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Douglas County, Oregon

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51historic places

—earliest paper

1852formed

111,201pop. 2020

79cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 51 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Roseburg, Oakland, Myrtle Creek.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oregon is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Douglas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

32 of 51 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

51 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
35-DO-130-Tahkenitch Landing Site	Gardiner	Site	2003
Applegate, Charles, House	Yoncalla	Building	1975
Baimbridge-Kanipe Farmstead Historic District	Oakland	District	2008
Brown, Henry, House	Elkton	Building	1979
Brown, Will Q., House and Wash House	Riddle	Building	1987
Canyonville Methodist Church	Canyonville	Building	1984
China Ditch	Myrtle Creek	Structure	1991
Curry, Nathaniel, House	Roseburg	Building	1983
Drain, Charles D., Jr., House	Drain	Building	1978
English Settlement School	Oakland	Building	2007
First Presbyterian Church of Roseburg	Roseburg	Building	1988
Floed, Creed, House	Roseburg	Building	1974
Gardiner Historic District	Gardiner	District	1994
Glide Ranger Station	Glide	Building	1986
Hamilton, Judge James Watson, House	Roseburg	Building	1997
Hershberger Mountain Lookout	Prospect	Building	2000
Howell-Kohlhagen House	Roseburg	Building	1988
Kohlhagen Building	Roseburg	Building	1997
Laurelwood Historic District	Roseburg	District	1990
Methodist Episcopal Church South	Roseburg	Building	1985
Mill-Pine Neighborhood Historic District	Roseburg	District	1985
Mill-Pine Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Decrease)	Roseburg	District	2011
Miller's Mountain House	Roseburg	Building	1984
Milo Academy Bridge	Days Creek	Structure	1979
Mooers, Dr. Robert R. and Mary Helen, House	Roseburg	Building	2018
Moyer, C. E., Nurseries Property	Winston	District	1988
Oakland Historic District	Oakland	District	1979
Oregon State Soldier's Home Hospital	Roseburg	Building	2012
Parrott, Moses, House	Roseburg	Building	1980
Rice Brothers and Adams Building	Myrtle Creek	Building	1983
Rice, Napoleon, House	Roseburg	Building	1981
Roseburg Downtown Historic District	Roseburg	District	2003
Roseburg Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District	Roseburg	District	2013
Roseburg, Oregon, National Guard Armory	Roseburg	Building	1993
Smith, Bernard Pitzer, House	Myrtle Creek	Building	1988
Smith, Henry Clay, House	Winston	Building	1997
Stephens Community Historic District	Sutherlin	District	1984
Susan Creek Indian Mounds Site	Glide	Site	1974
Sutherlin Bank Building	Sutherlin	Building	1984
Tiller Ranger Station	Tiller	District	1991
U.S. Army Fort Umpqua	Corvallis	Site	2015
U.S. Post Office	Roseburg	Building	1979
US Coast Guard Station-Umpqua River, Administration and Equipment Buildings	Winchester Bay	Building	1992
Umpqua River Bridge No. 01822	Reedsport	Structure	2005
Umpqua River Light House	Winchester Bay	Structure	1977
Umpqua-Eden Site	Reedsport	Site	1996
Weaver-Worthington Farmstead	Canyonville	Building	1984
Willis, Judge William R., House	Roseburg	Building	1975
Wimer, James, Octagonal Barn	Lookingglass	Building	1985
Winchester Dam	Winchester	Structure	1996
Winston, William C. and Agnes, House	Winston	Building	1987

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Douglas was formed in 1852 (1852-01-07) from a small part of LANE.

DOUGLAS created by Oregon Territory from a small part of LANE and from part of Non-County Area 4.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Douglas County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,203	9,596	14,565	21,332	25,728	54,549	68,458	93,748	100,399	111,201

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

79 cemeteries and 13 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 79 of 79 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Applegate Family Cemetery	43.62743	-123.30589
Archambeaux Family Cemetery	43.25981	-123.45609
Bland Mountain Cemetery	42.95194	-123.12981
Boggess Cemetery	43.16701	-123.246
Brown Cemetery	43.64845	-123.65119
Bryant Cemetery	43.03789	-123.17505
Burnett Cemetery	43.06928	-123.36033
Canyonville Cemetery	42.9365	-123.28172
Champaigne Family Cemetery	43.25113	-123.45697
Civil Bend Cemetery	43.11739	-123.41797
Cleveland Cemetery	43.29505	-123.4765
Coffee Creek Cemetery	42.9715	-122.99393
Coles Valley Cemetery	43.34948	-123.48684
Colvin Cemetery	43.69282	-123.34579
Comstock Cemetery	43.73409	-123.19334
Cox Cemetery	43.11684	-123.43723
Day Cemetery	43.01239	-123.73359
Dimmick Cemetery	43.55722	-123.55059
Douglas County Cemetery - Old Masonic Cemetery	43.20955	-123.32643
Drain Cemetery	43.67043	-123.31249
Drain IOOF Cemetery	43.65427	-123.29484
Eden Cemetery	43.25645	-123.48768
Elkton Cemetery	43.62847	-123.56323
Ensley Cemetery	43.69345	-123.37897
Fair Oaks Cemetery	43.41516	-123.22022
Gardiner Cemetery	43.73496	-124.11009
Glendale Masonic Cemetery	42.73315	-123.42669
Gunter Cemetery	43.79487	-123.51991
Harris Family Cemetery	43.50539	-123.20812
Harvey Cemetery	43.45401	-123.22202
Henderer Cemetery	43.63978	-123.6216
Hurst Family Cemetery	43.37976	-123.39298
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemeteries	43.78372	-124.09565
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	43.424	-123.30951
Indian Burial Ground	43.65123	-123.18451
Jones Family Cemetery	43.23705	-123.3945
Kellogg Cemetery	43.54513	-123.55223
La Brie Family Cemeteries	43.27961	-123.45287
Lavadoure Cemetery	42.94428	-123.09589
Letitia Cemetery	43.04011	-123.0831
Livingston Cemetery	43.23116	-123.22027
Lookingglass Cemetery	43.1798	-123.48825
Lower Smith River Cemetery	43.78516	-123.93387
Martindale Cemetery	43.02717	-123.68072
Masonic Cemetery	43.68942	-124.13245
McCulloch Cemetery	43.07869	-123.56843
McGuire Cemetery	43.09839	-123.52062
Melrose Cemetery	43.24567	-123.46979
Metz Hill Cemetery	43.45598	-123.35068
Murray Cemetery	43.05147	-123.69393
Myrtle Creek IOOF Cemetery	43.03317	-123.28311
Myrtle Creek Pioneer Cemetery	43.01845	-123.29616
Noah Cemetery	43.05482	-123.68868
Oak Creek Cemetery	43.27406	-123.20303
Oakland Cemetery	43.43818	-123.30426
Otey Cemetery	43.33931	-123.35954
Patterson Cemetery	43.04952	-123.67415
Pioneer Cemetery	42.92595	-123.28172
Putnam Cemetery	43.6601	-123.41371
Quines Creek Cemetery	42.78894	-123.26948
Rainville Cemetery	42.91375	-122.93326
Reason - Reed Cemetery	43.41872	-123.31645
Riddle Cemetery	42.94891	-123.37822
Rondeau Cemetery	42.95701	-122.90118
Roseburg Catholic Cemetery	43.20932	-123.33178
Roseburg IOOF Cemetery	43.20918	-123.33295
Roseburg Masonic Cemetery	43.22344	-123.35811
Roseburg National Cemetery	43.21483	-123.37022
Scottsburg Cemetery	43.66925	-123.78685
Sutherlin Cemetery	43.39984	-123.24561
Tenmile Cemetery	43.09844	-123.56645
Thrush Cemetery	43.06456	-123.68176
Tyee View Cemetery	43.40372	-123.42729
Wells Cemetery	43.60956	-123.58148
Wilbur Cemetery	43.32522	-123.33789
William D Bradley Cemetery	42.94927	-123.3124
Willis Creek Cemetery	43.063	-123.4049
Wimberly Family Cemetery	43.28761	-123.10588
Yoncalla Cemetery	43.59498	-123.28772

Historical populated places — 13 of 13

Name	Lat	Lon
Anchor	42.84845	-123.16506
Booth	42.80262	-123.22895
Buck Fork	43.11234	-123.14701
Calvert	43.61373	-123.21786
Civil Bend	43.10678	-123.42479
Hoaglin	43.33456	-123.00812
Lavadoure	42.94429	-123.10117
Nugget	43.04151	-123.07617
Oak Creek	43.26651	-123.20812
Perdue	42.93679	-123.07478
Rockland	43.26845	-123.07201
Umpqua City	43.70956	-124.16511
Willard	43.63317	-124.12761

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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