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2. Benton County, Oregon - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. List of counties in Oregon - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Marys Peak - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. List of Indian reservations in Oregon - Wikipedia

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   There are seven Native American reservations in Oregon that belong to seven of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes: Burns Paiute Indian Colony, of the Burns Paiute Tribe: 13,738 acres (55.60 km 2) in Harney County. Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Reservation, of Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians is less than ...

6. Community Hall (Oregon State University) - Wikipedia

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   In response, the Oregon State Legislature passed an act that reorganized the school as the state's agricultural college, but skeptical of the actual awarding of land-grant status it decided to require the citizens of Benton County to bear the full costs for the construction of a suitable building to house its offices, which the act required to ...

7. Baker County, Oregon - Wikipedia

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   Baker County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,668. [1] The county seat and largest city is Baker City. [2] The county was organized on September 22, 1862, when a portion of Wasco County was partitioned off. The new county's area was reduced in 1864 when Union County was ...