Baker County, Oregon Genealogy

United States &gt; Oregon &gt; Baker County

History

 * Named for U.S. Senator Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon, who was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in the Civil War.

Parent County
* Baker county was created from Wasco County 22 September 1862.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts were taken to form Union County 14 October 1864 and Malheur County 17 February 1887.
 * The Panhandle area between the Powder River and the Wallowa Mountains was returned from Union County 1 February 1901, forming the northeast corner of Baker County.

Records Held at Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Baker County Court House as of July 2005. This courthouse has the reputation of being the cleanest county record depository in the state of Oregon.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Baker City | Greenhorn | Haines | Halfway | Huntington | Richland | Sumpter | Unity
 * Communities: Auburn | Big Creek | Bourne | Bridgeport | Brownlee | Cableville | Carroll | Carson | China Town | Clarksville | Connor Creek | Copperfield | Cornucopia | Cracker City | Durkee | Encina | Erwin | Estes | Granite | Hereford | Homestead | Hutchinson | Jett | Jimtown | Keating | Lime | Little Alps | McEwen | Medical Springs | Muddy Creek | New Bridge | Oxbow | Parkersville | Pine | Pine Creek | Pleasant Valley | Pocahontas | Robinette | Rock Creek | Rye Valley | Sanger | Sparta | Sunset | Whitney | Wingville

Discontinued Post Offices
Anthony | Arthur | Audrey | Augusta |

Neighboring Counties
Grant | Harney | Malheur | Union | Wallowa | Idaho counties: Adams | Washington

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

 * Assemblies of God
 * Baker City
 * Baptist
 * Calvary Baptist
 * Elkhorn Baptist
 * First Baptist
 * Bible Fellowship
 * Baker Bible Fellowship
 * McEwen Bible Fellowship
 * Christian Church
 * Baker City
 * Richland
 * Christian Center
 * Pine Valley
 * Christian Science
 * Church of Christ
 * Church of God
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907; microfilm FHL #781501 item 8. (Covers Baker City, Bramwell, Cove, Emmett Idaho, Imbler, Indian Valley, La Grande, Mount Glen, Pine Grove and Union wards.)
 * Halfway Branch
 * Baker City First Ward
 * Baker City Second Ward
 * Baker Valley Ward
 * Church of the Nazarene
 * Baker City
 * New Bridge
 * Community Church
 * Burnt River
 * Elk Horn
 * Episcopal
 * St. Stephen's
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Baker City
 * Halfway
 * Lutheran
 * Pentacostal
 * Victory Tabernacle
 * Presbyterian
 * First Presbyterian
 * Pine Valley Presbyterian
 * Roman Catholic
 * St. Francis de Sales
 * Seventh-Day Adventist
 * Baker City
 * Richland
 * United Methodist
 * Baker City
 * Richland

Court

 * Baker County, Oregon

Baker County Courthouse

1995 Third

Baker City, OR 97814

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Baker County
 * The Baker County ORGenWeb Project, an member of The ORGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Baker County