Wallowa County, Oregon Genealogy

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History and Tidbits
Wallowa county was created from Union County 11 February 1887. Named for Wallowa River. Lewis and Clark Expedition journals recorded Wil-le-wahas the name.

The county seat is Enterprise.

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Wallowa County Court House as of July 2004.

Cities
Enterprise | Joseph | Lostine | Wallowa

Unincorporated Communities
Alder | Armin | Bartlett | Chico | Copper | Eden | Eustis | Evans | Flora | Fruita | Grossman | Grouse | Imnaha | Imnaha River Woods | Lewis | Maxville | Minam | Paradise | Promise | Troy | Zumwalt

Neighboring Counties
Baker | Umatilla | Union | Idaho counties: Adams | Idaho | Nez Perce | Washington counties: Asotin | Columbia | Garfield |Walla Walla

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

Genealogy Websites
The Wallowa County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project.