Umpqua County, Oregon
Umpqua County was a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was created on January 24, 1851, by the Oregon Territorial Legislature embracing the lands along the Umpqua River in southwestern Oregon.[1] Gold had been discovered in the Umpqua region, which brought a rapid increase of settlers to the new county. The first meeting of the Umpqua County Court was in Elkton in 1852; later the county government was moved to Green Valley and Yoncalla.
On January 7, 1852, the territorial legislature created Douglas County from the eastern part of Umpqua County.[1] On December 22, 1853, part of the western portion of the county was included in the newly formed Coos County.[1] Finally, on October 16, 1862, the remainder of Umpqua county was incorporated into Douglas County.
Some accounts[citation needed] state this was because of decreased population following the end of the local gold rush; other accounts[2] state that politics caused the county's end.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Colmer, Montagu; Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1910). History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon. Historical Pub. Co.. p. 13. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbenchba00histrich/historyofbenchba00histrich_djvu.txt.
- ^ Douglas County in McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1 (trade paperback), ISBN 0-87595-278-X (hardcover).
[edit] External links
- Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States
- Douglas County History from the Oregon Historical County Records Guide
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