Oregon County Resources
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This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
A major resource for identifying records and where they are deposited and used in developing the following county chart is the Oregon State Archives' online 'Oregon Historical County Records Guide' http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/county/cphome.html. It provides a map, history and guide to the status of each county's records. Consider it one of the first resources for seeking county records.
| Map | County | County Address | Date Formed | Parent County(ies) | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H3 | Baker | 1995 Third St., Baker City 97814 | 1862 | Wasco | 1871 | 1862 | 1905 | 1862 | 1862 | 1862 |
| B3 | Benton | 120 N.W. 4th, Corvallis 97330 | 1847 | Polk | 1907 | 1850 | 1907 | 1851 | 1850 | 1849 |
| Champoeg | 1843 (renamed Marion, 1849) | original | ||||||||
| C2 | Clackamas | 906 Main St., Oregon City 97045 | 1843 | original | 1902 | 1848 | 1902 | 1850 | 1844 | 1845 |
| A1 | Clatsop | 749 Commercial, Astoria 97103 | 1844 | Tuality District | 1894 | 1851 | 1903 | 1849 | 1847 | 1847 |
| B1 | Columbia | Courthouse, St. Helens 97051 | 1854 | Washington | 1907 | 1854 | 1907 | 1850 | 1850 | 1854 |
| A5 | Coos | 205 N. Baxter, Coquille 97423 | 1853 | Jackson/Umpqua | 1888 | 1853 | 1906 | 1854 | 1852 | 1853 |
| E4 | Crook | 300 E. Third, Prineville 97754 | 1882 | Wasco | 1907 | 1882 | 1907 | 1864 | 1882 | 1882 |
| A7 | Curry | 29821 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach 97444 | 1855 | Coos | 1856 | 1856 | 1856 | 1856 | ||
| D4 | Deschutes | 1130 NW Harriman, Bend 97701 | 1916 | Crook | 1916 | 1916 | 1869 | 1916 | 1883 | |
| B5 | Douglas | 1036 S.E. Douglas, Roseburg 97470 | 1851 | Umpqua | 1903 | 1852 | 1903 | 1851 | 1852 | 1852 |
| E2 | Gilliam | 221 S. Oregon St., Condon 97823 | 1885 | Wasco | 1903 | 1885 | 1912 | 1871 | 1884 | 1859 |
| G3 | Grant | 201 S. Humbolt, Canyon City 97820 | 1864 | Umatilla/Wasco | 1894 | 1864 | 1915 | 1862 | 1864 | 1864 |
| G6 | Harney | 450 N. Buena Vista, Burns 97720 | 1889 | Grant | 1889 | 1871 | 1889 | 1885 | ||
| D1 | Hood River | 309 State St., Hood River 97031-2093 | 1908 | Wasco | 1907 | 1908 | 1907 | 1861 | 1868 | 1875 |
| B7 | Jackson | 10 S. Oakdale, Medford 97501 | 1852 | Lane | 1906 | 1855 | 1906 | 1853 | 1853 | 1853 |
| D3 | Jefferson | 75 SE 'C' St., Madras 97741 | 1914 | Crook | 1886 | 1882 | 1886 | 1864 | 1883 | 1881 |
| A7 | Josephine | 500 NW Sixth St., Grants Pass 97526 | 1856 | Jackson | 1906 | 1857 | 1906 | 1854 | 1848 | 1854 |
| D6 | Klamath | 305 Main St., Klamath Falls 97601 | 1882 | Lake | 1882 | 1870 | 1882 | 1872 | ||
| E6 | Lake | 513 Center St., Lakeview 97630 | 1874 | Jackson/Wasco | 1875 | 1870 | 1875 | 1874 | ||
| Land added from Grant County in 1885. | ||||||||||
| B4 | Lane | 125 E. Eighth , Eugene 97401 | 1851 | Linn/Umpqua/Benton | 1882 | 1852 | 1882 | 1854 | 1852 | 1852 |
| A3 | Lincoln | 225 W. Olive St., Newport 97365 | 1893 | Benton/Polk | 1907 | 1893 | 1907 | 1865 | 1867 | 1855 |
| C3 | Linn | 300 Fourth Ave. SW, Albany 97321 | 1847 | Champoeg | 1903 | 1850 | 1903 | 1853 | 1850 | 1854 |
| J6 | Malheur | 251 B St. W., Vale 97918 | 1887 | Baker | 1907 | 1880 | 1907 | 1863 | 1886 | 1861 |
| B2 | Marion | 100 High St. N.E., Salem 97301 | 1843 | (as Champoeg; renamed 1849) original | 1871 | 1849 | 1907 | 1850 | 1843 | 1841 |
| F1 | Morrow | 100 Court St., Heppner 97836 | 1885 | Umatilla/Wasco | 1905 | 1885 | 1905 | 1861 | 1885 | 1868 |
| C1 | Multnomah | Records Center, 1620 S.E. 190th Ave., Portland 97233 | 1854 | Clackamas/Washington | 1864 (Portland) | 1855 | 1862 (Portland) | 1849 | 1850 | 1849 |
| B3 | Polk | 850 Main St., Dallas 97338 | 1845 | Yamhill District | 1903 | 1848 | 1903 | 1851 | 1847 | 1846 |
| E2 | Sherman | 500 Court St., Moro 97039 | 1889 | Wasco | 1904 | 1889 | 1905 | 1859 | 1888 | 1870 |
| A2 | Tillamook | 201 Laurel Ave., Tillamook 97141 | 1853 | Clatsop/Yamhill/Polk | 1903 | 1854 | 1903 | 1854 | 1859 | 1854 |
| Tuality | 1843 (renamed Washington, 1849) | Original | ||||||||
| G1 | Umatilla | 216 S.E. 4th, Pendleton 97801 | 1862 | Wasco | 1890 | 1862 | 1892 | 1861 | 1863 | 1862 |
| Umpqua | 1851'63 (became part of Douglas, 1862) | Benton | ||||||||
| H2 | Union | 1001 4th St. Ste. D, La Grande 97850 | 1864 | Baker | 1905 | 1864 | 1905 | 1864 | 1864 | 1864 |
| G1 | Wallowa | 101 S. River, Enterprise 97828 | 1887 | Union | 1905 | 1879 | 1905 | 1875 | 1886 | 1887 |
| D2 | Wasco | 511 Washington, The Dalles 97058 | 1854 | Marion/Clackamas/Linn | 1865 | 1854 | 1865 | 1854 | 1854 | 1848 |
| B1 | Washington | 155 N. First, Hillsboro 97124 | 1843 | (as Tuality District; renamed 1849) original | 1907 | 1842 | 1903 | 1847 | 1842 | 1844 |
| F3 | Wheeler | 701 Adams St., Fossil 97830 | 1899 | Crook/Gilliam/Grant | 1915 | 1896 | 1915 | 1865 | 1887 | 1888 |
| B2 | Yamhill | 535 E. Fifth, McMinnville 97128 | 1843 | original | 1871 | 1856 | 1875 | 1852 | 1849 | 1843 |
