Umatilla County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
http://www.co.umatilla.or.us/ 216 SE Fourth Street Pendleton, Or 97801 541-276-7111


 * Records Held at the Courthouse

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Umatilla County Court House as of June 2005.


 * Record Loss:

Quick Facts
Wikipedia

27 September 1862: Umatilla county was created from Wasco County.

Named after the Umatilla River. The name Umatilla is derived from the Native American name for the river, which was first recorded as Youmalolam in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Boundary Changes
14 October 1864: Grant

16 February 1885: Morrow County set off.

Cities
Adams | Athena | Echo | Helix | Hermiston | Milton-Freewater | Pendleton | Pilot Rock | Stanfield | Ukiah | Umatilla | Weston

Communities
Cayuse | Gopher Flats | Holdman | Kirkpatrick | Meacham | Mission | Ordnance | Riverside | Tutuilla

Indian Reservation
Umatilla (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla - specifically Sahaptin-speaking Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes)

Neighboring Counties
Grant | Morrow | Union | Wallowa | Washington counties: Benton | Columbia | Walla Walla

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

Census

 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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