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Yamhill County
Yamhill County was created in 1843 as one of Oregon’s original four districts.
Its present boundaries were established in 1860. The county was named after the Yamhelas, members of the Kalapuya Indian family, who lived along the Yamhill River in the western Willamette Valley. [Source: Oregon Blue Book]
The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Yamhill Indians, who have inhabited the area for over 8000 years. They are one of the tribes incorporated into the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. In 1857 they were forced to migrate to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation created in Oregon's Coastal Range two years earlier.
Lafayette, the principal trading center of the western Willamette Valley in early Oregon history, was made the county seat in 1847. The county government was moved in 1889 to McMinnville, where it remains today
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Amity * Carlton * Dayton * Dundee * Lafayette * McMinnville *
Newberg * Sheridan * Willamina * Yamhill
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Fort Hill * Grand Ronde
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Bellevue * Cove Orchard * Eola Crest * Eola Village * Gopher * Grand Ronde Agency * Hopewell * Lunnville *
Midway * Riverside * Saint Joseph * Shipley * Springbrook * Sunnycrest * Unionvale * Wheatland * Whiteson
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