Douglas County, Oregon Genealogy

History and Tidbits
Douglas county was created from Umpqua County 7 January 1852. Part was taken to form Wasco County 11 January 1854. Douglas County absorbed the remaining parts of Umpqua County in 1863. Named for U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The county seat is Roseburg.

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Douglas County Court House as of June 2005.

Cities
Canyonville | Drain | Elkton | Glendale | Myrtle Creek | Oakland | Reedsport | Riddle | Roseburg | Sutherlin | Winston | Yoncalla

Unincorporated Communities
Anchor | Anlauf | Ash | Azalea | Booth | Brockway | Buck Fork | Calkins | Callahan | Calvert | Camas Valley | Civil Bend | Clearwater | Cleveland | Coles Valley | Comstock | Cow Creek | Curtin | Dads Creek | Days Creek | Diamond Lake | Dillard | Dixonville | Drew | East Gardiner | Edenbower | Elgarose | Elkhead | Fair Oaks | Fernvale | Fortune Branch | Galesville | Gardiner | Gazley | Glide | Green | Green Acres | Gunter | hawthorne | Hoaglin | Idleyld Park | Kellogg | Lavadoure | Leona| Lookingglass | Melrose | Millwood | Milo | North Fork | North Umpqua Village | Nugget | Oak Creek | Oaks | Olalla | Old Town | Peel | Perdue | Porter Creek | Quines Creek | Reston | Rice Hill | Riversdale | Rockland | Round Prairie | Scottsburg | Steamboat | Stephens | Sunnydale | Surprise Valley | Tenmile | Tiller | Toketee Falls | Tri-City | Tyee | Umpqua | Umpqua City | Union Gap | Weaver | Wilbur | Willard | Winchester | Wincehster Bay

Neighboring Counties
Coos | Curry | Jackson | Josephine | Klamath County | Lane

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

Genealogy Websites
The Douglas County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project Portal:Oregon