Clackamas County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Clackamas County Office of the County Clerk 2051 Kaen Rd, 2nd floor Oregon City, OR 97045

History

 * Named after the Native Americans living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, part of the Chinookan people.
 * Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Parent County

 * Clackamas county was created 5 July 1843 from the Oregon Territory.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts were taken off to create:
 * Multhomah County 22 December 1854
 * Wasco County 11 January 1854.

Records held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Clackamas County Court House as of September/October 2006.

Village

 * Mount Hood Village

Neighboring Counties
Hood River | Marion | Multnomah | Wasco | Washington | Yamhill

Websites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Clackamas County
 * The Clackamas County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Clackamas County