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Klickitat County, Washington

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12historic places

—earliest paper

1859formed

22,735pop. 2020

10cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Goldendale, Appleton, Maryhill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Appleton Log Hall	Appleton	Building	1992
First Day Advent Christian Church	Maryhill	Building	1991
Goldendale Free Public Library	Goldendale	Building	1982
Klickitat County Courthouse	Goldendale	Building	2014
Maryhill	Goldendale	Building	1974
Newell, Charles, House	Goldendale	Building	1977
Rattlesnake Creek Site	Husum	Site	1978
Rowland Basin Site	Lyle	Site	1996
Stonehenge Memorial	Goldendale	Structure	2021
Trout Lake Tourist Club	Trout Lake	Building	2005
Whitcomb Cabin	Glenwood	Building	1975
Wishram Indian Village Site	The Dalles	District	1972

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Klickitat was formed in 1859 (1859-12-20) from Skamania, Walla Walla.

KLICKITAT created by Washington Territory from SKAMANIA and WALLA WALLA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
230	4,055	6,407	9,268	11,357	12,049	13,455	15,822	19,161	22,735

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

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

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Centerville Cemetery	45.73123	-120.90561
Dunkard Graveyard	45.88762	-121.28284
IOFF Mountain View Cemetery	45.8314	-120.82128
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	46.01294	-120.30458
Lone Pine Cemetery	45.73785	-121.15423
Lyle - Balch Cemetery	45.72039	-121.32799
Mount Adams Cemetery	45.99303	-121.33501
Sixprong Cemetery	45.88094	-120.02394
Trout Lake Cemetery	45.99566	-121.47552
Wish - Ulm Cemetery	45.63123	-121.15061

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

Historical markers

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