Lane County, Oregon Genealogy

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History and Tidbits
Lane county was created from Linn and Umpqua Counties 28 January 1854. Named for Joseph Lane, the first governor of Oregon Territory. Part was taken to form Wasco County 11 January 1854.

The county seat is Eugene.

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Lane County Court House as of July 2005.

Cities
Coburg | Cottage Grove | Creswell | Dunes City | Eugene | Florence | Junction City | Lowell | Oakridge | Springfield | Veneta | Westfir

Communities
Acme | Ada | Alma | Alvadore | Amos | Belknap Springs | Bethel | Blachly | Black Butte | Blue River | Bohemia | Bolly | Brickerville | Canary | Cedar Flat | Cheshire | Clvoerdale | College Hill | Crow | Culp Creek | Cushman | Danebo | Deadwood | Deerhorn | Dexter | Disston | Dorena | Dorena | Earl | Elmira | Estrup | Fall Creek | Fern Ridge Shores | Finn Rock | Fir Grove | Foley Springs | Fox Hollow | Franklin | Glenada | Glenwood | Glenwood (historical) | Goldson | Goshen | Greenelaf | Hadley | Heceta Beach | Horton | Irving | Jasper | Lancaster | Latham | Leaburg | Linslaw | London | London Springs | Lorane | Low Pass | Mabel | Mapleton | Marcola | McCredie Springs | McKenzie Bridge | Mercer | Mill Camp | Minerva | Mohawk | Mohawk Post | Mound | Nimrod | North Beach | North Springfield | Noti | Paris | Pleasant Hill | Point Terrace | Rainbow | Rainrock | Reed | River Road | Royal | Saginaw | Santa Clara | Searose Beach | Siltcoos | Siuslaw | Starrs Point | Swisshome | Thurston | Tiernan | Trent | Triangle Lake | Unity | Vaughn | Veatch | Vida | Walden | Walker | Wallace | Walterville | Walton | Wendling | Westlake | Wildwood | Willamette City | Winberry | Wolf Creek

Neighboring Counties
Benton | Deschutes | Douglas | Klamath | Lincoln | Linn |

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

Web Sites
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orlane/ The Lane County GenWeb Project] part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project