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XOE_CPNWS0234SkagitAbstract
Skagit County Abstract
Company
Skagit County Abstract Company records
1872-1925
2 linear ft.
This collection includes abstracts of land titles, subject
files, plat maps and glass plate negatives documenting properties throughout Skagit County.
Properties in Mt. Vernon, Burlington, Sedro Woolley, Anacortes, and La Conner are
represented in the collection, as well as several cemeteries located throughout the
county.
Collection materials are in English.
This collection includes abstracts of land titles, subject files, plat maps and glass plate
negatives documenting properties throughout Skagit County. The material covers a geographic
range spanning Township 32 North to Township 38 North (Ranges 1 through 9). Properties in
Mt. Vernon, Burlington, Sedro Woolley, Anacortes, and La Conner are represented in the
collection, as well as several cemeteries located throughout the county.
The collection is open to the public.
Skagit County Abstract Company records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers
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Skagit County Abstract
Company--Archives
Land titles--Registration and
transfer--Washington (State)--Skagit County--History--Sources
Real property--Ownership--Washington
(State)--Skagit County--History--Sources
Real property--Washington (State)--Skagit
County--Maps
Skagit County
(Wash.)--History--Sources
Records (Documents)
Cadastral maps
Washington
(State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I.
Complete Abstracts of Title
1872-1890
Folders are arranged and titled by Township and Range, then date.
1/1
T: 33N, R: 3E - Fir Island
1876
1/2
T: 34N, R: 1E
1875
1/3
T: 34N, R: 2E - including Whitney Island
1872
1/4
T: 34N, R: 4E - Mt. Vernon
1875
1/5
T: 34N, R: 4E - Mt. Vernon
1875
1/6
T: 34N, R: 4E - Mt. Vernon, Burlington Acreage, Vernon
Heights
1879
1/7
T: 34N, R: 4E - Mt. Vernon [Wm. McKay]
1880
1/8
T: 34N, R: 4E - Mt. Vernon
1907
1/9
T: 35N, R: 1E - Anacortes
1872
1/10
T: 35N, R: 1E - Anacortes
1874
1/11
T: 35N, R: 1E - Anacortes including Davis' First
Addition, Woods Plat
1880
1/12
T: 35N, R: 1E - Anacortes including Queen Anne
Addition
1880
1/13
T: 35N, R: 2E - Anacortes
1872
1/14
T: 35N, R: 2E - Anacortes including Stewart's First
Addition
1873
1/15
T: 35N, R: 2E - Anacortes including Griffith's &
Curtis' Additions
1873
1/16
T: 35N, R: 2E - Anacortes including Nelson's
Addition
1890
1/17
T: 35N, R: 2E - Anacortes
1890
1/18
T: 35N, R: 3E - Fidalgo/Bay View Hill
1888
1/19
T: 35N, R: 4E
1878
1/20
T: 35N, R: 4E - Burlington [Wm. McKay]
1879
1/21
T: 35N, R: 4E - Burlington [Wm. McKay]
1879
1/22
T: 35N, R: 4E - Burlington
1888
1/23
T: 35N, R: 5E - Sedro Woolley
1889
1/24
T: 36N, R: 4E - Alger
1879
Series II.
Plat Maps
undated
Folders are arranged geographically like Series I. Some of these maps are VERY fragile
and some contain only partial segments of maps.
1/25
T34N, R3E, T29N, R6E
undated
1/26
T33N, R10E and 11E
undated
1/27
T34N, R9E
undated
1/28
T35N, R5E, 6E and 7E
undated
1/29
T35N, R8E
undated
1/30
T35N, R9E and 10E
undated
1/31
T36N, R5E, 7E, 8E and 9E
undated
1/32
T37N, R6E; T38N, R5E and 6E
undated
1/33
Unidentified plat map segments
undated
Series III.
Subject Files
undated
Files are arranged by Township/Range and contain multiple documents with varying
dates.
2/1
Patents T34N, R2E
undated
2/2
Patents T34N, R4E
undated
2/3
Patents T35N, R41E
undated
2/4
Patents T35N, R4E
undated
2/5
Patents T35N, R6E
undated
2/6
Patents T36N, R3E
undated
2/7
Probates T33N, R3E; T34N, R2E
undated
2/8
Probates T34N, R4E
undated
2/9
Probates T35N, R1E, 2E and 4E
undated
2/10
Probates T36N, R1E and 2E
undated
2/11
Receivers Receipts T34N, R2E; T35N, R8E
("Birdsview")
undated
2/12
Receivers Receipts T34N, R4E
undated
2/13
Various Documents - Anacortes
undated
2/14
Various Documents T33N, R4E
undated
2/15
Various Documents T34N, R2E and 4E
undated
2/16
Various Documents T34N, R4E
undated
2/17
Various Documents T35N, R1E
undated
2/18
Various Documents T35N, R2E
undated
2/19
Various Documents T35N, R3E
undated
2/20
Various Documents T35N, R4E and 5E
undated
2/21
Various Documents T35N, R6E, 8E and 9E
undated
2/22
Various Documents T36N including
"Ladysmith"
undated
2/23
Various Abstracts - not land/title-related
documents
undated
Series IV.
Glass Plate Negatives
1890-1925
First twenty are 6.5" x 8.5" glass plates, next twenty-two are 8.5" x 10" glass plates.
Images are of platted towns, additions, and cemeteries.
3/1
Hamilton, Burlington #1-4
1890s
3/2
Hamilton, Burlington #5-8
1890s
3/3
La Conner, Sedro Woolley #9-13
1890s
3/4
Edison, Bow, Sedro Woolley #14-20
1890s
3/5
La Conner, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Fern Hill
Cemetery, Zion Cemetery #21-25
1886-1892
3/6
Cemetery Hill, Mt. Vernon I.O.O.F. Lodge Cemetery,
Skagit County map #26-30
1880s-1890s
3/7
Hamilton, McMurray, Sedro Woolley, Avon, grainery lots
#31-35
1891-1904
3/8
"Volume 1 of Plats," Mt. Vernon, Clear Lake
#36-39
1890s-1925
3/9
"Volume 2 of Plats," Mt. Vernon, Goat & Ika
Islands, Sedro Woolley #40-43
circa 1890-1900