Polk County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Polk County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.polk.or.us/Clerk/default.asp Polk County Clerk 850 Main Street Room 201 Dallas, OR 97338-3179 503-623-9217

Dallas was formerly named Cynthian.

Quick Facts
22 Decemeber 1845: Polk county was created from Yamhill County. Named James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States.


 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Polk County Court House as of August 2007.
 * Record Loss:

Boundary Changes
23 Dec 1847: Benton County set off.

15 Dec 1853: Tillamook County set off.

20 February 1893: Lincoln County set off.

Cities
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Dallas | Falls City | Independence | Monmouth | Salem | Willamina

Communities
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Airlie | Bethel | Bridgeport | Ellendale | Eola | Grand Ronde | Pedee | Perrydale | Rickreall | Valsetz | Zena

Indian Reservation
Grand Ronde (Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community - specifically Chasta, Kalapuya, Molalla, Rogue River, Klickitat, Chinook, Tillamook, French-Canadian (Iroqouian).

Neighboring Counties
Benton | Lincoln | Linn | Marion | Tillamook | Yamhill

Trivia Tidbits
Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. &gt; Trivia Tidbits

Biography
Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Cemeteries (Rural)

 * Zena Cemetery, Salem BillionGraves

Census

 * 1849 Transcription and Index
 * 1856 Transcription and Index

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

Vital Records
The Family History Library has copies of some county records as following:

Linn County records of deaths 1903-1915, 1915-1947 (the cover title of this one is "Register of Physicians, Midwives and Undertakers", death certificates 1903-1947, coroner's inquest 1909-1960, index 1909-1960.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Monmouth Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Polk County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site
 * Oregon Polk County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)