History of Senator Wyden's Benton County
Town Hall Meetings:
- April 4, 2009 - Corvallis
- January 10, 2008 - Corvallis
- January 5, 2007 - Philomath
- February 22, 2006 - Corvallis
- June 3, 2005 - Philomath
- December 4, 2004 - Corvallis
- January 3, 2003 - Corvallis
- January 12, 2002 - Philomath
- July 2, 2001 - Corvallis
- August 7, 2000 - Corvallis
- September 12, 1999 - Corvallis
- April 16, 1998 - Corvallis
- December 17, 1997 - Corvallis
- April 10, 1996 – Corvallis
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Benton County History and General Information
Established: Dec. 23, 1847
"County Quick Facts" (from U.S. Census Bureau)
Benton County was created from Polk County by an act of the Provisional Government of Oregon in 1847. It is one of seven counties in the United States to be named after Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, a longtime advocate of the development of the Oregon Territory. The county was created out of an area originally inhabited by the Klickitat Indians, who rented it from the Calapooia Indians for use as hunting grounds. At that time, the boundaries began at the intersection of Polk County and the Willamette River, ran as far south as the California border and as far west as the Pacific Ocean. Later, portions of Benton County were taken to form Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane and Lincoln Counties, leaving it in its present form with 679 square miles of land area.
Contact
County Seat: 120 NW 4th St., Corvallis 97330
Phone: 541-766-6832 (General); 541-766-6859 (Court Administrator)
Fax: 541-766-6675
E-mail: bcrec@co.benton.or.us
Web: www.co.benton.or.us
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