Coos County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Coos County

County Courthouse
Coos County Courthouse 250 N Baxter Street Coquille, OR 97423 Phone: 541.396.3121 County Clerk has birth and death records 1906-1929, marriage records from 1857, land records from 1854, widows’ military pensions 1929-1950 and some school records; State Courts have divorce and probate records

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Coos County Court House as of August/September 2004.


 * Record Loss:

Quick Facts
Named after a tribe of Native Americans who lived in the area.

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

Parent Counties
22 December 1853: Created from Umpqua and Jackson Counties.

Boundary Changes
18 December 1855: Part was taken to form Curry County.

Cities
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Bandon | Coos Bay | Coquille | Lakeside | Myrtle Point | North Bend | Powers

Communities
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Allegany | Arago | Barview | Bunker Hill | Charleston | Remote

Neighboring Counties
Curry | Douglas

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

 * 1855 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1857 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1858 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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
 * Coos Bay Oregon Family History Center (North Bend)

Websites

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