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King County, Washington

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
324historic places
—earliest paper
1852formed
2,269,675pop. 2020
43cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 324 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 9 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Seattle, Kirkland, North Bend.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Washington is not yet loaded on this site. Browse King titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

226 of 324 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

324 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
12th Avenue South BridgeSeattleStructure1982
1411 Fourth Avenue BuildingSeattleBuilding1991
14th Avenue South BridgeSeattleStructure1982
1600 East John Street ApartmentsSeattleBuilding2013
1926 Model Brick HomeSeattleBuilding2016
ADVENTURESS NHLSeattleStructure1989
ARTHUR FOSS (tugboat) NHLKirklandStructure1989
Adair, William and Estella, FarmCarnationBuilding2002
Admiral's House, 13th Naval DistrictSeattleBuilding2013
Agen WarehouseSeattleBuilding1998
Alaska Trade BuildingSeattleBuilding1971
Allen, Horatio and Laura, FarmDuvallBuilding2002
Allen, John B., SchoolSeattleBuilding2011
Arboretum Sewer TrestleSeattleStructure1982
Arctic BuildingSeattleBuilding1978
Arreguin, Alfredo & Susan Lytle, House and StudioSeattleBuilding2022
Assay OfficeSeattleBuilding1972
Auburn Post OfficeAburnBuilding2000
Auburn Public LibraryAuburnBuilding1982
Aurora Avenue BridgeSeattleStructure1982
Ballard Avenue Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict1976
Ballard BridgeSeattleStructure1982
Ballard Carnegie LibrarySeattleBuilding1979
Ballard-Howe HouseSeattleBuilding1979
Ballast IslandSeattleSite2021
Ballinger, Richard A., HouseSeattleBuilding1976
Baring BridgeBaringStructure2019
Barksdale, Julian and Marajane, HouseSeattleBuilding2013
Barnes BuildingSeattleBuilding1975
Bay View BrewerySeattleBuilding2013
Beacon Hill SchoolSeattleBuilding2019
Bell ApartmentsSeattleBuilding1974
Black Diamond CemeteryBlack DiamondSite2000
Bloch, William and Minna, HouseSeattleBuilding2025
Blomeen, Oscar, HouseAuburnBuilding1991
Boeing, William E., HouseHighlandsBuilding1988
Bon Marche Department StoreSeattleBuilding2016
Bothell Pioneer CemeteryBothellSite1996
Bowles, Jesse C., HouseSeattleBuilding1986
Brandes HouseIssaquahBuilding1994
Building No. 105, Boeing Airplane CompanySeattleBuilding1971
Butterworth BuildingSeattleBuilding1971
Calhoun HotelSeattleBuilding2013
Cambridge ApartmentsSeattleBuilding2016
Camlin HotelSeattleBuilding1999
Camp North BendNorth BendDistrict1993
Century 21-Washington State ColiseumSeattleBuilding2018
Chase, Dr. Reuben, HouseBothellBuilding1990
Chelsea Family HotelSeattleBuilding1978
Chiarelli, James and Pat, HouseSeattleBuilding2013
Chief Sealth High SchoolSeattleBuilding2022
Chinese Baptist ChurchSeattleBuilding1986
Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship CanalSeattleDistrict1978
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Priory, and SchoolSeattleBuilding1984
Clise, James W., HouseRedmondBuilding1973
Cobb BuildingSeattleBuilding1984
Coliseum TheaterSeattleBuilding1975
Colman Automotive BuildingSeattleBuilding2013
Colman BuildingSeattleBuilding1972
Colman Park & Dose Terrace StairsSeattleSite2020
Colonial HotelSeattleBuilding1982
Colonnade HotelSeattleBuilding2017
Columbia City Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict1980
Colvos StoreVashonBuilding2000
Continental HotelSeattleBuilding2024
Cooper, Frank B., Elementary SchoolSeattleBuilding2003
Cornish SchoolSeattleBuilding1977
Covenant Beach Bible CampDes MoinesDistrict2006
Covington Electrical Substation, Bonneville Power AdministrationCovingtonDistrict2018
Cowen Park BridgeSeattleStructure1982
DUWAMISH NHLSeattleStructure1989
Daughters of the American Revolution-Rainier Chapter HouseSeattleBuilding2019
De La Mar ApartmentsSeattleBuilding1980
Dearborn, Henry H., HouseSeattleBuilding1998
Dockton HotelDocktonBuilding1983
Dose, Charles P. and Ida, HouseSeattleBuilding2013
Dougherty, John and Kate, FarmsteadDuvallBuilding2005
Dr. José Rizal ParkSeattleSite2025
Dr. Trueblood HouseKirklandBuilding1982
Dunn GardensSeattleSite1994
Duwamish Number 1 SiteSeattleSite1977
Eagles Auditorium BuildingSeattleBuilding1983
Eddy, James G., House and GroundsMedinaBuilding1982
Eddy, James G., House and Grounds (Boundary Increase)MedinaStructure1986
El Rio Apartment HotelSeattleBuilding1999
Eng, Jim and Betty, HouseSeattleBuilding2019
Entwistles, David and Martha, HouseCarnationBuilding1999
F/V Tordenskjold (West Coast Halibut Schooner)SeattleStructure2023
Falls City Masonic HallFall CityBuilding2004
Faust-Ryan HouseBothellBuilding1994
Federal Office BuildingSeattleBuilding1979
Federal Office BuildingSeattleBuilding2024
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle BranchSeattleBuilding2013
Ferry, Pierre P., HouseSeattleBuilding1979
Fir LodgeSeattleBuilding2021
Fire Station No. 18SeattleBuilding1973
Fire Station No. 23SeattleBuilding1971
Fire Station No. 25SeattleBuilding1972
First Methodist Episcopal ChurchSeattleBuilding2011
First Methodist Protestant Church of SeattleSeattleBuilding1993
Ford Motor Company Assembly PlantSeattleBuilding2013
Fort LawtonSeattleDistrict1978
Fourth Church of Christ, ScientistSeattleBuilding2013
Freeway ParkSeattleSite2019
Fremont BridgeSeattleStructure1982
Fremont BuildingSeattleBuilding1992
Frink ParkSeattleSite2019
Gaffney's Lake Wilderness LodgeMaple ValleyBuilding2003
Galland, Caroline Kline, HouseSeattleBuilding1980
Gas Works ParkSeattleDistrict2013
Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel CecilSeattleBuilding1982
Graham, J. S., StoreSeattleBuilding1989
Grand Pacific HotelSeattleBuilding1982
Great Northern DepotSkykomishBuilding1997
Guiry and Schillestad BuildingSeattleBuilding1985
Harvard-Belmont DistrictSeattleDistrict1982
Hawthorne SquareSeattleBuilding2012
Highland ApartmentsSeattleBuilding2018
Hill, Samuel, HouseSeattleBuilding1976
Hjertoos, Andrew and Bergette, FarmCarnationBuilding2002
Hoge BuildingSeattleBuilding1983
Hollywood FarmWoodinvilleBuilding1978
Holyoke BuildingSeattleBuilding1976
Home of the Good ShepherdSeattleBuilding1978
Hotel SorrentoSeattleBuilding2021
Hull BuildingSeattleBuilding1983
Hyde, Samuel, HouseSeattleBuilding1982
Immanuel Lutheran ChurchSeattleBuilding1982
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall No. 148CarnationBuilding1999
Interlake Public SchoolSeattleBuilding1983
Iron PergolaSeattleStructure1971
Issaquah DepotIssaquahBuilding1990
Issaquah Sportsmen's ClubIssaquahBuilding1998
JOHN N. COBB (fisheries research vessel)SeattleStructure2009
Jovita Land Company Model Home-Corbett HouseFederal WayBuilding2004
Keewaydin ClubhouseMercer IslandBuilding2005
King Street StationSeattleBuilding1973
Kirk, Lilly, HouseBothelBuilding1995
Kirk, Peter, BuildingKirklandBuilding1973
Kirkland Woman's ClubKirklandBuilding1990
Knights of Columbus Hall - Council No. 676SeattleBuilding2019
Kraus, Joseph, HouseSeattleBuilding1982
Lake Washington BoulevardSeattleDistrict2017
Lakeview SchoolMercer IslandBuilding1988
Leamington Hotel and ApartmentsSeattleBuilding1994
Leary, Eliza Ferry, HouseSeattleBuilding1972
Lester DepotLesterBuilding1987
Lewis, Hannah, HouseSeattleBuilding2018
Liggett BuildingSeattleBuilding2011
Loomis HouseKirklandBuilding1982
Lyon BuildingSeattleBuilding1995
M. V. VASHONSeattleStructure1982
MV WESTWARD (Wooden Motor Vessel)SeattleStructure2007
Magnolia Public LibrarySeattleBuilding2015
Maloney's General StoreSkykomishBuilding1997
Marsh, Louis S., HouseKirklandBuilding1989
Marymoor Prehistoric Indian SiteRedmondSite1970
Masonic Lodge BuildingKirklandBuilding1982
Masonic Temple-AuburnAuburnBuilding2015
Matzen, George and Irene, HouseSeattleBuilding2019
McGrath Cafe and Hotel-The McGrathNorth BendBuilding2002
Medical Dental BuildingSeattleBuilding2006
Merrill, R. D., HouseSeattleBuilding1977
Messenger of Peace Chapel CarSnoqualmieStructure2009
Millionaire’s Row Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict2021
Montlake BridgeSeattleStructure1982
Montlake Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict2015
Moore Theatre and HotelSeattleBuilding1974
Mount Baker Park Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict2018
Mount Baker Park Improvement Club ClubhouseSeattleBuilding2016
Mount Baker Park and BoulevardSeattleSite2020
Mount Baker Ridge TunnelSeattleStructure1982
Mount Zion Baptist ChurchSeattleBuilding2018
Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling PlantVashonBuilding1994
National BuildingSeattleBuilding1982
Naval Air Station (NAS) SeattleSeattleDistrict2010
Naval Military Hangar-University Shell HouseSeattleBuilding1975
Naval Reserve ArmorySeattleBuilding2009
Neely, Sr., Aaron and Sarah, Farm (Additional Documentation)AuburnBuilding1974
Neighbor-Bennett HouseFall CityBuilding2004
Nelson-Parker HouseWoodinvilleBuilding2014
New Richmond HotelSeattleBuilding2011
New Washington HotelSeattleBuilding1989
Nihon Go GakkoSeattleBuilding1982
Nippon KanSeattleBuilding1978
Norman BridgeNorth BendStructure1994
North Bend Ranger StationNorth BendDistrict1991
Northern Bank and Trust BuildingSeattleBuilding2003
Northern Life TowerSeattleBuilding1975
Nuclear Reactor BuildingSeattleBuilding2009
Old Georgetown City HallSeattleBuilding1983
Old Public Safety BuildingSeattleBuilding1973
Olson, Louis and Ellen, HouseEnumclawBuilding1984
Olson, Mary, FarmKentBuilding2001
Olympic HotelSeattleBuilding1979
PIRATE (R-Class Sloop)SeattleStructure2000
Pacific Coast Company House No. 75RentonBuilding1979
Pagani, Luigi and Aurora, HouseBlack DiamondBuilding2002
Palmer, A.L., BuildingSeattleBuilding2008
Panama Hotel NHLSeattleBuilding2006
Paramount TheatreSeattleBuilding1974
Park Department, Division of PlaygroundsSeattleBuilding1972
Parsons, William, HouseSeattleBuilding1991
Patton BridgeAuburnStructure1995
Phillips HouseSeattleBuilding1993
Pickering FarmIssaquahBuilding1983
Pike Place Public Market Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict1970
Pioneer Building, Pergola, and Totem Pole NHLSeattleDistrict1977
Pioneer HallSeattleBuilding1970
Pioneer Square-Skid Road DistrictSeattleDistrict1970
Pioneer Square-Skid Road District (Boundary Increase)SeattleDistrict1978
Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District (Boundary Increase)SeattleDistrict1988
Point Robinson Light StationVashon IslandDistrict2004
Preston Community ClubhousePrestonBuilding2008
Queen Anne ClubSeattleBuilding1983
Queen Anne High SchoolSeattleBuilding1985
Queen Anne Post Office and Regional HeadquartersSeattleBuilding2011
Queen Anne Public SchoolSeattleBuilding1975
RELIEF (lightship) NHLKirklandStructure1975
Rainier ClubSeattleBuilding1976
Ravenna Park BridgeSeattleStructure1982
Ravenna-Cowen North Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict2018
Raymond-Ogden MansionSeattleBuilding1979
Rector HotelSeattleBuilding2002
Redelsheimer-Ostrander HouseSeattleBuilding1990
Redmond City ParkRedmondDistrict2009
Roanoke Park Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict2009
Ronald, Judge James T., HouseSeattleBuilding1975
S.S. SAN MATEOSeattleStructure1971
SCHOONER MARTHASeattleStructure2001
Saint Edward SeminaryKenmoreDistrict2007
Sanders, Erick Gustave, MansionKentBuilding1986
Schmitz Park BridgeSeattleStructure1982
Sears, Joshua, BuildingKirklandBuilding1982
Seattle Art MuseumSeattleBuilding2016
Seattle Chinatown Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict1986
Seattle Electric Company Georgetown Steam Plant NHLSeattleBuilding1978
Seattle Municipal Light and Power PlantNorth BendDistrict1997
Seattle Naval Hospital ChapelShorelineBuilding2023
Seattle Public LibrarySeattleBuilding1982
Seattle Public LibrarySeattleBuilding1982
Seattle Public LibrarySeattleBuilding1982
Seattle Public LibrarySeattleBuilding1982
Seattle Public LibrarySeattleBuilding1982
Seattle Public LibrarySeattleBuilding1982
Seattle Yacht Club-Main StationSeattleBuilding2006
Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, StatueSeattleObject1984
Selleck Historic DistrictSelleckDistrict1989
Shafer BuildingSeattleBuilding1995
Shawnee HouseVashonBuilding2000
Showboat TheatreSeattleBuilding1986
Shuey, Henry Owen, HouseSeattleBuilding2002
Si View ParkNorth BendBuilding2015
Sigma Kappa Mu Chapter HouseSeattleBuilding2007
Skinner BuildingSeattleBuilding1978
Skykomish Historic Commercial DistrictSkykomishDistrict2000
Snoqualmie DepotSnoqualmieBuilding1974
Snoqualmie FallsSnoqualmieSite2009
Snoqualmie Falls Cavity Generating StationSnoqualmieStructure1976
Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic DistrictSnoqualmieDistrict1992
Snoqualmie School CampusSnoqualmieBuilding1989
Sorenson HouseBothellBuilding1995
Steen, Helmer and Selma, HouseVashonBuilding2000
Stevens Pass Historic DistrictBerneDistrict1976
Stimson-Green HouseSeattleBuilding1976
Storey, Ellsworth, Cottages Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict1976
Storey, Ellsworth, ResidencesSeattleBuilding1972
Stuart House and GardensSeattleBuilding1983
Summit SchoolSeattleBuilding1979
Supply Laundry BuildingSeattleBuilding2013
TOURIST II (auto ferry)KirklandStructure1997
Temple de HirschSeattleBuilding1984
Thompson, Will H., HouseSeattleBuilding1979
Thorton, William Harper, HouseBothellBuilding1997
Times BuildingSeattleBuilding1983
Tracy HouseSeattleBuilding1995
Triangle Hotel and BarSeattleBuilding1976
Trinity Parish ChurchSeattleBuilding1991
Trommald BuildingEnumclawBuilding2000
Tukwila SchoolTukwilaBuilding1979
Turner-Koepf HouseSeattleBuilding1976
U.S. CourthouseSeattleBuilding1980
U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay OfficeSeattleBuilding1979
U.S. Marine HospitalSeattleBuilding1979
US Immigration BuildingSeattleBuilding1987
USCG-11 (united states coast guard patrol vessel)SeattleStructure2022
USCGC FIR NHLSeattleStructure1992
Union StablesSeattleBuilding2013
Union StationSeattleBuilding1974
United Shopping TowerSeattleBuilding1980
University BridgeSeattleStructure1982
University Heights SchoolSeattleBuilding2010
University National Bank BuildingSeattleBuilding2021
University of Washington Faculty ClubSeattleBuilding2016
Untitled Earthwork-Johnson Pit #30SeaTacSite2021
VIRGINIA V NHLSeattleStructure1973
Vashon Hardware StoreVashonBuilding2000
Victorian ApartmentsSeattleBuilding1990
Vincent SchoolCarnationBuilding2004
Volker, William, BuildingSeattleBuilding1983
Volunteer ParkSeattleDistrict1976
WAWONA (schooner)SeattleStructure1970
Wagner HouseboatSeattleStructure1982
Wallingford Fire and Police StationSeattleBuilding1983
Wallingford-Meridian Streetcar Historic DistrictSeattleDistrict2022
Ward HouseSeattleBuilding1972
Washington Athletic ClubSeattleBuilding2018
Washington HallSeattleBuilding2010
Washington Street Public Boat Landing FacilitySeattleStructure1974
Washington, James W. Jr. & Janie, Home & StudioSeattleBuilding2025
Wenberg, Dr. Johan and Louise, HouseIssaquahBuilding2024
West Point Light StationFort LawtonStructure1977
White Center Fieldhouse and Caretaker CottageSeattleDistrict2015
Wilke FarmhouseSeattleBuilding1974
Windham ApartmentsSeattleBuilding2006
Winters, Frederick W., HouseBellevueBuilding1992
Women's University Club of SeattleSeattleBuilding2009
Woodinville SchoolWoodinvilleBuilding2017
Woolworth, F.W., Company StoreRentonBuilding2015
Wurdemann, Harry Vanderbilt, HouseLake Forest ParkBuilding1990
YWCA Building-SeattleSeattleBuilding2006
Ye College InnSeattleBuilding1982
Yellowstone Road, TheRedmondStructure1974
ZODIAC (schooner)SeattleStructure1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

King was formed in 1852 (1852-12-22) from Thurston.

KING created by Oregon Territory from THURSTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

King County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.3M1.1M3021860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3026,910110,053389,273504,980732,992935,0141,269,7491,737,0342,269,675

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - Seattle UnitPark unit39.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

43 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 43 of 43 listed
NameLatLon
Acacia Memorial Park47.73903-122.29412
Black Diamond Cemetery47.31093-122.01704
Calvary Cemetery47.66662-122.29096
Carnation Cemetery47.65244-121.91107
Cedar Lawns Memorial Park47.67022-122.09856
Crown Hill Cemetery47.69343-122.36984
Everest Memorial Park47.67038-122.19096
Evergreen Memorial Park47.22705-122.02503
Evergreen Park Cemetery47.71426-122.3468
Evergreen Washelli Cemetery47.7099-122.3458
Fall City Cemetery47.56098-121.89104
Forest Lawn Cemetery47.54207-122.3694
Fort Lawton Military Cemetery47.66037-122.40595
Georges Cemetery47.26149-122.32846
Gethsemane Cemetery47.26418-122.33336
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery47.63648-122.31594
Greenwood Memorial Park47.48702-122.1717
Highview Recreational Cemetery47.47677-122.30512
Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery47.37037-122.21702
Hillside Cemetery47.52964-122.04554
Hobart Maple Valley Cemetery47.41514-122.00577
Holy Cross Cemetery (historical)47.22589-122.02511
Holyrood Cemetery47.77365-122.32755
Kirkland Cemetery47.67638-122.17937
Krain Cemetery47.24313-122.00179
Lake View Cemetery47.63393-122.31221
Machzikay Hadath Cemetery47.7518-122.34358
Maury Island Cemetery47.37429-122.42739
Mount Olivet Cemetery47.48271-122.1879
Mount Pleasant Cemetery47.64346-122.36434
Mountain View Cemetery47.30595-122.2597
Novelty Cemetery47.70165-121.96513
Ravensdale Cemetery47.35731-121.98617
Riverton Crest Cemetery47.47917-122.29013
Saar Pioneer Cemetery47.41281-122.21929
Saint Patricks Cemetery47.41871-122.27999
Suise Creek Cemetery47.3726-122.16345
Sunset Hills Memorial Park47.59964-122.15425
Tahoma National Cemetery47.39191-122.09296
Vashon Island Cemetery47.42823-122.48082
Washington Memorial Park47.45456-122.29613
White Lake Cemetery47.29705-122.19206
Woodinville Cemetery47.75487-122.16391
Historical populated places — 8 of 8
NameLatLon
Day City47.76649-122.15624
Edgewater47.65454-122.34068
Hillman City47.55593-122.26179
Hongking47.35177-122.47624
Latona47.65482-122.32152
Nordrum47.55872-121.5351
Ross47.64788-122.36235
Vermontville47.47565-122.44652

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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