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Linn County, Oregon

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
74historic places
—earliest paper
1847formed
128,610pop. 2020
66cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 74 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Albany, Brownsville, Lebanon.

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 Linn titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

62 of 74 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

74 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aegerter, David and Maggie, BarnScioBuilding1999
Albany Custom MillAlbanyBuilding1980
Albany Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1982
Albany Hebrew CemeteryAlbanySite2015
Albany Monteith Historic District (Boundary Increase)AlbanyDistrict2008
Albany Municipal AirportAlbanyDistrict1998
Andrus, Jerry, HouseAlbanyBuilding2011
Archibald, Steven and Elizabeth, FarmsteadTangentBuilding2004
Baber, Granville H., HouseAlbanyBuilding1975
Baker, Hiram, HouseLebanonBuilding1996
Booth, Dr. J. C., HouseLebanonBuilding1980
Boston Flour MillSheddBuilding1979
Brown, Hugh Leeper, BarnBrownsvilleBuilding1979
Brown, John and Amelia, FarmhouseBrownsvilleBuilding1978
Cascadia CaveCascadiaSite1990
Chamberlain, George Earle, HouseAlbanyBuilding1980
Chambers, Matthew C., BarnAlbanyBuilding1996
Cochran, William, BarnBrownsvilleBuilding1999
Cooley, George C., HouseBrownsvilleBuilding1983
Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered BridgeCrabtreeStructure1987
Crandall, Louis A., HouseLebanonBuilding1990
Crawfordsville BridgeCrawfordsvilleStructure1979
Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchAlbanyBuilding2024
Cyrus, Henry and Mary, BarnLebanonBuilding2015
Dawson, Alfred, HouseAlbanyBuilding1980
Elkins Flour MillLebanonBuilding1995
Fields, Hugh, HouseBrownsvilleBuilding1989
First Baptist Church of BrownsvilleBrownsvilleBuilding1991
First Evangelical Church of AlbanyAlbanyBuilding1984
Fish Lake Guard StationMcKenzie BridgeDistrict2014
Flinn BlockAlbanyBuilding1979
Hackleman Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1982
Hannah BridgeScioStructure1979
Harrisburg Odd Fellows HallHarrisburgBuilding1992
Hochstedler, George, HouseAlbanyBuilding1980
Howe, C. J., BuildingBrownsvilleBuilding1980
Independence Prairie Ranger StationMarion ForksBuilding1983
Larwood BridgeCrabtreeStructure1979
Lebanon Pioneer CemeteryLebanonSite1998
Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad DepotLebanonBuilding1997
Macpherson, Hector and Margaret, BarnAlbanyBuilding1999
Maurer, Joseph and Barbara, HouseLebanonBuilding1996
Methodist Episcopal Church SouthAlbanyBuilding1979
Milde, Gottlieb and Della, BarnBrownsvilleBuilding1999
Mill City Southern Pacific Rail Road (SPRR) BridgeMill CityStructure2021
Monteith Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1980
Monteith,Thomas and Walter,HouseAlbanyBuilding1975
Moore, John and Mary, HouseBrownsvilleBuilding2001
Moyer, John M., HouseBrownsvilleBuilding1974
Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian ChurchStaytonBuilding1974
Parker, Moses, HouseAlbanyBuilding1980
Peery, E.C., BuildingScioBuilding1998
Porter-Brasfield HouseSheddBuilding1980
Ralston, John and Lottie, CottageLebanonBuilding1998
Ralston, John, HouseAlbanyBuilding1981
Riverside Community HallAlbanyBuilding2023
Rock Hill SchoolLebanonBuilding1992
Ross-Averill HouseBrownsvilleBuilding1991
Ryan, Michael and Mary, BarnScioBuilding1999
Santiam Pass Ski LodgeSistersBuilding2018
Santiam Wagon RoadCascaia, SistersDistrict2010
Short BridgeCascadiaStructure1979
Smith, James Alexander, and Elmarion, Barn and Lame-Smith HouseHalseyBuilding1999
Starr and Blakely Drug StoreBrownsvilleBuilding1982
Stellmacher, Gus and Emma, FarmsteadTangentBuilding1998
Thomas Creek-Gilkey Covered BridgeCrabtreeStructure1987
Thomas Creek-Shimanek Covered BridgeScioStructure1987
United Presbyterian Church and RectoryAlbanyBuilding1979
United Presbyterian Church of SheddSheddBuilding1998
Wesely, Joseph, House and BarnScioBuilding1986
Wigle CemteryHarrisburgSite2004
Wigle, Abraham and Mary, HouseHarrisburgBuilding2003
Wigle, Jacob and Maranda K., FarmsteadBrownsvilleBuilding1992
Z.C.B.J. Tolstoj Lodge No. 224ScioBuilding1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Linn was formed in 1847 (1847-12-28) from Champoeg.

LINN created by the Oregon Territory Provisional Legislature from CHAMPOEG (now MARION).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Linn County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

129k65k9941850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9946,77212,67618,60324,55030,48554,31758,86789,495103,069128,610

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

66 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 66 of 66 listed
NameLatLon
Alford Cemetery44.30984-123.1298
Allphin Cemetery44.71185-123.0807
Ames Cemetery44.39484-122.7459
Bellinger Cemetery44.52734-122.7873
Bilyeu Cemetery44.71184-122.70431
Blan Cemetery44.34939-123.00973
Brattain Cemetery44.48114-123.18774
Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery44.39489-122.95894
Bunker Hill Cemetery44.45913-123.06939
Central Cemetery44.63651-122.97897
Claypool Cemetery44.46193-122.9588
Crawfordsville Union Cemetery44.35001-122.84077
Dodge Cemetery44.49384-122.94313
Fairview Cemetery44.60186-123.00933
Fairview Cemetery44.74498-122.43008
Fox Valley Cemetery44.77067-122.58479
Franklin Butte Cemetery44.67956-122.84646
Gilliland Cemetery44.40196-122.67288
Halsey Pioneer Cemetery44.36375-123.13545
Harris Cemetery44.25083-123.1091
Houston Cemetery44.64203-123.06809
Humphrey Cemetery44.72981-122.70371
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery44.3054-123.12924
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery44.35761-122.86826
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery44.55456-122.90396
James Cemetery44.55456-122.90869
John Shelton Cemetery44.74431-122.66336
John Swallow Grave44.57958-121.84379
Klum Cemetery44.48033-122.84158
Knox Butte Cemetery44.65514-123.02056
Kotan Cemetery44.63617-122.77081
Lacomb Cemetery44.57256-122.74182
Lewis Cemetery44.41833-122.6605
Liberty Cemetery44.41373-122.77285
Linn Memorial Cemetery44.46706-122.81091
Masonic Cemetery44.63042-123.12248
Masonic Cemetery44.30602-123.12925
Masonic Cemetery44.55345-122.90396
Miller - Coon Cemetery44.46666-123.1855
Miller Cemetery44.69787-123.07683
Miller Cemetery44.72901-122.86702
Mount Pleasant Cemetery44.75369-122.73002
Oakville Cemetery44.52178-123.18953
Orleans Cemetery44.56968-123.19129
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery44.71512-122.67063
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery44.7166-122.69095
Pietrock Cemetery44.77461-122.70888
Pine Grove Cemetery44.40321-123.21163
Pioneer Cemetery44.54424-122.90507
Pleasant Butte Baptist Cemetery44.41943-123.01699
Powell Cemetery44.48245-122.74326
Providence Cemetery44.62433-122.80273
Pugh Cemetery44.44495-123.12987
Riverside Cemetery44.6314-123.1197
Sand Ridge Cemetery44.51585-122.98903
Simison - Hale Cemetery44.72436-123.04683
Spring Family Cemetery44.44272-122.61864
Timber - Linn Memorial Park44.63567-123.0548
Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens44.5753-123.18207
Waverly Memorial Cemetery44.64253-123.06807
West Point Cemetery44.21916-123.06686
Whitcomb Island Cemetery44.4773-122.49282
Wigle Cemetery44.30463-123.01761
Wiley Cemetery44.39104-122.6396
Wisner Cemetery44.76836-122.77333
Workman Cemetery44.30204-123.12795
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Anidem44.6054-122.39286
Bryant City44.60262-122.33452
Burlington44.44707-123.20537
Central44.6304-122.97481
Dotyville44.65401-122.80537
Evansville44.52373-122.90092
Union Point44.34846-122.98564

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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