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1967: Oregon Beach Bill establishes public ownership of land along the Oregon Coast [4] Willamette River Greenway; 1969: Senate Bill 10 required comprehensive land use plans for every city and county. Sohappy v. Smith, along with Washington's Boldt Decision, established fishing rights for Native Americans; 1970: Measure 11 failed (44%)
Map of the United States with Oregon highlighted. Oregon is a state located in the Western United States. All population data is based on the 2020 census and 2010 census and the Census Bureau's annual estimates. [1] All area data is based on the 2010 US Gazetteer files. There are 241 municipalities.
Checkerboarding may make public land inaccessible when it is surrounded by privately owned land. [8] In 2021, hunters in Wyoming were charged with trespassing on private land they never actually set foot on when they crossed between two parcels of public land at the corner where they touched. [9] Landowners allege their airspace was violated.
Region Location Map Principal communities Population Notes Central Oregon: Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson counties : Bend, Redmond, Madras, Prineville: 219,564 (2015 est ...
Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country. 97,713: 676 sq mi (1,751 km 2) Clackamas County: 005: Oregon City: 1843: One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country: Named for the Clackamas people, a local Native American tribe. 423,173: 1,868 sq mi (4,838 km 2) Clatsop County: 007 ...
Upon Oregon's admission to the union, the federal government ceded to the state two sections of each township to generate revenues for a Common School Fund, a trust fund for support and maintenance of public schools. 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) had previously been allowed to Oregon by an 1841 act of Congress, and 5% of all proceeds from the sale ...
As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,995, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Oregon. The county seat is Condon. [2] The county was established in 1885 and is named for Cornelius Gilliam, [3] a colonel who commanded the forces of the provisional government of Oregon after the Whitman Massacre.
Linn County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2023 census population estimates, the population was 131,496. [1] The county seat is Albany. [2] The county is named in the honor of Lewis F. Linn, [3] a U.S. Senator from Missouri who advocated the American settlement of the Oregon Country.