Place:Jefferson, Oregon, United States

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NameJefferson
Alt namesJeffersonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.633°N 121.333°W
Located inOregon, United States     (1914 - )
See alsoCrook, Oregon, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ashwood
Axehandle
Black Place
Camp Sherman
Cleek
Coleman
Cross Keys
Culver
Desert
Donnybrook
Emery
Gateway
Geneva
Gooseberry Mountain
Grizzly
Horseheaven
Jumpoff Joe
Kilts
Lamonta
Madras Station
Madras
Mecca
Metolius
Opal Springs
Seekseequa Junction
Tub Springs
Warm Springs
Willowdale
Youngs
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Jefferson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,502. The county seat is Madras. The county is named after Mount Jefferson.

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History

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Jefferson County was created on December 12, 1914, from a portion of Crook County. The county owes much of its agricultural prosperity to the railroad, which links Madras with the Columbia River, and was completed in 1911, and to the development of irrigation projects in the late 1930s. The railroad was completed despite constant feuds and battles between two lines working on opposite sides of the Deschutes River.

Madras was incorporated in 1911, and has been the permanent county seat since a general election in 1916. The first (temporary) county seat was Culver, which was selected by a three-man commission appointed by the governor. Due to repeated tie votes over several days (with one vote each cast for Culver, Metolius and Madras). The deadlock was eventually broken by allowing the Metolius Commissioner to post the tie-breaker, by voting for Culver.

Rapid development in adjacent Deschutes County during the 1990s had farmers in Jefferson County concerned that they might be priced out of their own farmlands, which could be replaced by destination resorts, golf courses and other amenities for recent arrivals.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1864 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1881 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1882 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1883 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1886 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1914 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1920 3,211
1930 2,291
1940 2,042
1950 5,536
1960 7,130
1970 8,548
1980 11,599
1990 13,676
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