Crook County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Crook County

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Crook County Court House as of October 2003.


 * Record Loss:

Quick Facts
Named for Gen. George Crook, American general in Civil War and Indian Wars.

Parent County
24 October 1882: Crook county was created from Wasco County.

Boundary Changes
17 February 1899: Wheeler County was set off.

12 December 1914: Jefferson County was set off

13 December 1916: Deschutes County was set off.

Places / Localities
The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

Census

 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Websites

 * The Crook County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Crook County