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Online Resources

• Washington Online Historical Directories - listed by county
• Pacific Coast Directory, 1867 ($)
• Tacoma, Washington Directories, 1889-91 ($)
• Seattle, Washington City Directories, 1888-90 ($)
• Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93 ($)
• Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory: 1901-1902 ($) Index/images.
• Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 Images. Also on *Ancestry.com, ($), index
• Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1862
• Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1864
  
  

Directories Online

• Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory : 1901-1902. (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)

• Ancestry.com ($) has Washington directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

• Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 - FamilySearch Historical Records
• Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1862
• Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1864

The Family History Library

The Family History Library has directories for the following:

Seattle

Various years from 1872 - 1981 Seattle City Directories

Spokane

Various years from 1889 - 1985 Spokane City Directories

Tacoma

Various years from 1889 - 1935 Tacoma City Directories

For any other cities or towns try a Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:

• Washington - DIRECTORIES. Place a comma in the search box and slide down a ways to select a county.

Websites

• US City Directories This website identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
• U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Washington (Library of Congress)