Jefferson County, Oregon Genealogy

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Courthouse
66 SE D Street, Suite D, Madras, Oregon 97741


 * Culver was the county seat 1914 to 1916

History

 * Named for Mount Jefferson, located on west boundary. It was named in turn for Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States of America.

Parent County

 * Created from Crook County 12 Decembr 1914.

Records Held at the Courthouse
County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Jefferson County Court House as of August 2005.

Indian Reservation

 * Warm Springs (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)

Neighboring Counties
Crook | Deschutes | Linn | Marion | Wasco | Wheeler

Cemeteries (rural area)
Gray Butte Cemetery

Local Histories

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

Websites

 * The Jefferson County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Jefferson County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Jefferson County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Jefferson County.