Polk County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Polk County

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

Dallas was formerly named Cynthian.

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


 * 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 County set off.

15 Dec 1853: Tillamook County set off.

20 February 1893: Lincoln County set off.

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

Communities
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Airlie | 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

Trivia Tidbits
Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. &gt; Trivia Tidbits

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

Cemeteries (Rural)

 * Zena Cemetery, Salem BillionGraves

Census

 * 1849 Transcription and Index
 * 1856 Transcription and Index

Court Records
A wiki artaicle describing an online collection is found at:

Oregon, Polk County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Land and Property
Wiki articles describing land records online are found at Oregon, Polk County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records).

Rivers and Waterways
Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. &gt;&gt; Rivers and Waterways

Vital Records
The Family History Library has copies of some county records as following:

Linn County records of deaths 1903-1915, 1915-1947 (the cover title of this one is "Register of Physicians, Midwives and Undertakers", death certificates 1903-1947, coroner's inquest 1909-1960, index 1909-1960.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Monmouth Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Polk County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site
 * Oregon Polk County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)