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

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

 * Created 23 December 1847 from Polk County.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts were taken to create Lincoln County 20 February 1893 and Umpqua County 28 January 1851.

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

Neighboring Counties
Lane | Lincoln | Linn | Polk

Web Sites

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