Coos County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * The county seat is Coquille.

History

 * Named after a tribe of Native Americans who lived in the area.
 * Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Parent County

 * Created from Umpqua and Jackson Counties 22 December 1853.

Boundary Changes

 * Part was taken to form Curry County 18 December 1855.

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Coos County Court House as of August/September 2004.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Bandon . Coos Bay . Coquille . Lakeside . Myrtle Point . North Bend . Powers
 * Communities: Allegany . Arago . Bancroft . Barview . Bay Park . Bridge . Broadbent . Bullards . Bunker Hill . Cedar Point . Charleston . Coaledo . Coos City . Coos River . Cooston . Cranberry Corners . Crown Point . Dellwood . Delmar . Dew Valley . Dora . Eastside . Empire . Englewood . Estabrook . Etelka . Fairview . Fourmile . Gaylord . Glasgow . Gravelford . Green Acres . Hauser . Kings Landing . Lampa . Laurel Grove . Lee . Leneve . Libby . McKinley . Millington . Norway . Parkersburg . Prosper . Randolph . Remote . Riverton . Saunders Lake . Shorewood . Sitkum . Sumner . Templeton . Tenmile . Winterville

Neighboring Counties
Curry | Douglas | Josephine

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * The Coos County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Coos County