Benton County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Benton County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.benton.or.us/ 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 Facts


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.

Cities
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Adair Village | Albany | Corvallis | Monroe | Philomath

Communities
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Alder | Alpine | Alsea | Bellfountain | Blodgett | Dawson | Flynn | Glenbrook | Greenberry | Hoskins | Kings Valley | Lewisburg | Noon | Summit | Wren

Neighboring Counties
Lane | Lincoln | Linn | Polk

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

 * 1850
 * 1853 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1854 Territorial Transcription and Index
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Rivers and Waterways
Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. &gt;&gt; Rivers and Waterways

Websites

 * The Benton County GenWeb Project, an member of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Benton County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Benton County
 * Family History Library catalog for Benton County
 * Oregon, Benton County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)