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Welcome to Umtanum ...

Umtanum is located in Kittitas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Umtanum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Umtanum is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Umtanum ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Umtanum.

  • Yakima
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ellensburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Selah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Kittitas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Tieton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Naches
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Siding
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hillside Siding is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Siding
  • Eschbach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eschbach is located in Yakima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eschbach
  • Gleed
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Thorp
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Umtanum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Umtanum.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Umtanum. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Umtanum.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Umtanum. See our Newspapers Page for Umtanum.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Umtanum ...

Looking for more information about Umtanum? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Umtanum, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Umtanum.

Adding Umtanum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Umtanum in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Umtanum was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Umtanum.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Kittitas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Umtanum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.