The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCliffdell is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located approximately 23 miles west of Ellensburg. As of the 2020 census, Cliffdell had a population of 114. The community, located on SR 410 and the Naches River, was originally named Spring Flats. In 1920, it was renamed Cliffdell in honor of Cliff and Della Schott of Seattle. The Schotts were friends of homesteader Russell Davison, who developed much of the area for summer homes. Cliffdell was the site of a temporary army camp once used by Captain William O. Slaughter in 1855.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 104 to 114 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1998.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cliffdell yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Cliffdell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cliffdell’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cliffdell, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Cliffdell
1 place in Cliffdell is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.