|
Name |
Date Est. |
Origin of Name |
City Seat |
|
Baker |
9/22/1862 |
Named after Col. Edward D. Baker |
Baker City |
|
Benton |
12/23/1847 |
Named after Sen. Thomas Hart Benton |
Corvallis |
|
Clackamas |
7/5/1843 |
Named for Clackamas Indians |
Oregon City |
|
Clatsop |
6/22/1844 |
Named for Clatsop Indians |
Astoria |
|
Columbia |
1/16/1854 |
Captain Robert Gray, commanding the Columbia Rediviva, landed on Columbia County's timbered shoreline in 1792. |
St. Helens |
|
Coos |
12/22/1853 |
Derives from a native Coos Bay Indian Tribe |
Coquille |
|
Crook |
10/24/1882 |
Named for Maj. Gen. George Crook |
Prineville |
|
Curry |
12/18/1855 |
Named after Gov. George L. Curry |
Gold Beach |
|
Deschutes |
12/13/1916 |
French-Canadian fur trappers of the Hudson’s Bay Company gave the name Riviere des Chutes (River of the Falls) to the Deschutes River, from which Deschutes County took its name. |
Bend |
|
Douglas |
1/7/1852 |
Named after Sen. Stephen A. Douglas |
Roseburg |
|
Gilliam |
2/25/1885 |
Named after Col. Cornelius Gilliam |
Condon |
|
Grant |
10/14/1864 |
Named after Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
Canyon City |
|
Harney |
2/25/1889 |
Named after Harney Lake which was named after Maj. Gen. William S. Harney |
Burns |
|
Hood River |
6/23/1908 |
Named for Hood River |
Hood River |
|
Jackson |
1/12/1852 |
Named for Pres. Andrew Jackson |
Medford |
|
Jefferson |
12/12/1914 |
Named for Mount Jefferson |
Madras |
|
Josephine |
1/22/1856 |
Named for Virginia “Josephine” Rollins |
Grants Pass |
|
Klamath |
10/17/1882 |
Named for the Klamath or “Clamitte” tribe of Indians |
Klamath Falls |
|
Lake |
10/24/1874 |
Poss. named for numerous lakes |
Lakeview |
|
Lane |
1/28/1851 |
Named for Gen. Joseph Lane |
Eugene |
|
Lincoln |
2/20/1893 |
Named for Pres. Abraham Lincoln |
Newport |
|
Linn |
12/28/1847 |
Named for Sen. Lewis F. Linn |
Albany |
|
Malheur |
2/17/1887 |
Derives its name from the “Riviere au Malheur” |
Vale |
|
Marion |
7/5/1843 |
Named for Gen. Francis Marion |
Salem |
|
Morrow |
2/16/1885 |
Named for J.L. Morrow |
Heppner |
|
Multnomah |
12/22/1854 |
Lewis and Clark made note of the Indian village of Multnomah on Sauvie Island in 1805, and applied that name to all local Indians. The name is derived from nematlnomaq, probably meaning “downriver.” |
Portland |
|
Polk |
12/22/1845 |
Named for Pres. James Knox Polk |
Dallas |
|
Sherman |
2/25/1889 |
Named for Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman |
Moro |
|
Tillamook |
12/15/1853 |
Name Tillamook comes from the Tillamook (or Killamook) Indians |
Tillamook |
|
Umatilla |
9/27/1862 |
Named for Umatilla City |
Pendleton |
|
Union |
10/14/1864 |
Named for the town of Union |
La Grande |
|
Wallowa |
2/11/1887 |
This rather isolated area was claimed by the Chief Joseph band of the Nez Perce as its hunting and fishing grounds. The Nez Perce used the word “wallowa” to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets |
Enterprise |
|
Wasco |
1/11/1854 |
Named for the Wasco (or Wascopam) Indian tribe |
The Dalles |
|
Washington |
7/5/1843 |
Named for President George Washington |
Hillsboro |
|
Wheeler |
2/17/1899 |
Named for Henry H. Wheeler |
Fossil |
|
Yamhill |
7/5/1843 |
Named after the Yamhelas, members of the Kalapuya Indian family |
McMinnville |
