Douglas County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
1036 SE Douglas Street Roseburg, OR 97470

Records Held at the Courthouse

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


 * Record Loss:

Quick History



 * Named for U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.
 * Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Parent County
7 January 1852: Created from the part of Umpqua County lying east of Coast Range summit.

Boundary Changes
11 January 1854: Part was taken to form Wasco County.

1856: Camas Valley of Umpqua County was annexed to Douglas County.

1862: Douglas County absorbed the remaining parts of Umpqua County.

1915: Boundary adjustments were made with Jackson and Lane counties.

Cities
Canyonville | Drain | Elkton | Glendale | Myrtle Creek | Oakland | Reedsport | Riddle | Roseburg | Sutherlin | Winston | Yoncalla

Communities
Ash | Azalea | Days Creek | Gardiner | Glide | Green | Roseburg North | Scottsburg | Tiller | Tri-City | Umpqua | Winchester | Winchester Bay

Neighboring Counties
Coos | Curry | Jackson | Josephine | Klamath | Lane

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Web Sites

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