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Columbia County was created out of Walla Walla County on November 11, 1875
 It is named after the Columbia River.
The county seat is at Dayton, which is also the county's largest city.


Columbia county map
Cities, Towns and CDP's
* Dayton * Starbuck

Other Communities
* Alto * Turner * Huntsville * Marengo

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Columbia County Records

 

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Census

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County Records

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Website Updates:

Apr 2024:
Military Records: WORLD WAR II CASUALTIES, KOREAN WAR CASUALTIES, VIETNAM WAR CASUALTIES

Dec 2023:
News: Court: GORMAN
News: Crime: SPARKS, WRIGHT
News: Gossip/Visiting: EVANS, HATLEY
News: Misc.: CORCORAN
News: Sick List: COOPER, SPARKS, STINE, WRIGHT

Jun 2023:
Obits/Death Notices: MUSTARD

Sept 2018:  Burials in Dayton City Cemetery.  NEW BOOK TRANSCRIPTION! Illustrated History of Southeastern Washington pub. in 1906.  All the history and all the biographies are now online!

Previous Updates

 


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Surrounding Counties:
* Whitman County, Washington - north
* Garfield County, Washington - east
* Wallowa County, Oregon - southeast
* Umatilla County, Oregon - southwest
* Walla Walla County, Washington - west
* Franklin County, Washington - northwest


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