Wallowa County, Oregon Genealogy and History   A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This site is available for adoption! If you have a love for history and/or genealogy, consider joining us! VOLUNTEER WEBPAGE to find out more information on joining our group as a website host. We regret that we do not have the time to perform personal research for you. All data we come across will be placed on this website, so keep checking back! Wallowa County The county was established on February 11, 1887, from the eastern portion of Union County. Wallowa is the northeasternmost county of Oregon "This rather isolated area was claimed by the Chief Joseph band of the Nez Perce as their hunting and fishing grounds. The Nez Perce used the word “wallowa” to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets. In 1871, the first white settlers came to Wallowa County, crossing the mountains in search of livestock feed in the Wallowa Valley. The area had been part of Union County since 1864 but it was carved from that county in 1887 by a legislative act." [Source: Oregon Blue Book] As of the 2010 census, it was Oregon's fourth-least populous county. The county seat is Enterprise Main Street, Joseph OR Incorporated Cities Enterprise * Joseph * Lostine * Wallowa Census-designated Place Wallowa Lake Unincorporated Communities Bartlett * Eden * Evans * Flora * Fruita * Grouse * Imnaha * Lewis * Maxville * Minam * Paradise * Promise * Troy * Zumwalt  EMAIL US Genealogy Trails - Always Updating, Always Free. COUNTY DATA Biographies Surnames: A-D | E-K | L-Q | R-Z Births Cemeteries Census Records Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles and Records History Topics Marriages Military Records Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Sep 2024: Misc. Data: Ancient Free and Accepted Masons - JOSEPH LODGE, No. 81. WALLOWA LODGE, No. 82. News: Gossip/Visiting: BILYEU, BOLDING, BROWNING, COUCH, DAVIS, GALLOWAY, HASKELL, HAWORTH, JORDAN, KELTNER, OLMSTED, ZUMWALT Jun 2024: News: Births: GARWOOD News: Gossip/Visiting: BOSWELL, GALLOWAY, HEATON, KNAPP, LANDERS, McGINNIS, SHELTON, WILSON, WOOD PREVIOUS UPDATES SEARCH OUR SITES Submit an Obituary to Us for any County Join our Genealogy Trails Pacific States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Pacific States of : California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates. Visit the Surrounding Counties Baker County (south) | Union County (southwest) Umatilla County (west) | Columbia County, WA - northwest Garfield County, WA - north | Asotin County, WA - northeast Nez Perce County, Idaho - northeast | Idaho County, Idaho - east  | Adams County, Idaho - southeast   Visit our Oregon State Site Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.