Place:Crook, Oregon, United States

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NameCrook
Alt namesCrooksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.167°N 120.083°W
Located inOregon, United States     (1882 - )
See alsoDeschutes, Oregon, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Grant, Oregon, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jefferson, Oregon, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wasco, Oregon, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wheeler, Oregon, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
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Jasper Point Resort
Lakin Place
Meadow
O'Neil
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Prineville
Roberts
Suplee
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Crook County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,738. The county seat is Prineville. The county is named after George Crook, a U.S. Army officer who served in the American Civil War and various Indian Wars.

Crook County comprises the Prineville, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Bend--Prineville, OR Combined Statistical Area.

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History

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Crook County was established on October 9, 1882, by an act of the Oregon State Legislature. The county was named after General George Crook, a veteran of various battles against the indigenous peoples of Eastern Oregon in the middle of the 19th century.[1] The county was formed from territory formerly part of Wasco County, including the hilly region where the foothills of the Blue Mountains intersect the Cascade Mountain Range.[1]

Access into the region at first was difficult, which discouraged settlement. The first effort to develop routes into the area was in 1862 when a supply train with cattle crossed the Scott Trail. This was also the first group of non-natives to spend the winter in central Oregon. The discovery and development of the Santiam Pass in the 1860s improved access into the area.

Prineville, incorporated in 1880 and then the only incorporated town in the county, was established as the county seat.[1] This decision was confirmed by the voters in the 1884 general election.

From the start cattle ranching has been one of the primary industries of the county, with huge herds grazing the countryside from the 1880s.[1] Farming was also developed in certain valley regions friendly to agriculture.[1]

Logging in the Ochoco Mountains and the timber mills that accompanied also greatly contributed to the economic and population growth of the county. The first recorded mention of a sawmill was made by George Barnes, speaking about the Swartz sawmill on Mill Creek, circa 1867.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1864 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1882 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1882 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
1882 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1907 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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
1890 3,244
1900 3,964
1910 9,315
1920 3,424
1930 3,336
1940 5,533
1950 8,991
1960 9,430
1970 9,985
1980 13,091
1990 14,111
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External links

www.co.crook.or.us

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