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There are 36 
Historic county boundaries
from the Oregon Archives *
Map of counties adjusted for population
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counties
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in the U.S. State
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
. The Oregon Constitution
The Oregon Constitution is the governing document of the U.S. state of Oregon, originally enacted in 1857. As amended the current state constitution contains eighteen sections, beginning with a bill of rights.
does not explicitly provide for county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
s; Article VI, covering the "Administrative Department" of the state of Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, simply states that:
:''All county and city officers shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by law.''
More details on the etymologies of Oregon county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
names and place names in general are documented in ''Oregon Geographic Names
''Oregon Geographic Names'' is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. It was compiled and edited by Lewis A. McArt ...
''. Oregon's postal abbreviation is OR and its FIPS state code
FIPS or Fips may refer to:
Computing
* FIPS (computer program), First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitter, a disk partitioner
*Federal Information Processing Standards, United States government standards
People
* Werner Fürbringer (188 ...
is 41.
County information
TheFederal Information Processing Standard The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military United Stat ...
(FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
See also
* Umpqua County, Oregon (historic) *Oregon locations by per capita income
The following is a list of Oregon counties and places in order of per capita income.
Oregon has the twenty-third highest per capita income in the United States of America, at $20,940 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $29,340 (2003).
C ...
* List of U.S. county secession proposals#Oregon
*Lists of Oregon-related topics
These are lists of Oregon-related topics, attempting to list every list related to the state of Oregon.
* If the ''type'' is ''list'', the article is primarily a list of articles. If ''type'' is ''context'', each entry contains summary informatio ...
References
Further reading
*External links
Historic county boundaries
from the Oregon Archives *
Map of counties adjusted for population
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Counties
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...