Oregon State...
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Oregon Counties
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Oregon Counties
The individual county histories trace the establishment and evolution of each of
the 36 county governments in Oregon. The histories include information
concerning the creation and naming of the county; designation of county
boundaries; location of the county seat; construction of the county courthouse;
development of the county government; and description of the major industrial
geographical, demographic, or historical features of the county.
County
|
2000
Population
|
Square
Miles
|
County Seat
|
Created
|
|
|
County Resource Guide
|
|
|
The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
|
|
| |
Penn Foster High School
|
|
|
|
