Morrow County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Morrow County

County Courthouse
Morrow County Courthouse 100 N Court Street Heppner, OR 97836 Phone:. 541.676.5603 County Clerk has marriage, probate, divorce and court records from 1885



Parent Counties
16 February 1885: Morrow county was created from the western portion of Umatilla and the small eastern portion of Wasco Counties.

Named for Jackson L. Morrow, one of the first settlers of Morrow County, who was a member of the state legislature when the county was created.

The county seat is Heppner.


 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Morrow County Court House as of September/October 2003.
 * Record Loss:

Cities
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Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington

Communities
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Eightmile | Ruggs

Discontinued Post Offices
Acton | Alpine |

Neighboring Counties
Gilliam | Grant | Umatilla | Wheeler | Benton, Washington | Klickitat, Washington

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

 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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


 * Columbia River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon

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
 * Boardman Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Morrow County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site)