Douglas County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
The county seat is Roseburg.

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 Umpqua County 7 January 1852.

Boundary Changes

 * Part was taken to form Wasco County 11 January 1854.
 * Douglas County absorbed the remaining parts of Umpqua County in 1863.

Records Held at the Courthouse

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

Populated Places

 * Cities: Canyonville . Drain . Elkton . Glendale . Myrtle Creek . Oakland . Reedsport . Riddle . Roseburg . Sutherlin . Winston . Yoncalla
 * Communities: Anchor . Anlauf . Ash . Azalea . Booth . Brockway . Buck Fork . Calkins . Callahan . Calvert . Camas Valley . Civil Bend . Clearwater . Cleveland . Coles Valley . Comstock . Cow Creek . Curtin . Dads Creek . Days Creek . Diamond Lake . Dillard . Dixonville . Drew . East Gardiner . Edenbower . Elgarose . Elkhead . Fair Oaks . Fernvale . Fortune Branch . Galesville . Gardiner . Gazley . Glide . Green . Green Acres . Gunter . hawthorne . Hoaglin . Idleyld Park . Kellogg . Lavadoure . Leona. Lookingglass . Melrose . Millwood . Milo . North Fork . North Umpqua Village . Nugget . Oak Creek . Oaks . Olalla . Old Town . Peel . Perdue . Porter Creek . Quines Creek . Reston . Rice Hill . Riversdale . Rockland . Round Prairie . Scottsburg . Steamboat . Stephens . Sunnydale . Surprise Valley . Tenmile . Tiller . Toketee Falls . Tri-City . Tyee . Umpqua . Umpqua City . Union Gap . Weaver . Wilbur . Willard . Winchester . Wincehster Bay

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

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Douglas County
 * 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