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Tillamook County, OregonTillamook County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe county was named after the Tillamook Indians who occupied the areas around the Tillamook and Nehalem Bays. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryTillamook County, the twelfth county
in Oregon to be organized, was established on December 15, 1853, when the
Territorial Legislature approved an act to create the new county out of an area
previously included in Clatsop, Yamhill and Polk Counties. The county was named
after the Tillamook Indians who occupied the areas around the Tillamook and
Nehalem Bays. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this 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." |