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County Courthouse
County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Sherman County Court House as of September 2006.
Sherman County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column).
Historical Facts
Parent County
25 February 1889: Sherman county was created from Wasco County. Named for William Tecumseh Sherman, Union general in the American Civil War. [1]
Boundary Changes
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Cities
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Grass Valley | Moro | Rufus | Wasco
Communities
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Ainsworth | Biggs Junction | Kent
Neighboring Counties
Gilliam | Wasco | Klickitat, Washington
Trivia Tidbits
Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. > Trivia Tidbits
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
- 1890
- 1900
- 1910
- 1920
- 1930
Church History and Records
Court Records
Gazetteers
History
Land
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Sherman County, Oregon for European and African American settlers included:
- Columbia River
- Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon[2]
- Barlow Road 1846 from The Dalles to Oregon City
Military History and Records
Newspapers
Probate Records
Rivers and Waterways
Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. >> Rivers and Waterways
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies, Libraries, Museums
Family History Centers
Websites
- The Sherman County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092; FHLC Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)
- ↑ Jim Tompkins, "The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map VI" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap6.jpg (accessed 18 July 2011).
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