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Umatilla County, Oregon

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

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44historic places

—earliest paper

1862formed

80,075pop. 2020

41cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 44 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Pendleton, Echo, Milton-Freewater.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

40 of 44 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

44 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams Odd Fellows Hall	Adams	Building	1994
Arlington Hotel	Echo	Building	1997
Bank of Echo Building	Echo	Building	1982
Bowman Hotel	Pendleton	Building	1980
Central School	Milton-Freewater	Building	2010
Clarke, William J. and Lodema, House	Pendleton	Building	1997
Columbia College	Milton-Freewater	Building	2004
Cunha, Joseph, Farmstead	Echo	Building	1997
Echo City Hall	Echo	Building	1997
Echo Methodist Church	Echo	Building	1997
Edwards, James, Building	Echo	Building	1997
Ellis-Hampton House	Pendleton	Building	1986
Empire Block	Pendleton	Building	1982
Frazier, Williams, Farmstead	Milton-Freewater	Building	1986
Greasewood Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church	Adams	Building	1988
Hamley and Company Leather Goods Store	Pendleton	Building	1982
Hendricks Building (K.O.T.M.)	Pendleton	Building	1982
Ireland, Sarah E., House	Milton--Freewater	Building	1994
J.L. Elam Bank	Milton-Freewater	Building	2024
Johnson-Ellis House	Pendleton	Building	1986
Koontz, J.H., Building	Echo	Building	1997
Koontz, James H. and Cynthia, House	Echo	Building	1997
LaDow Block	Pendleton	Building	1992
Masonic Temple	Pendleton	Building	1982
Matlock-Brownfield Building	Pendleton	Building	1982
Meacham Hotel	Meacham	Building	2002
Milarkey Building	Pendleton	Building	1982
Reese and Redman General Merchandise Store	Adams	Building	1994
Rice, Gonzalez M. and Maude R., House	Pendleton	Building	2021
Saling, Isham, House	Weston	Building	1976
Sommerville, Edgar, House	Pendleton	Building	1980
South Main Street Commercial Historic District	Pendleton	District	1986
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church	Echo	Building	1997
Still-Perkins House	Milton-Freewater	Building	1993
US Post Office and Courthouse	Pendleton	Building	1985
Umatilla County Library	Pendleton	Building	1997
Umatilla Masonic Lodge Hall	Echo	Building	1997
Umatilla Site (35 UM 1)	Umatilla	Site	1981
Vey, Joseph, House	Pendleton	Building	1986
Walla Walla Valley Traction Company Passenger Station and Powerhouse	Milton-Freewater	Building	1993
Watts, M. L., House	Athena	Building	1988
Weston Commercial Historic District	Weston	District	1982
Weston School	Weston	District	2011
Winn Barn	Weston	Building	2011

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Umatilla was formed in 1862 (1862-09-27) from Wasco.

UMATILLA created from WASCO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Umatilla County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,916	9,607	18,049	25,946	26,030	41,703	44,352	58,861	70,548	80,075

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Park unit	54.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

41 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 41 of 41 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Agency Indian Cemetery	45.66374	-118.66969
Athena Cemetery	45.81874	-118.50412
Baumgardner Cemetery	45.76221	-119.23457
Bowlus Cemetery	45.93588	-118.30126
Darr Grave	45.34154	-119.0116
Despain Gulch Cemetery	45.76073	-118.91315
Echo Memorial Cemetery	45.74744	-119.1938
Echo Memorial Cemetery	45.74744	-119.1938
Finland Cemetery	45.7833	-118.66428
Ford Cemetery	45.98677	-118.41052
Foster Cemetery	45.76707	-119.2125
German Cemetery	45.79154	-118.71411
Greasewood Cemetery	45.79035	-118.64255
Gurdane Cemetery	45.26889	-119.11502
Helix Cemetery	45.84207	-118.65274
Hermiston Cemetery	45.82346	-119.28167
Holdman Cemetery	45.87407	-118.94672
Homeli Cemetery	45.6854	-118.52023
Hyatt Cemetery	45.8019	-118.29382
Key Cemetery	45.79697	-118.44595
McKay Creek Cemetery	45.57749	-118.78345
Meacham Cemetery	45.50401	-118.42467
Nolin Cemetery	45.68257	-119.10464
Old Agency Cemetery	45.66748	-118.70022
Old City Cemetery	45.92374	-118.39245
Olney Cemetery	45.65874	-118.80414
Patterson Grave	45.26919	-119.10099
Pilot Rock Cemetery	45.46735	-118.83969
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery	45.91664	-119.34951
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery	45.91624	-119.34974
Pleasant View Cemetery	45.79417	-119.20403
Red Elk Cemetery	45.67982	-118.43378
Saint Andrews Mission Cemetery	45.63512	-118.62524
Skyview Memorial Park	45.57957	-118.79608
Sturdivant Cemetery	45.16848	-118.96694
Sunset Hills Cemetery	45.90763	-119.35195
Tutuilla Presbyterian Indian Mission Cemetery	45.62957	-118.71636
Ukiah Cemetery	45.1417	-118.93116
Vinson Cemetery	45.46257	-119.09404
Warner Family Cemetery	45.36503	-118.87129
Weston Cemetery	45.81757	-118.4155

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Albee	45.21263	-118.90915
Ordnance	45.79661	-119.4169

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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