Benton County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Benton Plaza Building 408 SW Monroe Ave Suite 111, Mezzanine Level Corvallis, OR 97339-3020

History



 * Named after Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri, who advocated U.S. control over Oregon Country.
 * Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Parent County

 * Created 23 December 1847 from Polk County.

Boundary Changes

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

Neighboring Counties
Lane | Lincoln | Linn | Polk

Web Sites

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