Columbia County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Columbia County Courthouse 244 Strand Street St. Helens, OR 97051 Phone: 503.397.3796 County Clerk has marriage records from 1890, divorce and court records from 1854 and probate records from 1880

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Columbia County Court House as of May 2005.


 * Record Loss:

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Oregon, Columbia County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Quick Facts


Named for the Columbia River, which forms the northern and eastern boundaries.

Parent County
16 January 1854: from Washington County.

Boundary Changes

 * No parts were taken to create any county.

Cities
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Clatskanie | Columbia City | Prescott | Rainier | St. Helens | Scappoose | Vernonia

Communities
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Apiary | Goble | Mist | Pittsburg | Riverside | Warren

Neighboring Counties
Clatsop | Multnomah | Tillamook | Washington | Washington counties: Cowlitz | Clark | Wahkiakum

Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Columbia County, Oregon Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Columbia County:

Links

 * Oregon Department of Transportation 1978 Cemetery Survey
 * Cemeteries managed by the city of Clatskanie
 * Rainier Cemetery District

Territorial and State Census Records (Extant)

 * 1845 (as part of Tuality County, aka Twality or Twalitain)
 * 1849 (as part of Tuality County, aka Twality or Twalitain)
 * 1853 (as part of Washington County)
 * 1865

Federal Census Records (Extant)

 * 1850
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Land and Property
Wiki articles describing land records online are found at Oregon, Columbia County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Historical Society of Columbia County
 * Saint Helens Historic Courthouse Museum

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Rainier Oregon Family History Center
 * St Helens Oregon Family History Center
 * Vernonia Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Columbia County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Family History Library Catalog for Columbia County
 * The Columbia County Historian compiled by Christopher and Larry Rea
 * Oregon, Columbia County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)