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Hello and welcome to Lincoln County, Oregon! My name is Jan Bony, your Lincoln County temporary coordinator. This county is available for adoption, so keep it in mind. Many thanks go to Beth Perry Johnson & Bev Przybylski who maintained these pages for many years and to Walt Davies before that. This is a work in progress as we build on what's gone before us.
Please feel free to contact me for historical donations, questions or answers.

In addition to giving helpful research leads, we would like to get as many Lincoln County records as possible transcribed and online. If you would like to help,  have any information to share, or have suggestions or links that you feel belong on these pages you can contact me via email. Please use "Lincoln County" in the subject heading of your email so I can identify it and get to it as soon as possible. And do check back with us often to see the changes here.

History of Lincoln County

Lincoln County Courthouse, Toledo OR Established on February 20, 1893, Lincoln County was named for Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. The county was created by the state Legislature in 1893 from Benton and Polk counties, and it contained the Siletz Indian Reservation, lying between Polk County and the Pacific Ocean. The county seat is Newport and the courthouse is located at 225 West Olive Street, 97365, (541) 265-6611. Lincoln County is 992 square miles in size, totaling 634,880 acres. It extends some 60 miles north and south, and just 15-25 miles in width, bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Range of mountains. The county is part of the Central Oregon Coast region; its northern border is about 80 miles south of the Columbia River. Other towns in Lincoln County include Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, Siletz, Toledo,Waldport, and Yachats, as well as many smaller communities such as Eddyville, Elk City, Gleneden Beach, Lincoln Beach, Nashville, Neotsu, Otis, and Seal Rock.

Photograph of the old Lincoln County Courthouse in Toledo © Salem Public Library. Photographer: Ben Maxwell, 1954. [3442] 
Photograph of the Steamship "Willamette Valley" in Yaquina Bay, Lincoln County, Oregon, in 1890 © Salem Public Library. Ben Maxwell


Lincoln County Resources

Lincoln County Courthouse, 225 West Olive Street, Newport, OR 97365-3869, 541-265-4131
View Lincoln County Surnames
Lincoln County Vital Records Index
Lincoln County Obituaries
Lincoln County Cemeteries
Lincoln County Lookup Volunteers
Lincoln County Genealogical/Historical Organizations and Local Libraries
Central Coast Economic Development Alliance (for county statistics)
Lincoln County School Records, 1901 and School Records, 1902-1903
Colorland form Atlas of the US   These are great maps; some from 1895.

Surrounding Oregon Counties

Benton
Lane
Polk
Tillamook

Oregon & Federal Resources

Oregon State Archives Information Oregon State Archives Email Requests
Oregon Historical Records Guide
Early Oregonian Search
Oregon Vital Records Information
Bureau of Land Management - The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site
Search GNIS for Oregon Place Names
Oregon Maps -- NOTE: This page takes a bit of time to load because of heavy use of graphics.
Cyndi's Oregon Page

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Last modified 28 Sept 2015