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Sherman County, Oregon

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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5historic places

—earliest paper

1889formed

1,870pop. 2020

10cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Moro, Wasco, DeMoss Springs.

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 Sherman titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Columbia Southern Railroad Passenger Station and Freight Warehouse	Wasco	Building	1991
DeMoss Springs Park	DeMoss Springs	Site	2007
Mack Canyon Archeological Site	Grass Valley	Site	1975
Moore, John and Helen, House	Moro	Building	1994
Sherman County Courthouse	Moro	Building	1998

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sherman was formed in 1889 (1889-02-25) from Wasco.

SHERMAN created from WASCO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Sherman County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,792	3,477	3,826	2,321	2,271	2,446	2,172	1,934	1,870

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

10 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
American Legion Cemetery	45.48901	-120.73865
Daugherty Family Cemetery	45.1493	-120.63323
De Moss Cemetery	45.51751	-120.66858
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	45.3804	-120.79143
Kent IOOF Cemetery	45.21373	-120.7067
Michigan Cemetery	45.3146	-120.82977
Rose Hill Cemetery	45.4529	-120.64754
Sunrise Cemetery	45.60679	-120.72977
Wasco Methodist Cemetery	45.60636	-120.72734
Wilcox Cemetery	45.15594	-120.68637

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Boardman	45.40263	-120.66644
Early	45.6929	-120.56978
Emigrant Springs	45.62263	-120.56255
Fargher	45.26373	-121.02284
Sinks	45.6179	-120.61228

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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