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Welcome to Coos County! Part of the Genealogy Trails family
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This county is maintained by me and contains a variety of genealogical records including birth announcements, marriages, military records, census, biographies, schools, town, newspaper clippings and obituaries.
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Coos County was created by the Territorial Legislature from parts of Umpqua and Jackson Counties in 1853 and included Curry County until 1855. The county seat was Empire City until 1896, when it was moved to Coquille. Although trappers had been in the area a quarter-century earlier, the first permanent settlement in present Coos County was at Empire City, now part of Coos Bay, by members of the Coos Bay Company in 1853. The name “Coos” derives from a native Coos Bay Indian tribe and translates to “lake” or “place of pines.” Oregon Blue Book |
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1898 History of Coos and Curry Counties edited by Orvil Dodge |
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and Phonebooks, Assessment Index |
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The Chuckwagon |
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January 2010 |
