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Historic places in Washington

Washington had 1,705 listed places as of May 22, 2026, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

1,705
Listings
Rank 24 of 51 states and DC by listings; a tie shares a rank.
27
National Historic Landmarks
Listings the file gives a National Historic Landmark designation date.
237
Historic districts
A district is one listing however many buildings it holds.
39
Counties with a listing
Counties and independent cities, as the file names them.
101
Restricted listings
Counted in every total; the file withholds where they are.
21.3
Per 100,000 residents
Listings over the Census Bureau’s 2025 population.

No street is shown for any listing, and a restricted listing carries no city.

Counties in Washington

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Counties in Washington with a listing on the National Register, most listings first
CountyListings
King324
Pierce197
Spokane160
Jefferson79
Whatcom75
Yakima72
Thurston68
Clallam51
Douglas51
Snohomish51
Chelan47
Clark45
Whitman37
Lewis34
Walla Walla32
Skagit31
Cowlitz30
Kitsap24
Kittitas24
Grays Harbor22
San Juan21
Stevens21
Columbia20
Pacific20
Mason18
Benton16
Franklin16
Island16
Okanogan16
Adams12
Ferry12
Klickitat12
Grant11
Lincoln9
Pend Oreille9
Asotin8
Wahkiakum6
Skamania5
Garfield3

Counties in Washington ranked by listings

By category

Places on the National Register in Washington by the register’s category
CategoryListingsShare of the state’s listings
building1,17468.9%
district23713.9%
structure1589.3%
site1247.3%
object120.7%

By year listed

Today’s listings by the year each was listed, not the size of the register in that year: a place removed from the register is not in the file.

The most places listed in Washington in one year is 112, in 1982

Places on the National Register in Washington by the year each was listed, as the file holds them today. A year with no column had no listing in the file.

Today’s listings by the year each was listed, not the size of the register in that year: a place removed from the register is not in the file.

The year 2026 is not drawn: the year is not over, and the file’s newest listed date is May 21, 2026. Its 9 listings are in the table.

Source: The National Park Service

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The figures

The most places listed in Washington in one year is 112, in 1982. Places on the National Register in Washington by the year each was listed, as the file holds them today. A year with no column had no listing in the file.
Year listedListings
19667
197014
197114
197218
197330
197454
197541
197660
197741
197855
197947
198019
19817
1982112
198347
198426
198558
198659
198781
198845
198950
199046
199197
199229
199319
199425
199551
199615
199720
199816
199917
200021
200111
200217
200318
200419
200519
200622
200745
200812
200914
201021
201114
201211
201333
201421
201519
201611
201711
201823
201924
20203
202123
202213
20236
202414
202530
Places on the National Register in Washington by the year listed
YearListings
19667
197014
197114
197218
197330
197454
197541
197660
197741
197855
197947
198019
19817
1982112
198347
198426
198558
198659
198781
198845
198950
199046
199197
199229
199319
199425
199551
199615
199720
199816
199917
200021
200111
200217
200318
200419
200519
200622
200745
200812
200914
201021
201114
201211
201333
201421
201519
201611
201711
201823
201924
20203
202123
202213
20236
202414
202530
20269

States by listings per 100,000 residents · States by National Historic Landmarks · Counties by listings

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  • Prison population Crime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice

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  • Federal obligations Federal spending

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  • Registered nonprofits Nonprofits

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  • Payments to doctors Health

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  • Immigration courts Immigration and the border

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  • Farm program payments Farm subsidies

    What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.

  • Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans

    The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.

  • Population, age, income and origin Demographics

    The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.

  • Public schools Schools

    Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.

  • Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions

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  • Housing Housing

    The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Mortgage lending Mortgage lending

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  • Cost of living Cost of living

    BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.

  • Treatment facilities Treatment facilities

    Substance use and mental health treatment listings in the state, as SAMHSA’s directories print them: not a license, a rating or a recommendation.

  • Health centers Health centers

    Community health center sites in the state, from HRSA’s Data Warehouse, by county and by the organization that runs them: no rating and no recommendation.

  • Pandemic relief Pandemic relief

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  • County health County health

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  • Health care exclusions Health care program exclusions

    Every exclusion in effect in the state on OIG’s list of people and organizations barred from Medicare, Medicaid and every other federal health care program, by authority and year.

  • Registered aircraft Aircraft registry

    Aircraft on the FAA’s register whose registrant’s address is in the state, and the kind of registrant that holds them.

  • H-1B salaries H-1B salaries

    The offered wages on H-1B applications the Department of Labor certified with a first worksite in the state, by occupation, each median with the count behind it.

  • Disaster declarations Disasters

    Every federal disaster declaration FEMA made for the state, by type, incident and county, with each measure’s rank among the states and territories.

  • College athletics Sports

    Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.

  • Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries

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The immigration link above is EOIR’s courts, which sit in this state. CBP’s encounters are not by state and will not be: its sectors and field offices are areas of responsibility rather than a geography, and assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.

Sources

Compiled automatically from National Register of Historic Places — listed properties spreadsheet and Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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