Washington Directories

Online Resources

 * Washington Online Historical Directories - listed by county
 * Pacific Coast Directory, 1867 ($)
 * Tacoma, Washington Directories, 1889-91 ($)
 * Seattle, Washington City Directories, 1888-90 ($)
 * Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93 ($)
 * Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory: 1901-1902 ($) Index/images.
 * Images. Also on *Ancestry.com, ($), index
 * Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1862
 * Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1864

Directories Online

 * Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory : 1901-1902. (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)


 * Ancestry.com ($) has Washington directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.


 * - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1862
 * Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1864

The Family History Library
The Family History Library has directories for the following:

Seattle

Various years from 1872 - 1981

Spokane

Various years from 1889 - 1985

Tacoma

Various years from 1889 - 1935

For any other cities or towns try a Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:


 * - DIRECTORIES. Place a comma in the search box and slide down a ways to select a county.

Websites

 * US City Directories This website identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
 * U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Washington (Library of Congress)