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Benton County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,184. [1] Its county seat is Corvallis. [2] The county was named after Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator who advocated American control over the Oregon Country. Benton County is designated as the Corvallis, OR Metropolitan ...
Corvallis, Oregon. / 44.56972°N 123.27833°W / 44.56972; -123.27833. Corvallis ( / kɔːrˈvælɪs / kor-VAL-iss) is a city and the seat of government of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. [6] It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County.
Named in honor of Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861), a senator from Oregon who was killed at Ball's Bluff, a battle of the American Civil War. 16,912: 3,068 sq mi (7,946 km 2) Benton County: 003: Corvallis: 1847: Polk County: Named in honor of Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), a U.S. senator who advocated U.S. control over the Oregon Country ...
The open grassy area behind buildings 2 and 3 at the Benton County Fairgrounds is where a proposed event center would be constructed in Kennewick.
Edmund Creffield. Franz Edmund Creffield in a prison photograph taken at the Oregon State Penitentiary, circa 1904. Franz Edmund Creffield, commonly known as Edmund Creffield and by the pseudonym Joshua (c. 1870–1906), was a German-American religious leader who founded a movement in Corvallis, Oregon, that became known locally as the "Holy ...
The season opener of the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market is delaying its Saturday season opener at the Benton County Fairgrounds for one week until 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jan. 20.
The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 57 of those are found in Benton County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12 ...
Marys Peak (formerly Mary's Peak and sometimes still spelled this way) is a mountain in Benton County, Oregon, United States, just southwest of Philomath. According to the Benton County Historical Society, the native Kalapuya called the peak tcha Timanwi, or 'place of spiritual power. ' [3] It is the highest peak in the Oregon Coast Range.