Umatilla County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Umatilla County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.umatilla.or.us/ 216 SE Fourth Street Pendleton, Or 97801 541-276-7111


 * Records Held at the Courthouse

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Umatilla County Court House as of June 2005.


 * Record Loss:

Quick Facts
27 September 1862: Umatilla county was created from Wasco County.

Named after the Umatilla River. The name Umatilla is derived from the Native American name for the river, which was first recorded as Youmalolam in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Boundary Changes
14 October 1864: Grant

16 February 1885: Morrow County set off.

Cities
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Adams | Athena | Echo | Helix | Hermiston | Milton-Freewater | Pendleton | Pilot Rock | Stanfield | Ukiah | Umatilla | Weston

Communities
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Cayuse | Gopher Flats | Holdman | Kirkpatrick | Meacham | Mission | Ordnance | Riverside | Tutuilla

Indian Reservation
Umatilla (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla - specifically Sahaptin-speaking Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes)

Neighboring Counties
Grant | Morrow | Union | Wallowa | Washington counties: Benton | Columbia | Walla Walla

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

Census

 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Websites

 * The Umatilla County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb Project backup site
 * FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog