Klamath 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! Klamath County Organized October 17, 1882 The county was named for the Klamath, the tribe of Native Americans living in the area at the time the first European explorers entered the region. A treaty was signed with the Klamath on October 14, 1864, which led to the establishment of the Klamath Reservation. The reservation was terminated by the U.S. government in 1954. Termination parceled the communally managed land into individual sections, which tribe members could not manage on their own and were largely forced to sell to speculators. The county seat is Klamath Falls. "The Klamath or "Clamitte" tribe of Indians, for which Klamath County was named, has had a presence for 10,000 years. White settlement began in 1846 along the Applegate Immigrant Trail, which precipitated clashes between the two cultures and led to the Modoc Indian War of 1872. The Oregon Legislature created Klamath County by dividing Lake County in 1882. Linkville was named county seat and its name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893." [Source: Oregon Blue Book] Cities Bonanza ~ Chiloquin ~ Klamath Falls ~ Malin ~ Merrill Census-designated places Altamont ~ Beatty Other Unincorporated Communities Ady ~ Algoma ~ Beaver Marsh ~ Bly ~ Cascade Summit ~ Chemult ~ Crescent ~ Dairy ~ Fairhaven ~ Falcon Heights Fort Klamath ~ Gilchrist ~ Hager ~ Hatfield (part) ~ Haynesville ~ Henley ~ Hildebrand ~ Hot Springs ~ Keno ~ Kirk Klamath Agency ~ Lake of the Woods ~ Langell Valley ~ Lenz ~ Lorella ~ Malone ~ Midland ~ Modoc Point ~ Odell Lake Odessa ~ Olene ~ Pelican City ~ Pine Grove ~ Pine Ridge ~ Rocky Point ~ Shevlin ~ Sprague River ~ Worden ~ Yonna   COUNTY DATA Biographies 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 A | B | C | D - G | H - L |  M-R | S-Z School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates Sep 2024: Misc. Data: Ancient Free and Accepted Masons - KLAMATH LODGE, No. 77 May 2024: News: Admin.: ARRANT, GLEIM, MILLER, SMITH News: Gossip/Visiting: BYNON, GERBER, JILLSON, LANGELL, MITCHELL, PEASE, RAYMOND, SWANSON News: Community: BRADFORD, CAMPBELL, KINGSLEY, LOW, MELDRUM, MOORE, SHORT, WRIGHT, News: Misc.: BURNETT, CARTER, "OLD FRANK," MALARKEY, PERKINS, PIERCE Feb 2024: News: Calamities: Small Train Wreck PREVIOUS UPDATES SEARCH OUR SITES Submit an Obituary to Us for any County  EMAIL US 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 Douglas County (northwest) Lane County (northwest) Deschutes County (north) Lake County (east) Siskiyou County, California (south) Modoc County, California (south) Jackson County (west)   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.