Washington, D.C. Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Washington, D.C. death and obituary data across the District. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Washington, D.C. Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

22

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

82

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

14

Active sources monitored (30 days)

1

Areas with recent activity

14 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 14 hours ago

Washington, D.C. Death Data Coverage

1 area with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across the District. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

Area30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
District of Columbia County8214YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Washington, D.C.

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

22

Previous 7 days: 18 · +22% vs prior period

Last 30 days

82

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Washington, D.C. Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Washington, D.C. County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Washington, D.C. records

Date of death

100%

of recent Washington, D.C. records

City / location

100%

of recent Washington, D.C. records

Source URL

100%

of recent Washington, D.C. records

Full obituary text

70.7%

of recent Washington, D.C. records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Washington, D.C. Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Washington72Noma5Kenilworth4Keyser1

Washington, D.C. Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Washington, D.C. to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Washington, D.C. Funeral Homes →

How Washington, D.C. County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Washington, D.C. records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Washington, D.C. Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Washington, D.C. death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Washington, D.C. records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Washington, D.C. Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in Washington, D.C. for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Washington, D.C. Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "DC",
  "county": "District of Columbia",
  "county_slug": "district-of-columbia-county-dc",
  "city": "Washington",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Washington, D.C. Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Washington, D.C. Death Data

Choose the Washington, D.C. coverage that matters to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Washington, D.C. Funeral Homes.