Harney County, Oregon Genealogy and History   A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This site is available for adoption! If you have a love for history and/or genealogy, consider joining us! VOLUNTEER WEBPAGE to find out more information on joining our group as a website host. We regret that we do not have the time to perform personal research for you. All data we come across will be placed on this website, so keep checking back! Harney County In 1889, Harney, the largest county in Oregon, was carved out of Grant County and named for Harney Lake. The lake, in turn, was named for Maj. Gen. William S. Harney, commander of the Department of Oregon, U.S. Army, from 1858–59. H arney was instrumental in opening areas of eastern Oregon for settlement.[Oregon Blue Book]  Larger in area than six U.S. states, Harney County was formed in 1889 from southern parts of Grant County.    As of the 2010 census, it was the fifth-least populous county in Oregon, with cattle out-numbering humans by 14-1. The county seat is Burns. 60% of the population of 7,700 lived in either Burns or Hines, the only two incorporated cities.  Much of the county is "federal land" managed by various federal governmen t offices, and contains the nation's largest Ponderosa pine forest. The county also contains the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation within and north of Burns, OR; this 760-acres reservation of the Burns Paiute Tribe is a remnant of the former Malheur Indian Reservation, a 1.5-million-acre federal trust land from the 19th century. (source: extracted from wikipedia in 2019, so all stated facts are subject to change) For research prior to 1889, the researcher should also refer to Grant County records. Cities: Burns and Hines Census-designated place: Crane Unincorporated Communities  Buchanan * Denio * Diamond * Drewsey * Dunnean * Fields * Frenchglen * Frost Mill * Harney * Indian Village * Lawen * New Princeton * Riley * Suntex * Trout Creek * Van * Venator * Voltage * Wagontire * Whitehorse Ranch Ghost Towns Andrews * Blitzen * Narrows  EMAIL US Genealogy Trails - Always Updating, Always Free. COUNTY DATA Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Records Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles and Records History Topics Marriages Military Records Miscellaneous Data News Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates Sep 2024: Misc. Data: Ancient Free and Accepted Masons - BURNS LODGE, No. 97 News: Court: MURPHY, VICKERS News: Crimes: Homicide in Harney Valley. - FITZGERALD, HARDING, MURPHY, VICKERS News: Gossip: BARBER Jun 2024: Death Records: DEATH CERTIFICATES - CAREY, CLAYPOOL, GATES, HOLLENBEAK, McCLINTOCK, MOFFITT, SAXTON, SYMES, WEST, YOUNG Military Records: WORLD WAR 2 CASUALTIES PREVIOUS UPDATES SEARCH OUR SITES Submit an Obituary to Us for any County Join our Genealogy Trails Pacific States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Pacific States of : California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates. Visit the Surrounding Counties Grant County - north Malheur County - east Lake County - west Deschutes County - northwest Crook County - northwest Humboldt County, Nevada - south Washoe County, Nevada - southwest   Visit our Oregon State Site Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.