Local Wiki
Yakima County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- County Commission / Council meets
- Weekly agenda meeting Tuesdays, 10:00 AM
- Meeting location
- BOCC Basement Conference Room, Room 33B, 128 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA 98901
- County Auditor
- Charles Ross · charles.ross@co.yakima.wa.us
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.yakimacounty.us/AgendaCenter/Board-of-Commissioners-2
- Board of County Commissioners
- Kyle Curtis (District 2, 2025 Board Chair) · Amanda McKinney (District 1) · LaDon Linde (District 3)
Other Local Government Here
Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (11)
- Grandview
- Granger
- Mabton
- Moxee
- Selah (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Sunnyside (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Tieton (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Toppenish (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Union Gap (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Wapato
- Zillah
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Towns (2)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (14)
- East Valley School District (yakima)
- Grandview School District
- Granger School District
- Highland School District
- Mabton School District
- Mount Adams School District
- Naches Valley School District
- Sunnyside School District
- Toppenish School District
- Union Gap School District
- Wapato School District
- West Valley School District (yakima)
- Yakima School District
- Zillah School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (12)
- Yakima Co Fire Protection District No. 1 - Cowiche
- Yakima Co Fire Protection District No. 2 - Selah Interlocal Services to Selah
- Yakima Co Fire Protection District No. 7 - Glade
- Yakima County Fire District No. 3 - Naches
- Yakima County Fire District No. 4 - East Valley
- Yakima County Fire District No. 5 - Formed 1947
- Yakima County Fire District No. 6 - Gleed
- Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 10 - Fruitvale
- Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 11 - Broadway
- Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 12 - West Valley Fire and Rescue - Formed 1960
- Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 14 - Nile/Cliffdell
- Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 9 - Naches Heights
Source: MRSC Fire Protection Service Providers directory