Umpqua County, Oregon
Umpqua County was a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was created on January 24, 1851, by the Oregon Territorial Legislature embracing the lands along the Umpqua River in southwestern Oregon.<ref name=bench>Template:Cite book</ref> Gold had been discovered in the Umpqua region, which brought a rapid increase of settlers to the new county. The first meeting of the Umpqua County Court was in Elkton in 1852; later the county government was moved to Green Valley and Yoncalla.
On January 7, 1852, the territorial legislature created Douglas County from the eastern part of Umpqua County.<ref name=bench/> On December 22, 1853, part of the western portion of the county was included in the newly formed Coos County.<ref name=bench/> Finally, on October 16, 1862, the remainder of Umpqua county was incorporated into Douglas County.
Some accounts<ref>"Douglas County" in Template:Cite book</ref> state that politics caused the county's end.
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[edit]- Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States
- Douglas County History from the Oregon Historical County Records Guide