaho counties: Benewah | Latah | Nez Perce

Cemeteries
Albion Cemetery Bethel Cemetery Coleman Cemetery

Colfax Cemetery Colton Cemetery

Colyar Cemetery Dusty Cemetery Eaton Cemetery (Rock Lake Cem)

Eden Valley Cemetery Elberton Cemetery

Ewartsville Cemetery (Lone Pine Cem) Farr Cemetery Garfield Cemetery Goldenrod Cemetery, Tekoa Greenwood Cemetery

Gresham Cemetery Hatley Cemetery

Hay Cemetery

Holy Rosary Cemetery Johnson Cemetery Lone Pine Cemetery McConnell Cemetery Mountain View Cemetery (Endicott) Mountain View Cemetery (Farmington) Myers Family Cemetery

Oakesdale Cemetery Old German Methodist Cemetery Onecho Cemetery

Pine City Cemetery Pullman I.O.O.F. Cemetery Riggs Cemetery Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Saint Boniface Cemetery Saint John Cemetery Selbu Cemetery

Sheahan Cemetery (Old Thornton) Silver Creek Cemetery Thornton Cemetery Uniontown Community Cemetery Whelan Cemetery Winona Cemetery

Zion Lutheran Cemetery

Census


 * 1880
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Local Histories
Washington State University is located in Pullman

Vital Records

 * Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Whitman County Birth Records. This database contains the names and birth records of people who were born in Whitman County from 1890 to 1907.
 * For FHL entries Jan. 1875 to Aug 1907, click.
 * 102 marriage entries from 23 Oct 1872 to 13 Dec 1909 are available at the Western States Marriage Index website.
 * Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Whitman County Death Returns containing names of people who died in Whitman County from 1891-1907. For FHL entries,
 * 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
 * Colfax Washington Family History Center

Web Sites

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