Welcome to Kittitas County ...

Time Zone: Kittitas County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Ellensburg is the Seat for Kittitas County.

Kittitas County was founded in 1883 and was created by taking area from Yakima County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Kittitas had a population of 47,856 people. This is an increase of 16.96% since the last Census (which gave a population of 40,915 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Kittitas represented 0.61% of the total population of Washington.

Below are some of the communities located in Kittitas County:

• Cle Elum
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cle Elum
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,098 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Cle Elum
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cle Elum<2>
• Ellensburg
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellensburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,576 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Ellensburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellensburg<2>
• Kittitas
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittitas
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,521 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Kittitas
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kittitas<2>
• Roslyn
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslyn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 972 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Roslyn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roslyn<2>
• South Cle Elum
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cle Elum
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on South Cle Elum
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Cle Elum<2>

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to Washington
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Washington State Archives

• Websites specific to Kittitas County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Chelan County
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  • Douglas County
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  • Grant County
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  • King County
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  • Pierce County
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  • Yakima County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Washington
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Washington
  • Cemeteries of Kittitas County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Washington
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Washington
  • Cemeteries of Kittitas County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.