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Whatcom County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington, bordered by the Lower Mainland (the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley Regional Districts) of British Columbia to the north, Okanogan County to the east, Skagit County to the south, San Juan County across Rosario Strait to the southwest, and the Strait of Georgia to the west. Its county seat and larges...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in King County, Washington. On December 22, 1852, the Oregon Territory legislature formed King County out of territory from within Thurston County. The county was named after Alabamian William R. King, who had just been elected Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce. Seattle was made the county seat on Janua...
Skagit County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,523. The county seat and largest city is Mount Vernon. The county was formed in 1883 from Whatcom County[3] and is named for the Skagit Indian tribe, which has been indigenous to the area prior to European-American settlement. Skagit County comprises the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metropoli...
The area that now comprises Yakima County was part of the Oregon Country at the start of the nineteenth century, inhabited both by fur prospectors from Canada, and Americans seeking land for agricultural and mineral-extraction opportunities. Unable to resolve which country should control this vast area, the Treaty of 1818 provided for joint control. By 1843, the Provisional Government of Oregon...
Wikipedia Washington & Jefferson College, also known as W & J College or W&J, is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which is 30 miles (48 km) south of Pittsburgh. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries to the American frontier in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thadd...
Clark County was created on August 20, 1845, as Vancouver District, named for its town, following the removal of the area from three other districts on July 27, 1844. It included all the land north of the Columbia River, west of the Rocky Mountains, and south of Alaska. On December 21, 1845, the provisional government changed its name to Vancouver County. At that time it stretched from the Colu...
Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–US border. At the 2020 census, its population was 46,445. As of July 2021, the population was estimated to be 47,426. The county seat and largest city is Colville. The county was created in 1863 and named after Isaac Stevens, the first governor of Washington Territory. Cemeteries Cemeteries of Washington ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tacoma, Washington. Official Website Overview Wikipedia Tacoma is a midsized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles southwest of Seattle, 31 miles northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and 58 miles northwest of Mount Rainier National ...
Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 921,130, up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous county in Washington, behind King County, and the 59th-most populous in the United States. The county seat and largest city is Tacoma . Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory,...
Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
Snohomish County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. With a population of 827,957 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous county in Washington, after nearby King and Pierce counties, and the 72nd-most populous in the United States. The county seat and largest city is Everett. The county forms part of the Seattle metropolitan area, which also includes King and Pierc...
Wilbur Cemetery was created in the early days of Wilbur's town founding (1889) and many of those local pioneers are buried within its grounds, including the infamous Samuel Wilbur Condon (aka Wild Goose Bill), the town founder. Wilbur Cemetery is owned and maintained by the Town of Wilbur. A volunteer association called the Wilbur Cemetery Foundation was created to help with donation gathering...
The first humans to arrive in what is now Spokane County arrived between 12,000 and 8,000 years ago and were hunter-gatherer societies who lived off the plentiful game in the area. Initially, the settlers hunted predominantly bison and antelope, but after the game migrated out of the region, the native people became dependent on gathering various roots, berries, and nuts, and harvesting fish. T...
The Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery was founded in 1884 by David T. Denny (1832-1903) and his wife Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916) on one of their many land investments in Seattle's north end. The cemetery straddles Aurora Avenue N beginning just beyond N 109th Street. Most members of David's branch of Denny family, and that of his cousin Henry Levi Denny, are buried there. Begun as the Oak Lake Cem...
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County , Washington. With a 2022 population of 749,256 it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest ...
This cemetery is located on Mt. View Cemetery Road, Davenport, Lincoln County, Washington. Find a Grave Interment.net Billion Graves
Wikipedia Tahoma National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Kent, in King County, Washington. Find a Grave
In 1883, Lincoln County was created from a portion of Spokane County, and four days later a portion of its area was peeled off to create Douglas County. There have been no further alterations to its boundary since that time. Its 2,317 square miles make it #8 in size in the state. It is named for President Abraham Lincoln . Centuries ago, the area now covered by Lincoln County contained an east...
The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in 1977, the Mariners are a member of the West division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB). Since July 1999, the Mariners' home ballpark has been Safeco Field, located south of downtown Seattle. From the team's inception in 1977 until June 1999, the club's home ball...
This project is part of the State of Washington Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Washington. You can add profiles for: People born in Washington People who lived in Washington People who died in Washington When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. If yo...
Union Cemetery Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, USA:
There is another cemetery in Grays Harbor County currently known as Wishkah Cemetery. They are both known as Wishkah Cemetery , but are two different cemeteries. This one is located on 2212 Roosevelt Street in Aberdeen. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grays Harbor County, Washington. The county is presently named after a large estuarine bay near its southwestern corner. On May 7, 1792, Boston fur trader Robert Gray crossed the bar into a bay which he called Bullfinch Harbor, but which later cartographers would label Chehalis Bay, and then Grays Harbor. The area that now comprises...
Mount Zion Cemetery Also known as Montgomery Street Methodist Church Cemetery, Old Methodist Burying Ground Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA In 1808, the Montgomery Street Church (now called the Dumbarton Avenue United Methodist Church) purchased this property for a cemetery. The cemetery allowed burials of both black and white members, although the cemetery was ...
Wikipedia =Gonzaga University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. It is named for the young Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga. The campus houses 105 buildings on 131 acres (53 ha) of grassland along the Spokane River, ...