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| Name | Benton |
| Alt names | Benton | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 44.483°N 123.417°W |
| Located in | Oregon, United States (1847 - ) |
| See also | Coos, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Curry, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Douglas, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jackson, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Josephine, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lane, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lincoln, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Umpqua, Oregon, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Benton County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,184. Its county seat is Corvallis. The county was named after Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator who advocated American control over the Oregon Country. Benton County is designated as the Corvallis, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Portland–Vancouver–Salem, OR–WA Combined Statistical Area. It is in the Willamette Valley.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Benton County was created on December 23, 1847, by an act of the Provisional Government of Oregon. The county was named after Democratic Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, an advocate of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and the belief that the American government should control the whole of the Oregon Country. At the time of its formation the county included all the country west of the Willamette River, south of Polk County and running all the way to the California border in the south and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
The county was created out of lands originally inhabited by the Klickitat, who rented it from the Kalapuyas for use as hunting grounds. All aboriginal claims to land within Benton County were ceded in the Treaty of Dayton in 1855. Portions of Benton County were taken to form Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane and Lincoln Counties, leaving Benton County in its present form.
The city of Marysville, later renamed Corvallis, was made the county seat in 1851. The city briefly was the capital of Oregon. In 1862 Corvallis became the site of the Oregon State Agricultural College, known today as Oregon State University.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1841 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1847 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1851 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1900 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1907 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 814
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| 1860 | 3,074
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| 1870 | 4,584
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| 1880 | 6,403
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| 1890 | 8,650
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| 1900 | 6,706
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| 1910 | 10,663
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| 1920 | 13,744
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| 1930 | 16,555
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| 1940 | 18,629
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| 1950 | 31,570
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| 1960 | 39,165
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| 1970 | 53,776
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| 1980 | 68,211
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| 1990 | 70,811
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Research Tips
External links
www.co.benton.or.us/
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