Harney County, Oregon Genealogy

United States &gt; Oregon &gt; Harney County

County Courthouse
450 N Buena Vista Avenue Burns, OR 97720-1533

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Harney County Court House as of October 2003.


 * Record Loss:

Quick History


Named for Brig. Gen. William S. Harney of U.S. Army, who was involved in "Pig War" and popular in the Pacific Northwest.

Wikipedia

Parent County
23 February 1889: Harney county was created from Grant County.

Boundary Changes
No parts were taken to create any county.

Cities
Burns | Hines

Communities
Andrews | Buchanan | Crane | Diamond | Drewsey | Dunnean | Fields | Frenchglen | Frost Mill | Harney | Indian Village | Lawen | Narrows | New Princeton | Princeton | Riley | Suntex | Trout Creek | Van | Venator | Voltage | Wagontire

Neighboring Counties
Crook | Deschutes | Grant | Lake | Malheur | Nevada counties: Humboldt | Washoe

Census

 * 1870, part of Grant County. Entire area that later formed Harney County was not enumerated.
 * 1880, part of Grant County. Entire area that later formed Harney County was not enumerated.
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Websites

 * The Harney County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Harney County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Harney County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Harney County.