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Kittitas County, Washington

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24historic places

—earliest paper

1883formed

44,337pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 24 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Ellensburg, South Cle Elum, Cle Elum.

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 Kittitas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 24 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

24 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cabin Creek Historic District	Easton	District	1979
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad-Kittitas Depot	Kittitas	Building	1992
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: South Cle Elum Yard	South Cle Elum	District	2003
Cle Elum-Roslyn Beneficial Association Hospital	Cle Elum	Building	1980
Downtown Ellensburg Historic District	Ellensburg	District	1977
First Railroad Addition Historic District	Ellensburg	District	1987
Gray, Dr. Paschal and Agnes, House	Ellensburg	Building	1997
Kittitas County Fairgrounds	Ellensburg	District	1999
Lake Keechelus Snowshed Bridge	Hyak	Structure	1995
Liberty Historic District	Liberty	District	1974
Milwaukee Road Bunkhouse	South Cle Elum	Building	1989
Nelson, Albert, Farmstead	Ellensburg	Building	1982
Northern Pacific Railway Passenger Depot	Ellensburg	Building	1991
Northwestern Improvement Company Store	Roslyn	Building	1973
Olmstead Place State Park	Ellensburg	District	1971
Ramsay House	Ellensburg	Building	1986
Roslyn Historic District	Roslyn	District	1978
Salmon la Sac Guard Station	Cle Elum	Building	1974
Shoudy House	Ellensburg	Building	1992
Springfield Farm	Ellensburg	Building	1977
Tekison Cave	Wenatchee	Site	1978
Thorp Grade School	Thorp	Site	2009
Thorp Mill	Thorp	Building	1977
Washington State Normal School Building	Ellensburg	Building	1976

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kittitas was formed in 1883 (1883-11-24) from Yakima.

KITTITAS created by Washington Territory from YAKIMA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kittitas County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,777	9,704	17,737	20,230	22,235	20,467	24,877	33,362	44,337

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

7 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
High Valley Memorial Park Cemetery	47.01463	-120.65182
Holy Cross Cemetery	47.00994	-120.56732
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	47.01096	-120.52007
Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery	47.1965	-120.96035
Old German Baptist Brethren Church Cemetery	46.9282	-120.4748
Swauk Prairie Cemetery	47.20219	-120.74292
Thorp Cemetery	47.05016	-120.67232

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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