Hood River County, Oregon
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Hood River County
County Seat: Hood River
Year Organized: 1908
Square Miles: 534
It is the second-smallest county in Oregon by area
Sixty percent of the County is federal land managed by the Mt. Hood National Forest.

Hood River Scenery 

The first white settlers in Hood River County filed a donation land claim in 1854.
The first school was built in 1863 and a road from The Dalles was completed in 1867.
By 1880 there were 17 families living in the valley. Hood River County was created in 1908 from Wasco County.
[Source: Oregon Blue Book]


Cities
 Cascade Locks * Hood River

Census-designated Places
 Mount Hood * Odell * Parkdale

Unincorporated Communities
 Clifton * Dee * Lenz * Oak Grove * Pine Grove * Rockford * Summit * Trout Creek * Winans * Wyeth

Former Communities
 Bloucher * Conway * Dukes Valley * Holstein * Viento

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Sep 2024:
Misc. Data: Ancient Free and Accepted Masons -
HOOD RIVER LODGE, No. 105

May 2024:
News: Gossip/Visiting: MOE(2), SONNICHSON, STEWART

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