Polk County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
http://www.co.polk.or.us/Clerk/default.asp Polk County Clerk 850 Main Street Room 201 Dallas, OR 97338-3179 503-623-9217

Quick Facts
22 Decemeber 1845: Polk county was created from Yamhill County. Named James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States.

The county seat is Dallas. It was formerly named Cynthian.


 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Polk County Court House as of August 2007.
 * Record Loss:

Boundary Changes
23 Dec 1847: Benton

15 Dec 1853: Tillamook set off.

20 February 1893: Lincoln set off.

Cities
Dallas | Falls City | Independence | Monmouth | Salem | Willamina

Communities
Bethel | Bridgeport | Ellendale | Eola | Grand Ronde | Pedee | Perrydale | Rickreall | Valsetz | Zena

Indian Reservation
Grand Ronde (Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community - specifically Chasta, Kalapuya, Molalla, Rogue River, Klickitat, Chinook, Tillamook, French-Canadian (Iroqouian).

Neighboring Counties
Benton | Lincoln | Linn | Marion | Tillamook | Yamhill

Census

 * 1849 Transcription and Index
 * 1856 Transcription and Index

Church Records
Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Genealogy Websites
The Polk County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project.