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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 ...
A seven-member volunteer citizen board known as the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) guides DLCD. Oregon’s statewide land use planning program – originated in 1973 under Senate Bill 100 – provides protection of farm and forest lands, conservation of natural resources, orderly and efficient development, coordination ...
503: The northwestern corner of Oregon, including Portland and its metropolitan area, Salem and other cities 541: All of Oregon outside the northwestern corner, including Eugene. 971: An overlay of area code 503. Until 2008, 971 was a concentrated overlay, meaning it was only present in some parts of the 503 area. Today it is a standard overlay.
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 ...
This is a list of official departments, divisions, commissions, boards, programs, and agencies of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, including regional commissions and boards to which it is officially a party. Where a listing is that of a subdivision of another agency, the parent agency is indicated in parentheses.
Western Oregon: West of the Cascades, Lane County and north Portland, Salem, Eugene: 3,010,021 (2015 est.) [1] Minimal definition. Sometimes includes Southern Oregon. Area on the map highlighted in blue. Applegate Valley: Southwestern Jackson and eastern Josephine counties along the Applegate River: Applegate, Ruch: Not available Cascade Range ...
Metro is responsible for overseeing the Portland region's solid waste system, general planning of land use and transportation, maintaining certain regional parks and natural areas, and operating the Oregon Zoo, Oregon Convention Center, Portland's Centers for the Arts, and the Portland Expo Center. It also distributes money from two voter ...
Ron Curry, Place Names and Locations in Douglas County, Oregon. Roseburg, OR: Genealogical Society of Douglas County, 2003. R.J. Guyler, Douglas County Chronicles: History from the Land of One Hundred Valleys. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2013. Fred Reenstjerna and Jena Mitchell, "Life in Douglas County, Oregon: The Western Experience.