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Unincorporated communities are identified with italic type. Cities are the only form of municipal government incorporated in Oregon. [1] While villages and hamlets exist in Oregon, they are created by Clackamas County only, [2] and do not resemble municipalities due to the limited nature of their powers and their lack of home-rule charters. [3]
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 in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it is the 27th-most populous state, with 4,237,256 inhabitants, and ranked 10th by land area, spanning 95,988 square miles (248,610 km 2) of land. Oregon is divided into 36 counties and contains 241 incorporated cities. Approximately 71 percent of ...
Region Location Map Principal communities Population Notes Central Oregon: Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson counties : Bend, Redmond, Madras, Prineville: 219,564 (2015 est ...
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.
A map of the counties of Oregon with the cities of Salem and Portland. Oregon's population is largely concentrated in the Willamette Valley, which stretches from Eugene in the south (home of the University of Oregon) through Corvallis (home of Oregon State University) and Salem (the capital) to Portland (Oregon's largest city). [46]
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.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated four combined statistical areas, eight metropolitan statistical areas, and 12 micropolitan statistical areas in Oregon. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA CSA , anchored by Oregon's largest city, Portland and including its capital, Salem .