Douglas County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
1036 SE Douglas Street Roseburg, OR 97470

History

 * Named for U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.
 * Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Parent County

 * created from the part of Umpqua County lying east of Coast Range summit 7 January 1852.

Boundary Changes

 * Part was taken to form Wasco County 11 January 1854.
 * Camas Valley of Umpqua County was annexed to Douglas County in 1856.
 * Douglas County absorbed the remaining parts of Umpqua County in 1862.
 * Boundary adjustments were made with Jackson and Lane counties in 1915.

Records Held at the Courthouse

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

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

Web Sites

 * The Douglas County GenWeb Project;part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Douglas County
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Douglas County.