Why aren all King Countys records located centrally in one place?
(1) Different county agencies have different functions and create records relevant to those functions. (2) In adopting its Charter (1969) King County changed its form of government. New agencies were created. The county’s records, formerly held in a more central manner, were dispersed among the new agencies. (3) The Puget Sound Regional Archives, a branch of the Washington State Archives in Bellevue, predates the 1990 establishment of the King County Archives and was the first officially-designated repository for county records. Some King County records, such as the old tax assessment records, are still retained there.
