List of counties in Oregon
The US state of Oregon is divided into 36 counties .
List of counties
county |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Founded |
Erected from |
etymology |
Population (2016) |
surface |
map |
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Baker County | 001 | Baker City | 1862 | Wasco County, Union County, and Malheur County | Edward Dickinson Baker , Senator from Oregon, who during a battle in the American Civil War at Ball's Bluff fell | 16,510 | 7,946 km² ( 3,068 sq mi) | |
Benton County | 003 | Corvallis | 1847 | Polk County | Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), Senator involved in the Oregon Country dispute | 91,320 | 1,751 km² ( 676 sq mi) | |
Clackamas County | 005 | Oregon City | 1843 | One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country | The Clackamas were an Indian tribe | 404.980 | 4,838 km² ( 1,868 sq mi) | |
Clatsop County | 007 | Astoria | 1844 | From northern and western parts of the Twality District | Clatsop was an Indian tribe | 38,225 | 2,142 km² ( 827 sq mi) | |
Columbia County | 009 | Saint Helens | 1854 | Northern half of Washington County | Columbia River , the county's northern limit | 50,795 | 1,702 km² ( 657 sq mi) | |
Coos County | 011 | Coquille | 1853 | Umpqua and Jackson Counties | The Coos were an Indian tribe | 63,190 | 4,144 km² ( 1,600 sq mi) | |
Crook County | 013 | Prineville | 1882 | Southern parts of Wasco County | George Crook (1828–1890), Civil War officer | 21,580 | 7,718 km² ( 2,980 sq mi) | |
Curry County | 015 | Gold Beach | 1855 | From parts of Coos County | George Law Curry (1820–1878), Governor of the Oregon Territory | 22,600 | 4,214 km² ( 1,627 sq mi) | |
Deschutes County | 017 | Bend | 1916 | Southern part of Crook County | Riviere des Chutes , French for river of waterfalls . | 176,635 | 7,817 km² ( 3,018 sq mi) | |
Douglas County | 019 | Roseburg | 1852 | Umpqua County, parts east of the Coast Range Summit | Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), Senator | 110.395 | 13,046 km² ( 5,037 sq mi) | |
Gilliam County | 021 | Condon | 1885 | Eastern third of Wasco County | Cornelius Gilliam (1798–1848), pioneer | 1,980 | 3,118 km² ( 1,204 sq mi) | |
Grant County | 023 | Canyon City | 1864 | Portions of old Wasco and old Umatilla Counties | Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), officer and 1869–1877 President of the United States | 7,410 | 11,730 km² ( 4,529 sq mi) | |
Harney County | 025 | Burns | 1889 | Southern parts of Grant County | William S. Harney (1800–1889), cavalry officer in the Pig War | 7,320 | 26,250 km² ( 10,135 sq mi) | |
Hood River County | 027 | Hood River | 1908 | Northwest of Wasco County | Hood River | 24,735 | 1,352 km² ( 522 sq mi) | |
Jackson County | 029 | Medford | 1852 | Lane County and newly developed area south of Douglas and Umpqua Counties | Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), President of the United States | 213.765 | 7,213 km² ( 2,785 sq mi) | |
Jefferson County | 031 | Madras | 1914 | Crook County | Mount Jefferson , which takes its name from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). | 22,790 | 4,613 km² ( 1,781 sq mi) | |
Josephine County | 033 | Grants Pass | 1856 | Western half of Jackson County | Virginia "Josephine" Rollins, the first white man to live here | 84,675 | 4,248 km² ( 1,640 sq mi) | |
Klamath County | 035 | Klamath Falls | 1882 | Western part of Lake County | The Klamath who have lived here for 10,000 years. | 67,410 | 15,397 km² ( 5,945 sq mi) | |
Lake County | 037 | Lakeview | 1874 | Jackson and Wasco Counties | Lots of lakes and hot springs. | 8,015 | 20,565 km² ( 7,940 sq mi) | |
Lane County | 039 | Eugene | 1851 | Southern part of Linn County and Benton Counties | General Joseph Lane (1801–1881), first governor of the Oregon Territory | 365.940 | 11,795 km² ( 4,554 sq mi) | |
Lincoln County | 041 | Newport | 1893 | Western part of Benton County and Polk Counties | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), sixteenth President. | 47,735 | 2,538 km² ( 980 sq mi) | |
Linn County | 043 | Albany | 1847 | Southern part of Champoeg (later Marion) County | US Senator Lewis F. Linn (1795–1843) from Missouri , author of the Donation Land Act , which gave settlers free access to the land. | 122,315 | 5,934 km² ( 2,291 sq mi) | |
Malheur County | 045 | Vale | 1887 | Southern part of Baker County | Malheur River (more precisely Riviere au Malheur , unfortunate river ), because French trappers furs and other things were stolen on the river. | 31,705 | 25,610 km² ( 9,888 sq mi) | |
Marion County | 047 | Salem | 1843 | One of the original four districts of the Oregon Territory | Francis Marion (1732–1795), general in the American Revolutionary War | 333,950 | 3,069 km² ( 1,185 sq mi) | |
Morrow County | 049 | Heppner | 1885 | Western part of Umatilla County and a small part of Wasco County | Jackson L. Morrow , an Oregon politician who campaigned for this county to be established. | 11,745 | 5,265 km² ( 2,033 sq mi) | |
Multnomah County | 051 | Portland | 1854 | Eastern part of Washington and northern part of Clackamas County | After the Multnomah settlement on Sauvie Island. The word originated from nematlnomaq , which means something like "downstream". Lewis and Clark have called all of the Indians in the area that since 1805. | 790.670 | 1,127 km² ( 435 sq mi) | |
Polk County | 053 | Dallas | 1845 | Yamhill District | James Knox Polk (1795–1849) was president when the county was established | 79,730 | 1,919 km² ( 741 sq mi) | |
Sherman County | 055 | Moro | 1889 | Wasco County | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), Civil War general, author, and businessman | 1,795 | 2,132 km² ( 823 sq mi) | |
Tillamook County | 057 | Tillamook | 1853 | Clatsop, Yamhill and Polk Counties | Tillamook (also Killamook) people. | 25,920 | 2,854 km² ( 1,102 sq mi) | |
Umatilla County | 059 | Pendleton | 1862 | Parts of Wasco County | Sahaptin (language), it means possibly laughing water . | 79,880 | 8,327 km² ( 3,215 sq mi) | |
Union County | 061 | La Grande | 1864 | Baker County | The city of Union , which was founded two years earlier and is so called, because of the "unity" of the states in the civil war. | 26,745 | 5,276 km² ( 2,037 sq mi) | |
Wallowa County | 063 | Enterprise | 1887 | Eastern parts of Union County. | A word used by the Nez Perce Indians to describe a rack for fishing. | 7.140 | 8,146 km² ( 3,145 sq mi) | |
Wasco County | 065 | The dalles | 1854 | Portions of Clackamas, Lane, Linn and Marion Counties | Wasco (also Wascopam), an Indian tribe. | 26,700 | 6,167 km² ( 2,381 sq mi) | |
Washington County | 067 | Hillsboro | 1843 | One of the original four districts of Oregon (as the Twality District) | George Washington (1732–1799), founding father of the United States and its first president | 583,595 | 1,875 km² ( 724 sq mi) | |
Wheeler County | 069 | fossil | 1899 | Portions of Grant, Gilliam, and Crook Counties | Henry H. Wheeler, who ran a postal service. | 1,465 | 4,442 km² ( 1,715 sq mi) | |
Yamhill County | 071 | McMinnville | 1843 | One of the original four districts of Oregon | The Yamhill , were a Kalapuya tribe who lived on the Yamhill River . | 104,990 | 1,854 km² ( 716 sq mi) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ EPA County FIPS Code Listing . EPA. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^ A b c National Association of Counties: NACo - Find a county . Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ A b Oregon State Archives: County Government . In: Oregon Blue Book . Retrieved February 23, 2008.
- ↑ Certified Population Estimates for Oregon and Counties (2016) . In: Population Research Center . Portland State University. December 15, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2017.