Grant County, Oregon Genealogy

Grant county was created from Wasco &amp; Umatilla Counties 14 October 1864. Parts were taken to form Harney County 23 February 1899 and Wheeler County 17 February 1899. Named for General Ulysses S. Grant, General of the Union Army at the time.

The county seat is Canyon City.

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Grant County Court House as of July 2004.

Cities: Canyon City | Dayville | Granite | John Day | Long Creek | Monument | Mount Vernon | Prairie City | Seneca

Unincorporated Communities: Austin | Austin Junction | Bates | Beech Creek | Cabell City | Courtrock | Dale | Fox | Galena | Hamilton | Izee | Kimberly | Ritter | Silvies | Susanville

Genealogy Websites: The Grant County GenWeb Project

Neighboring Counties: Baker | Crook | Harney | Malheur | Morrow | Umatilla | Union | Wheeler

Portal: Oregon