King County, Washington Online Historical Directories

King County, Washington Online Historical Directories

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1860s

Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

1870s

Seattle Business Directory, unknown newspaper article, 1871 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

Puget Sound Business Directory, Murphy & Harned, 1872 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

Seattle Business Directory, Ward & Northup, 1876 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

Seattle City and King County Pioneer Directory and Washington Territory Business Directory, Choir, 1878 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

Seattle City and King County Pioneer Directory and Washington Territory Business Directory, Choir, 1878 - Free (University of Washington)

Seattle City Directory, Pitt, 1879 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

1880s

Seattle City Directory, Elliot & Sweet, 1882 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Elliot & Sweet, 1882 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

West Coast Business Directory, Disturnell, 1882-3 - Free (Seattle Public Library)

Seattle City Directory, Industrial World, 1884-5 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City and King County Directory, McIsaac, 1885-6 - $ (Ancestry)

Puget Sound Directory, Polk, 1887 - $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Newcastle, Renton, and Seattle Community and King County Directories

Seattle City Directory, Seattle Directory Company, 1888-9 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1889 - $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Black Diamond, Franklin, Kent, Newcastle, Renton, and Slaughter (now Auburn) City and King County Directories

1890s

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1890 - $ (Ancestry)

 - seems to be the same print as the one below, but it has 436 images; pages appear to have been scanned two at a time

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1890 - $ (Ancestry)

 - seems to be the same print as the one above, but it has 934 images; pages appear to have been scanned one at a time

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1890 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1890 - Free (Washington State Digital Archives)

 - listed as the 1891-1893 collection

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1891 - $ (Ancestry)

 - seems to be the same print as the one below, but it has 1019 images; pages appear to have been scanned one at a time

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1891 - $ (Ancestry)

 - seems to be the same print as the one above, but it has 597 images; pages appear to mostly have been scanned two at a time

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1891 - Free (Washington State Digital Archives)

 - listed as the 1891-1893 collection

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1892 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1892 - Free (Washington State Digital Archives)

 - listed as the 1891-1893 collection

Seattle City Directory, Corbett, 1892-3 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1893 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1894-5 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1895-6 - $ (Ancestry)

 - seems to be the same publication as the one below, but it has 970 images; pages appear to have been scanned one at a time

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1895-6 - $ (Ancestry)

- seems to be the same publication as the one above, but it has 562 images; pages appear to mostly have been scanned two at a time

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1897 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1899 - $ (Ancestry)

1900s - 1940s

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1900 - $ (Ancestry)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1901 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)

Seattle School Lists, Polk, 1919 - Free (USGenWeb)

 - transcribed from Seattle City Directory

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1923 - Free (Distant Cousin - available through the Wayback Machine - may "disappear" with time)

Enumclaw City Directory, Sigrist, 1934 - Free (Washington Rural Heritage)

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1943-4 - $ (Ancestry)

 - surnames A-Riker only

Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1948-9

- $ (Ancestry)

 - surnames A-Sasaki only

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