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Hello . . .Hello and welcome to Lincoln County, Oregon! My name is Beth (it's really Elizabeth) Perry Johnston, your Lincoln County Coordinator for Oregon GenWeb. Many thanks go to Bev Przybylski who maintained these pages for 8 years and to Walt Davies before that. This is a work in progress as we build on what's gone before us.In addition to giving helpful research leads, we would like to get as many Lincoln County records as possible transcribed and online. If you would like to help, have any information to share, or have suggestions or links that you feel belong on these pages you can contact me via email. Please use "Lincoln County" in the subject heading of your email so I can identify it and get to it as soon as possible. And do check back with us often to see the changes here. History of Lincoln County
Established on February 20, 1893, Lincoln County was named for Abraham
Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. The county was created by
the state Legislature in 1893 from Benton and Polk counties, and it
contained the Siletz Indian Reservation, lying between Polk County and
the Pacific Ocean. The county seat is Newport and the courthouse is
located at 225 West Olive Street, 97365, (541) 265-6611. Lincoln County
is 992 square miles in size, totaling 634,880 acres. It extends some 60
miles north and south, and just 15-25 miles in width, bordered by the
Pacific Ocean and the Coast Range of mountains. The county is part of
the Central Oregon Coast region; its northern border is about 80 miles
south of the Columbia River. Other towns in Lincoln County include
Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, Siletz, Toledo,Waldport, and Yachats, as well
as many smaller communities such as Eddyville, Elk City, Gleneden
Beach, Lincoln Beach, Nashville, Neotsu, Otis, and Seal Rock.Photograph of the old Lincoln County Courthouse in Toledo © Salem Public Library. Photographer: Ben Maxwell, 1954. [3442] |
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