Place:Sherman, Oregon, United States

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NameSherman
Alt namesShermansource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates45.417°N 120.667°W
Located inOregon, United States     (1889 - )
See alsoWasco, Oregon, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Biggs Junction
Inhabited place
Biggs
Biglow
Boardman
Bourbon
Buckley
Celilo
Day
De Moss Springs
De Moss
Deschutes
Eakin
Early
Emigrant Springs
Emigrant
Erskine
Fairview
Fargher
Goff
Gorman
Grass Valley
Harmony
Kent
Klondike
Locust Grove
McDonald
Michigan
Monkland
Moro
Rosebush
Rufus
Rutledge
Sherar Grabe
Sinks
Thornberry
Wasco
Webfoot
Wilcox
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Sherman County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,870, making it the second-least populous county in Oregon after nearby Wheeler. The county seat is Moro, and the largest city is Wasco. The county is named for William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union general in the American Civil War.

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History

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As the pioneers felt crowded in the new settlements of western Oregon, they turned east to the Columbia Plateau for new opportunities. The county's first white settler was William Graham, who located at the mouth of the Deschutes River in 1858. Homesteaders, eager for land, arrived in the 1880s by steamboat, stagecoach and wagon. Soon farmers received government patents.

As the population grew, so did the sentiment for independence from Wasco County.[1] Sherman County was created on February 25, 1889, out of the northeast corner of Wasco County. The county's borders have been changed only once, in 1891, when the Legislative Assembly moved the county line farther south into Wasco County.

The town of Wasco was designated the county seat by the Legislative Assembly although this designation was contested between Wasco and Moro. Following the addition of a portion of Wasco County, Moro became the eventual winner.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1859 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1888 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1889 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1889 Marriage 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
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1904 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
1890 1,792
1900 3,477
1910 4,242
1920 3,826
1930 2,978
1940 2,321
1950 2,271
1960 2,446
1970 2,139
1980 2,172
1990 1,918
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External links

www.sherman-county.com

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