Yamhill County, Oregon Genealogy

United States &gt; Oregon &gt; Yamhill County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/ 535 E. 5th St., McMinnville, OR 97128


 * Records Held at the Courthouse

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Yamhill County Court House as of October 2005.


 * Record Loss:

Lafayette was a former county seat until 1886.

Quick Facts
Wikipedia

5 July 1843: Yamhill county was created from the Oregon Territory.

Named for a local Native American tribe, the Yamhill, a part of North Kalapuyan family.

Cities
Amity | Carlton | Dayton | Dundee | Lafayette | McMinnville | Newberg | Sheridan | Willamina | Yamhill

Communities
Bellevue | Cove Orchard | Dellwood | Dewey | Gopher | Grand Island | Hopewell | Lunnville | Midway | Rex | Riverside | Saint Joseph | Shipley | Springbrook | Sunnycrest | Wapato | Wheatland | Whiteson

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

Neighboring Counties
Clackamas | Marion | Polk | Tillamook | Washington

Census

 * 1845 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1849 Territorial Transcription and Index

Web Sites
The Yamhill GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project.