Sherman County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Sherman County

County Courthouse
http://www.sherman-county.com/ 500 Court Street P.O. Box 283 Moro, Oregon 97039

Parent County
25 February 1889: Sherman county was created from Wasco County. Named for William Tecumseh Sherman, Union general in the American Civil War.


 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Sherman County Court House as of September 2006.
 * Record Loss:

Cities
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Grass Valley | Moro | Rufus | Wasco

Communities
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Ainsworth | Biggs Junction | Kent

Neighboring Counties
Gilliam | Wasco | 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
 * Barlow Road 1846 from The Dalles to Oregon City

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

Websites

 * The Sherman County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site