Place:Deschutes, Oregon, United States

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NameDeschutes
Alt namesDeschutessource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates43.917°N 121.25°W
Located inOregon, United States     (1916 - )
See alsoCrook, Oregon, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Deschutes River Woods
La Pine
Three Rivers
Inhabited place
Alfalfa
Bend
Brothers
Browns Mountain Crossing
Camp Polk
Cline Falls
Cloverdale
Crane Prairie Resort
Deschutes Junction
Elk Lake
Gales Landing
Hampton
Hempsted
Imperial
Indian Ford
LaPine
Lava Lake Resort
Lower Bridge
Mercer
Millican
Paulina Lake Lodge
Plainview
Redmond
Robideau Landing
Shevlin
Sisters
Sunriver
Terrebonne
Tumalo
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Deschutes County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the early 19th century. It is the political and economic hub of Central Oregon. Deschutes comprises the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Deschutes is Oregon’s fastest-growing county.

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History

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French-Canadian fur trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company gave the name Rivière des Chutes (River of the Falls) to the Deschutes River, from which the county derived its name.

On December 13, 1916, Deschutes County was created from the southern part of Crook County. Bend has been the county seat since the county's formation. It was the last county in Oregon to be established.

The Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company also operated within the Bend area processing Ponderosa pine trees.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1869 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1883 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1916 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1916 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1916 Probate records recorded 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 9,622
1930 14,749
1940 18,631
1950 21,812
1960 23,100
1970 30,442
1980 62,142
1990 74,958
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