Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Wheeler County

Guide to Wheeler County Oregon genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has probate records from 1899 and land records. Clerk Circuit Court has divoce and court records.

Wheeler County Government

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Wheeler County Court House as of June 2008.

Wheeler County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column).


 * Record Loss:

Parent Counties
17 February 1899: Wheeler County was created from Crook, Gilliam and Grant Counties.

Named for Henry H. Wheeler, a early settler who owned a farm near Mitchell.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Oregon County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Oregon County Boundary Maps" (1843-1975) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Cities
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Fossil | Mitchell | Spray |

Communities
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Antone | Clarno | Kinzua (a ghost town) | Richmond | Service Creek | Spoos Mill | Twickenham | Wetmore | Winlock

Neighboring Counties
Crook | Gilliam | Grant | Jefferson | Morrow | Wasco

Census

 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Vital Records
See also How to order Oregon Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for Oregon Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail.

Societies, Libraries and Museums
See also a List of Oregon Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Wheeler County, OR History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Oregon Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Oregon Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Wheeler GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project.
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site)