Benton County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Benton Plaza Building 408 SW Monroe Ave Suite 111, Mezzanine Level Corvallis, OR 97339-3020

Records held at County Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Benton County Court House as of July 2006.


 * Record Loss:

Quick History



 * Named after Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri, who advocated U.S. control over Oregon Country.
 * Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Parent County
23 December 1847: from Polk County.

Boundary Changes
20 February 1893: Lincoln County.

28 January 1851: Umpqua County.

Neighboring Counties
Lane | Lincoln | Linn | Polk

Census

 * 1850
 * 1854
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Web Sites

 * The Benton County GenWeb Project, an member of The ORGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Benton County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Benton County
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Benton County