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Welcome King County GenWeb

This site will lead you to the best resources that I can provide for King County, Washington. There has been a long dry period for fresh information, but now that I have retired, I will be working more deligently and set you in the right direction with the best tools I can find.

If you find something missing or incorrect, please let me know and I will try find it as quickly as possible. Now that I am retired, it should really happen.

Return often to see new data and information.
Celia Tomlin. Site updated 11 June 2009

A Very Brief History of King County, Washington

This county in western Washington is bounded on the west by Puget Sound; on the north by Snohomish County; on the east by the crest of the Cascades and on the south by Pierce County. Covering 2,136 square miles, it has diversified industries and the largest population of any county in the state. The county was established from a portion of Thurston County, by the Oregon Territorial Legislature on December 22, 1852. On March 5, 1853, the county began operations with so many offices and so few qualified citizens that some men held as many as six positions. It was named for William Rufus King of Alabama, vice president of the United States, 1853-57, in the Franklin Pierce Administration. Mr. King had served 29 years in the United States Senate and had been Minister to France. In 1985 the King County Council changed the name origin to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, the prominent civil rights leader of the 1960s.


Geographic neighbors

Next door counties, historical cities, towns and maps.
Clickable Map courtesy of Mike Sweeney
Adams Asotin Benton Chelan Clallam Columbia Clark Cowlitz Douglas Ferry Franklin Garfield Grant Grays Harbor Island Jefferson King Kitsap Kittitas Klickitat Lewis Lincoln Mason Okanogan Pacific Pend Oreille Pierce San Juan Skagit Skamania Snohomish Spokane Stevens Thurston Wahkiakum Walla Walla Whatcom Whitman Yakima

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Queries and Surnames

Need a place to find others searching your surnames? Use this link to queries dating from 1996 and the link to Rootsweb Message Boards.
Or go to a list of King county surnames various people are searching. Send me an email if you would like to add your King county names.

Research Data on this Site

1906 King County Marriages
King County Cemeteries
King County High Schools

Digital Collections

University of Washington Digital Archives
Washington State Digital Archives
Washington State Library, Online Books and Pioneer Newspapers
Museum of History & Industry--MOHAI
HistoryLink.org

Local Repositories


Libraries, Archives, and Societies


Seattle Public Library System
King County Library System
Renton Public Library
Enumclaw Library
Fiske Genealogy Library
Seattle Genealogy Society
South King County Genealogy Society
Eastside Genealogy Society
Jewish Genealogy Society of Washington State
Washington State Library
Western Washington State University
Central Washington State University
Eastern Washington State University
Whitman College
Univeristy of Washington Libraries
Washington State University Libraries
Washington State Archives

Maintained by Celia Tomlin
Created - 11/05/96 Copyright © 1996, Maureen Monson, 1997-2009 Celia Tomlin