Clackamas County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Clackamas County

County Courthouse
http://www.clackamas.us/clerk/ Clackamas County Office of the County Clerk 2051 Kaen Rd, 2nd floor Oregon City, OR 97045

Records held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Clackamas County Court House as of September/October 2006.


 * Record Loss

Quick Facts


Named after the Native Americans living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, part of the Chinookan people.

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

Parent County
5 July 1843: Clackamas county was created from the Oregon Territory.

Boundary Changes
11 January 1854: Wasco County set off.

22 December 1854: Multhomah County set off.

Cities
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Barlow | Canby | Damascus | Estacada | Gladstone | Happy Valley | Johnson City | Lake Oswego | Milwaukie | Molalla | Oregon City | Portland | Rivergrove | Sandy | Tualatin | West Linn | Wilsonville

Hamlets
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Beavercreek | Mulino | Stafford

Village
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Mount Hood Village

Communities
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Barton | Boring | Brightwood | Carver | Colton | Cottrell | Eagle Creek | Government Camp | Jennings Lodge | Liberal | Marmot | Marquam | Marylhurst | Oak Grove | Oatfield | Redland | Rhododendron | Riverside | Springwater | Wankers Corner | Welches | Wemme | Yoder | Zigzag

Neighboring Counties
Hood River | Marion | Multnomah | Wasco | Washington | 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

Census

 * 1845 Territorial Original, Transcription and Index
 * 1849 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1850
 * 1854 Original, Transcription and Index
 * 1855 State Original
 * 1856 Transcriptions and Index
 * 1857 State Original and Transcription
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Willamette River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * Applegate Trail 1846 from Winnemucca, Nevada to Oregon City, Oregon
 * Barlow Road 1846 from The Dalles to Oregon City

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

Family HIstory Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lake Oswego Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Clackamas County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Clackamas County