Subdivisions of a U.S. state
There are 36 counties in the U.S. State of Oregon . The Oregon Constitution does not explicitly provide for county seats ; Article VI, covering the "Administrative Department" of the state of Oregon , simply states that:
All county and city officers shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by law. [2] More details on the etymologies of Oregon county names and place names in general are documented in Oregon Geographic Names postal abbreviation is OR and its FIPS state code is 41 .
Oregon counties by date of establishment 1840–1849
1850–1859
1860–1869
1870–1889
After 1890
County information The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
See also
References ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Multnomah County, Oregon". census.gov . ^ "Oregon Secretary of State: Constitution of Oregon". sos.oregon.gov . ^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA. Retrieved April 9, 2007 . ^ a b c National Association of Counties. "NACo – Find a county". Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007 . ^ a b Oregon State Archives. "County Government". Oregon Blue Book . Retrieved February 23, 2008 . ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Oregon". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2024 .
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Counties of Oregon .
Historic county boundaries from the Oregon Archives Holman, Frederick van Voorhies (March 1910). "Oregon Counties, Their Creations and the Origins of Their Names" . Oregon Historical Quarterly Map of counties adjusted for population
