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The following is a list of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Oregon Constitution does not explicitly provide for county seats; Article VI, covering the "Administrative Department" of the state of Oregon, simply states that:
More details on the etymologies of Oregon county names and place names in general are documented in Oregon Geographic Names. Oregon's postal abbreviation is OR and its FIPS state code is 41.
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The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
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County |
FIPS Code [2] |
County seat [3] |
Established [3] |
Origin [4] |
Etymology [4] |
Population [3] |
Area [3] |
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| Baker County | 001 | Baker City | 1862 | Wasco County, Union County and Malheur County | Edward Dickinson Baker, a senator from Oregon who was killed at Ball's Bluff, a battle of the American Civil War | 16,741 | 3,068 sq mi (7,946 km 2) |
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| Benton County | 003 | Corvallis | 1847 | Polk County | Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator who advocated U.S. control over the Oregon Country | 78,153 | 676 sq mi (1,751 km 2) |
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| Clackamas County | 005 | Oregon City | 1843 | One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country | The Clackamas Indians, a Native American tribe living in the area. | 338,391 | 1,868 sq mi (4,838 km 2) |
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| Clatsop County | 007 | Astoria | 1844 | Northern and western portions of the original Twality District | Clatsop tribe of Native Americans, who lived along the coast of the Pacific Ocean prior to European settlement | 35,630 | 827 sq mi (2,142 km 2) |
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| Columbia County | 009 | Saint Helens | 1854 | Northern half of Washington County | Columbia River, which forms the county's eastern and northern borders | 43,560 | 657 sq mi (1,702 km 2) |
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| Coos County | 011 | Coquille | 1853 | Western parts of Umpqua and Jackson Counties | The Coos Tribe of Native Americans who lived in the region | 62,779 | 1,600 sq mi (4,144 km 2) |
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| Crook County | 013 | Prineville | 1882 | Southern part of Wasco County | George Crook (1828 – 1890), a U.S. Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars | 19,182 | 2,980 sq mi (7,718 km 2) |
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| Curry County | 015 | Gold Beach | 1855 | Coos County | George Law Curry (1820-1878), a governor of the Oregon Territory | 21,137 | 1,627 sq mi (4,214 km 2) |
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| Deschutes County | 017 | Bend | 1916 | Southern part of Crook County | The Deschutes River, which flows thourgh the county. | 115,367 | 3,018 sq mi (7,817 km 2) |
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| Douglas County | 019 | Roseburg | 1852 | Portion of Umpqua County which lay east of the Coast Range summit | Stephen A. Douglas (1813 - 1861), a U.S. politician who supported Oregon statehood | 100,399 | 5,037 sq mi (13,046 km 2) |
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| Gilliam County | 021 | Condon | 1885 | Eastern third of Wasco County | Cornelius Gilliam (1798 - 1848), a pioneer who commanded the forces of the Provisional Government of Oregon after the Whitman Massacre | 1,915 | 1,204 sq mi (3,118 km 2) |
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| Grant County | 023 | Canyon City | 1864 | Parts of old Wasco and old Umatilla counties | Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885), army officer who served in the Oregon Territory; a Union general in the American Civil War at the time of the county's creation; and subsequently President of the United States (1869–1877) | 7,935 | 4,529 sq mi (11,730 km 2) |
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| Harney County | 025 | Burns | 1889 | Southern two-thirds of Grant County | William S. Harney (1800 - 1889), a cavalry officer of the period, who was involved in the Pig War | 7,609 | 10,135 sq mi (26,250 km 2) |
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| Hood River County | 027 | Hood River | 1908 | Northwest portion of Wasco County | The Hood River (a tributary of the Columbia River), which flows through the county | 20,411 | 522 sq mi (1,352 km 2) |
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| Jackson County | 029 | Medford | 1852 | Southwestern portion of Lane County and the unorganized area south of Douglas and Umpqua Counties | Andrew Jackson (1767 – 1845), the seventh President of the United States | 202,310 | 2,785 sq mi (7,213 km 2) |
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| Jefferson County | 031 | Madras | 1914 | Crook County | Mount Jefferson, which is located on its western boundary. | 19,009 | 1,781 sq mi (4,613 km 2) |
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| Josephine County | 033 | Grants Pass | 1856 | Western half of Jackson County | Virginia "Josephine" Rollins, the first white woman to make this county her home. | 75,726 | 1,640 sq mi (4,248 km 2) |
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| Klamath County | 035 | Klamath Falls | 1882 | Western part of Lake County | The Klamath or Clamitte tribe, which has had a presence in the area for 10,000 years. | 63,775 | 5,945 sq mi (15,397 km 2) |
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| Lake County | 037 | Lakeview | 1874 | Jackson and Wasco Counties | Numerous lakes and hot springs. | 7,422 | 8,136 sq mi (21,072 km 2) |
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| Lane County | 039 | Eugene | 1851 | Southern part of Linn County and the portion of Benton County east of Umpqua County | Gen. Joseph Lane (1801 – 1881), the first governor of Oregon Territory | 322,959 | 4,554 sq mi (11,795 km 2) |
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| Lincoln County | 041 | Newport | 1893 | Western portion of Benton County and Polk County | Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), sixteenth President of the United States. | 44,479 | 980 sq mi (2,538 km 2) |
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| Linn County | 043 | Albany | 1847 | Southern portion of Champoeg (later Marion) County | U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn (1795 – 1843) of Missouri, author of the Donation Land Act, which provided free land to settlers in the West. | 103,069 | 2,291 sq mi (5,934 km 2) |
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| Malheur County | 045 | Vale | 1887 | Southern portion of Baker County | Malheur River (formally "Riviere au Malheur" or "Unfortunate River"), named by French trappers whose property and furs were stolen from their river encampment. | 31,615 | 9,888 sq mi (25,610 km 2) |
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| Marion County | 047 | Salem | 1843 | One of the original four districts of the Oregon territory | Francis Marion (1732 – 1795), American Revolutionary War general | 284,834 | 1,185 sq mi (3,069 km 2) |
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| Morrow County | 049 | Heppner | 1885 | Western portion of Umatilla County and a small portion of eastern Wasco County | Jackson L. Morrow, an early resident | 10,995 | 2,033 sq mi (5,265 km 2) |
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| Multnomah County | 051 | Portland | 1854 | Eastern part of Washington and the northern part of Clackamas counties | The Indian village of Multnomah, on Sauvie Island. The word is derived from nematlnomaq, probably meaning downriver. Lewis and Clark made note of the name in 1805, and applied that name to all local Indians. | 660,486 | 435 sq mi (1,127 km 2) |
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| Polk County | 053 | Dallas | 1845 | Yamhill District | James Knox Polk (1795 – 1849), President of the United States at the time of the county's creation | 62,380 | 741 sq mi (1,919 km 2) |
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| Sherman County | 055 | Moro | 1889 | Northeast corner of Wasco County | William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War general, and businessman, educator, and author | 1,934 | 823 sq mi (2,132 km 2) |
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| Tillamook County | 057 | Tillamook | 1853 | Clatsop, Yamhill and Polk Counties | Tillamook (or Killamook) Native American people. | 24,262 | 1,102 sq mi (2,854 km 2) |
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| Umatilla County | 059 | Pendleton | 1862 | Portion of Wasco County | Traces its creation in 1862 to the regional gold rushes, which spawned the riverport of Umatilla City (just above the mouth of the Umatilla River) and brought stockraisers to the lush grasslands. | 70,548 | 3,215 sq mi (8,327 km 2) |
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| Union County | 061 | La Grande | 1864 | Baker County | The town of Union, which had been established two years before and named by its founders for the "Union" of the states during the Civil War. | 24,530 | 2,037 sq mi (5,276 km 2) |
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| Wallowa County | 063 | Enterprise | 1887 | Eastern portion of Union County. | The Nez Perce word wallowa to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets. The area was claimed by the Chief Joseph band of the Nez Perce as its hunting and fishing grounds | 7,226 | 3,145 sq mi (8,146 km 2) |
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| Wasco County | 065 | The Dalles | 1854 | Parts of Clackamas, Lane, Linn and Marion counties | The Wasco (or Wascopam) Native American tribe. | 23,791 | 2,381 sq mi (6,167 km 2) |
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| Washington County | 067 | Hillsboro | 1843 | One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country (as Twality District) | George Washington (1732 – 1799), Founding Father of the United States and first President of the United States | 445,342 | 724 sq mi (1,875 km 2) |
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| Wheeler County | 069 | Fossil | 1899 | Parts of Grant, Gilliam, and Crook Counties | Henry H. Wheeler, who operated the first mail stage line from The Dalles to Canyon City. | 1,547 | 1,715 sq mi (4,442 km 2) |
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| Yamhill County | 071 | McMinnville | 1843 | One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country | The Yamhelas, members of the Kalapuya Native American family, who lived along the Yamhill River in the western Willamette Valley. | 84,992 | 716 sq mi (1,854 km 2) |
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List of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Oregon counties are also listed in order of per-capita income.
Oregon's postal abbreviation is OR and its FIPS state code is 41.
| FIPS county code | County name |
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| 001 | Baker County |
| 003 | Benton County |
| 005 | Clackamas County |
| 007 | Clatsop County |
| 009 | Columbia County |
| 011 | Coos County |
| 013 | Crook County |
| 015 | Curry County |
| 017 | Deschutes County |
| 019 | Douglas County |
| 021 | Gilliam County |
| 023 | Grant County |
| 025 | Harney County |
| 027 | Hood River County |
| 029 | Jackson County |
| 031 | Jefferson County |
| 033 | Josephine County |
| 035 | Klamath County |
| 037 | Lake County |
| 039 | Lane County |
| 041 | Lincoln County |
| 043 | Linn County |
| 045 | Malheur County |
| 047 | Marion County |
| 049 | Morrow County |
| 051 | Multnomah County |
| 053 | Polk County |
| 055 | Sherman County |
| 057 | Tillamook County |
| 059 | Umatilla County |
| 061 | Union County |
| 063 | Wallowa County |
| 065 | Wasco County |
| 067 | Washington County |
| 069 | Wheeler County |
| 071 | Yamhill County |
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