Benton County, Oregon Genealogy

Benton county was created 23 December 1847 from Polk County. Named after Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri, who advocated U.S. control over Oregon Country.

Parts were taken to create Lincoln County 20 February 1893 and Umpqua County 28 January 1851.

The county seat is Corvallis.

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Benton County Court House as of July 2006.

Cities: Adair Village | Corvallis | Monroe | Philomath | Albany

Unincorporated Communities: Alder | Alpine | Alsea | Bellfountain | Blodgett | Calloway | Dawson | Dry Creek | Flynn | Glenbrook | Greenberry | Harris | Hoskins | Kings Valley | Kopplein | Lewisburg | Noon | North Albany | Peak | Russell | Summit | Wren

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

Neighboring Counties: Lane | Lincoln | Linn | Polk

Biographies
The History of Baker County; Baker County Historical Society, pub. 1986. FHL Book #975.575 H2hi (not available on microfilm)

An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney counties; Western Historical Publishing Company, pub. 1903. FHL 979.5 H2i, microfilm FHL #924599 item 1.

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

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