Welcome to Polk County Oregon Genealogy Research



  


  
 
 
      
 


Main St Dallas Oregon 1874

 
 My name is Bob Jenkins
and I created this website to provide genealogy
 information and links to genealogy information  to assist people in researching
 their Polk County Oregon ancestors.

 I would appreciate any contribution that you would like to make  to this site:
 biographies, obituaries, birth, marriage, death info,  grave info, photographs....etc

 
  
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 Brief History:

 
The Oregon Provisional Legislature created Polk County from Yamhill District on December 22, 1845, granting to
 it the entire southwestern portion of present-day Oregon to the California border. County boundaries were
 periodically changed to reflect the creation of Benton and Lincoln counties. Many other counties were subsequently
 carved out of these as settlement spread towards the south, leaving Polk County many counties away from its
 former border with California.

 The first county seat was a settlement on the north side of Rickreall Creek named Cynthian (also known as Cynthia
 Ann).  In 1852 city officials renamed Cynthian to Dallas after Vice President George M. Dallas, vice president
 (1845–1849) to James Polk. During the 1880s and 1890s, there were a series of unsuccessful efforts to move the
 county seat to nearby Independence.
 














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