Baker County, Oregon Genealogy

Baker county was created from Wasco County 22 September 1862. Parts were taken to form Union County 14 October 1864 and Malheur County 17 February 1887. The Panhandle area between the Powder River and the Wallowa Mountains was returned from Union County 1 February 1901, forming the northeast corner of Baker County. Named for U.S. Senator Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon, who was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in the Civil War.

The county seat is Baker City.

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Baker County Court House as of July 2005. This courthouse has the reputation of being the cleanest county record depository in the state of Oregon.

Cities: Baker City | Greenhorn | Haines | Halfway | Huntington | Richland | Sumpter | Unity

Unincorporated Communities: Auburn | Big Creek | Bourne | Bridgeport | Carson | Copperfield | Cornucopia | Durkee | Granite | Hereford | Homestead | Keating | McEwen | Medical Springs | Muddy Creek | Oxbow | Pine (east) | Pine (west) | Pleasant Valley | Pocahontas | Pondosa | Rock Creek | Sparta | Whitney | Wingville

Genealogy Websites: The Baker County GenWeb Project

Neighboring Counties: Grant | Harney | Malheur | Union | Wallowa | Adams, Idaho | Washington, Idaho

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