Here we map and provide documents for neighborhoods where racial restrictive covenants were imposed in the decades when they were legal. Most restrictions in Olympia and Thurston County date from 1928 to 1955 and covered a large percentage of subdivisions developed in that period. We have documented more than 1,600 restricted properties in 35 subdivisions. Do not assume that areas without circles were unrestricted. Neighborhoods without covenants often practiced racial exclusion by other means. And the practice extended throughout the county. In 1940, Thurston's population of 37,285 included only 33 Black people and 315 other nonwhites, including members of the Nisqually nation. As the population increased to 55,049 by 1960, the number of non-white residents (690) remained miniscule. Exclusionary practices ensured that the county remained 98.7% white.
The map below is still in progress. For a searchable map of individual properties go to our Thurston parcels map
Click the link to see a pdf copy of a restrictive document for each subdivision. There are three types of documents. Some subdivisions were restricted in the original plat; some in covenants (CCR) that applied to the full subdivision. In other cases the developer/seller included the restrictions in deeds of sale.
| City | Subdivision/plat | Restriction | Properties Covered | Document Type |
| Carlyon Beach | Carlyon Beach | …and that the said premises shall never be sold, leased, or rented to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese or other person of the so-called "yellow race".. | 61 | Deed |
| Carlyon Beach | Fair Oaks Beach | The property shall not be sold, leased, or rented to any person not of the Caucasian race. | 79 | Deed |
| Lacey | Beachcrest | No other than the white race shall be allowed to occupancy any residence in this subdivision except servants. | 507 | Plat |
| Lacey | Long Lake Shore Acres | All sale of tracts in Long Lake Shore Acres shall be limited to members of the Caucasian race. | 23 | Deed/CCR |
| Lacey | Mountain View Addition | That said premises shall never be sold, leased, or rented to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese, or person of the so-called Black, Brown, or Yellow races. | 105 | Deed |
| Olympia | Bates Extension of Hazard Stevens Farm | That said premises shall never be leased, rented or sold to any negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or other person of the so-called yellow races. | 83 | Deed |
| Olympia | Bates-Munro Subdivision | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called "yellow races". | 20 | Deed |
| Olympia | Belvidere | No persons of any race other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 44 | CCR |
| Olympia | Bigelow Lake Subdivision | No persons of any race other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 31 | CCR |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 1 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called yellow races. | 7 | Deed |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 2 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called "yellow races". | 28 | Deed |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 3 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called yellow races. | 16 | Deed |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 5 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called yellow races. | 12 | Deed |
| Olympia | Fred .W. Carlyon's Sunset Addition | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 55 | Deed |
| Olympia | Norton's Addition | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 43 | CCR |
| Olympia | Scully's First Addition | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 88 | CCR |
| Olympia | Stratford Park | No race of nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants, of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 37 | Plat |
| Olympia | Stratford Place | No race or nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot in Stratford Place except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 24 | CCR |
| Olympia | Stratford Place Annex | No race of nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 16 | Plat |
| Olympia | Stratford Place Annex 2 | No race of nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 27 | Plat |
| Olympia | Ward's Homestead | ...that said premises never be sold, leased or rented to any negro, mulatto, Chinese, Japanese or any person of the so-called Black, Brown or Yellow races. | 11 | Deed |
| Tumwater | Des Chutes Addition | No lot or dwelling shall be rented, leased or sold to any Negro, Chinaman, Mulatto or any member of the so-called Black, Brown or Yellow races. | 54 | CCR |
| Tumwater | Manschraek's | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called black, brown or yellow races. | 18 | Deed |
| Tumwater | Scott's Addition | No race or nationality other than the Caucasian Race shall use or occupy any building on any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality, employed by an owner or tenant. | 29 | Plat |
| Tumwater | Brewer Extension to Mountain View | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called black, brown or yellow race. | 20 | Deed |
| Yelm | Clearlake Highlands | No part of any lot in said tract shall ever be used or occupied by any negro, mulatto, or person of Chinese or Japanese extraction or descent, other than the servants. | 1 | Deed |
| Yelm | Pleasant Beach | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 30 | Deed |
| ** | Glenwood Park | No persons of any race other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 59 | CCR |
| ** | Johnson Point | Said property, or any part thereof, shall be not owned, occupied, or let by or to any person other than of the white race, excepting that sevents not of the white race be actually employed by a bonafide owner or resident, may reside on the property. | 124 | Deed |
| ** | Mirimichi | No person of any race other than the White or Caucasian Race shall use or occupy any building or any lot in the plat except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 38 | Deed |
