Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Yakima County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Marriages, births and deaths
Census records
County government
- Ahtanum Irrigation District, Board Minutes, 1918-20161918-2016
- Ahtanum Irrigation District, Board Resolutions, 1918-19991918-1999
- Yakima County Board of Commissioners, Board Minutes, 1882-1950, 1974, 1978-83, 1985, 1987-20011882-1950, 1974, 1978-83, 1985, 1987-2001
- Yakima County Board of Commissioners, Board Ordinances, 1945-20001945-2000
- Yakima County Board of Commissioners, Board Resolutions, 1974-20021974-2002
- Yakima County Clerk, Medical Licenses, 1909-19531909-1953
Other records
- Mabton City Council, Minutes, 1905-20101905-2010
- Mabton City Council, Ordinances, 1905-20111905-2011
- Mabton City Council, Resolutions, 1921-20101921-2010
- Moxee City Council, Minutes, 1921-1957; 1960-20101921-1957; 1960-2010
- Moxee City Council, Ordinances, 1921-20101921-2010
- Moxee City Council, Resolutions, 1938-20101938-2010
- Selah City Council, Minutes and Meeting Records, 1918-1927, 2008-2011, 20191918-1927, 2008-2011, 2019
- Selah City Council, Ordinances, 1919-1928, 2008-20121919-1928, 2008-2012
- Selah City Council, Resolutions, 1919-1926, 1928, 1935-1936, 2008-20121919-1926, 1928, 1935-1936, 2008-2012
- Selah, City of, Planning Commission, Minutes, 1986-20171986-2017
- Union Gap City Council, Minutes, 1910-20151910-2015
- Union Gap City Council, Ordinances, 1910-20141910-2014
- Union Gap City Council, Resolutions, 1936-20141936-2014
- Wapato City Council, Minutes, 1908-1946; 1950-19971908-1946; 1950-1997
- Wapato City Council, Ordinances, 1908-19881908-1988
- Yakima City Council, Minutes, 1886-20231886-2023
- Yakima City Council, Ordinances, 1886-20221886-2022
- Yakima City Council, Resolutions, 1959-20221959-2022
- Yakima County Auditor, Miscellaneous Recordings, 1992-20081992-2008
- Yakima County Auditor, Power of Attorney Records, 1992-20081992-2008
- Yakima County Auditor, Professional License Records, 1994-Present1994-Present
- Yakima County Auditor, Recorded Agreements and Contracts, 1994-20081994-2008
- Yakima County Auditor, Recorded Ordinances, 1992-20081992-2008
- Yakima County Auditor, Recorded Resolutions, 1994-20081994-2008
- Yakima County Auditor, Uniform Commercial Code Recordings, 1992-20081992-2008
- Yakima Housing Authority, Minutes and Meeting Records, 1971-20171971-2017
- Yakima Housing Authority, Resolutions, 1971-1972, 1977-20171971-1972, 1977-2017
- Yakima Frontier JusticeDates not stated in catalog
Schools
Military records
Deeds and land
Naturalization records
- Yakima County Clerk, Naturalization Records, 1882-1907, 1973-19801882-1907, 1973-1980
Cemeteries and burial
- Tahoma CemeteryDates not stated in catalog
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected digital collection links from Washington State Library county research guides. Collections may include local towns, schools, cemeteries and other organizations within the county. Guide dates can change; consult each Digital Archives collection for actual coverage, restrictions and available images.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Yakima County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county auditor and the clerk of the superior court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county auditor
Deeds and other land records, and marriage licenses.
- The clerk of the superior court
Probate (wills and estates), divorces, naturalizations and court cases.
- The Washington State Archives
In Olympia and regional branches: county records, and the Digital Archives with searchable indexes.
- Washington State Digital Archivesfree
Searchable indexes to Washington records, including births, marriages, deaths, censuses and naturalizations, from the State Archives.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Washington, Yakima" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Klickitat County, Walla Walla County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Klickitat County, Walla Walla County
Later formed partly from Yakima County: Benton County, Kittitas County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1865, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Washington began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1907. Many county marriage, birth, death and census records are indexed free in the Washington State Digital Archives.