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Statewide Records that exist for Washington are 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. The federal 1860 census contains only that portion of the state below the Gila River that was enumerated as part of the New Mexico Territory, with the exception of a few people who resided in Pah-Ute County who were enumerated as part of Washington County, Utah.
Other Federal Schedules to look at when researching your family tree in Washington are Industry and Agriculture Schedules availible for the years 1870 and 1880. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1870 and 1880. Union Veterans Schedules were conducted in 1890.
The 1860 enumeration included what was later to become Idaho Territory and parts of Montana and Wyoming. Microfilm copies of federal population schedules are available in research repositories in the state, including the National Archives—Pacific Alaska Region. The agricultural and industrial censuses are on microfilm at the Washington State Archives.
The Washington GenWeb Project has a searchable index for the state’s 1910 census on its website. The Washington Secretary of State is indexing Washington’s censuses as part of its database “Historical Records Search.” This ongoing project includes, among other resources, the state and federal enumerations.
Washington Territorial Census
State and territorial censuses are available for the following counties and years:
- Adams: 1885, 1887, 1889
- Asotin: 1885, 1887, 1889
- Chehalis: 1858, 1859*, 1860, 1861*, 1871, 1885
- Clallam: 1857, 1860*, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887
- Clark: 1857, 1858*, 1859*, 1860, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887
- Columbia: 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889
- Cowlitz: 1859*, 1860*, 1861*, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887
- Douglas: 1885, 1892
- Franklin: 1885, 1887
- Garfield: 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892, 1898
- Island: 1857, 1859*, 1860, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887
- Jefferson: 1860, 1861*, 1871, 1874, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891
- King: 1856, 1859*, 1860*, 1861*, 1871, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892
- Kitsap: 1857, 1858*, 1859*, 1860, 1861*, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889
- Kittitas: 1885, 1887, 1889
- Klickitat: 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892
- Lewis: 1857, 1860*, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887
- Lincoln: 1885, 1887, 1889
- Mason: 1857, 1859*, 1861*, 1871, 1879, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892
- Pacific: 1860, 1883, 1885, 1887
- Pierce: 1854, 1857, 1858*, 1859*, 1871, 1878, 1879, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892
- San Juan: 1885, 1887, 1889
- Skagit: 1885, 1887
- Skamania: 1860, 1871, 1885, 1887
- Snohomish: 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889
- Spokane: 1885, 1887
- Stevens: 1871, 1878, 1885, 1887, 1892
- Thurston: 1871, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892
- Wahkiakim: 1857, 1860*, 1885, 1887
- Walla Walla: 1860*, 1885, 1887, 1892
- Whatcom: 1858*, 1859*, 1860, 1861*, 1871, 1885, 1887, 1889
- Whitman: 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889
- Yakima: 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887
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