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Yamhill County, Oregon

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85historic places

—earliest paper

1843formed

107,722pop. 2020

35cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 85 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Dayton, Newberg, McMinnville.

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 Yamhill titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

79 of 85 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

85 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
99W Drive-in Theatre	Newberg	Site	2014
Avery House	Dayton	Building	1987
Baxter House	Dayton	Building	1987
Berry-Sigler Investment Property	Dayton	Building	1987
Bertram, Henry, Sr., House	Dayton	Building	1988
Briedwell School	Amity	Building	1988
Brookside Cemetery	Dayton	Site	1987
Buchanan Cellers Mill	McMinnville	Building	2012
Bunn, John Marion, House	Yamhill	Building	1979
Cain House	Dayton	Building	1987
Cameo Theatre	Newberg	Building	2018
Carlton State and Savings Bank	Carlton	Building	1988
Carter-Goodrich House	Dayton	Building	1987
Cate, Asa F., Farm Ensemble	McMinnville	Building	1990
Chambers, Joseph and Virginia, Farmstead	Newberg	Building	1992
Commercial Club-Stuckey, S. C., Building	Dayton	Building	1987
Cook, Amos, House	Dayton	Building	1974
Courthouse Square	Dayton	Site	1987
Dayton Common School	Dayton	Building	1987
Dayton High School	Dayton	Building	1987
Dayton Methodist Episcopal Church	Dayton	Building	1987
Diehl-Seitters House	Dayton	Building	1987
Dundee Woman's Club Hall	Dundee	Building	1986
Edwards, Jesse, House	Newberg	Building	1980
Evangelical Church of Lafayette	Lafayette	Building	2002
Evangelical United Brethren Church	Dayton	Building	1987
Fenton, Frank W., House	McMinnville	Building	1983
Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery	Newberg	Site	1994
First Baptist Church	Dayton	Building	1979
Fischer, Carl, Meats	Dayton	Building	1987
Fletcher, Alfred P., Farmhouse	Lafayette	Building	1980
Fletcher, Francis, House	Dayton	Building	1975
Fletcher-Stretch House	Dayton	Building	1987
Foster Oil Company	Dayton	Building	1987
Free Methodist Church	Dayton	Building	1987
Gabriel-Filer House	Dayton	Building	1987
Gabriel-Will House	Dayton	Building	1987
Hagey, Levi, House	Dundee	Building	1974
Harrington House	Dayton	Building	1987
Harris Building	Dayton	Building	1987
Hibbert, William, House	Dayton	Building	1978
Hole House	Dayton	Building	1987
Hughes Flying Boat (H-4 Hercules)	McMinnville	Structure	2024
J.C. Penney Building	Newberg	Building	2007
Jessen-Goodrich House	Dayton	Building	1987
Kelty, James M. and Paul R., House	Lafayette	Building	1982
Kershaw, Dr. Andrew, House	Willamina	Building	1989
Krietz House	Dayton	Building	1987
Lamson Ranch	Willamina	Building	2013
Laughlin, Lee, House	Yamhill	Building	1979
Lewis-Shippy House	Dayton	Building	1987
Londershausen House	Dayton	Building	1987
Londershausen House	Dayton	Building	1987
Mabee-Mayberry House	Dayton	Building	1987
Mattey, Joseph, House	Lafayette	Building	1977
McMinnville Downtown Historic District	McMinnville	District	1987
McNamar Building	Dayton	Building	1987
McNish House	Dayton	Building	1987
Mellinger House	Dayton	Building	1987
Mellinger-Ponnay House	Dayton	Building	1987
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage	Dayton	Building	1987
Minthorn Hall	Newberg	Building	1997
Minthorn, Dr. Henry J., House (Herbert Hoover House)	Newberg	Building	2003
Monahan House	Dayton	Building	1987
Morse House	Dayton	Building	1987
Morse House	Dayton	Building	1987
Nichols House	Dayton	Building	1987
Oregon Mutual Merchant Fire Insurance Association Office	Dayton	Building	1987
Palmer House	Dayton	Building	1987
Parrish, William Albert and Anna May Bristow, Farmstead	Newberg	Building	2000
Paulson-Gregory House	Newberg	Building	1999
Pioneer Hall, Linfield College	McMinnville	Building	1978
Powell, Curtis W., House	Dayton	Building	1987
Rippey House	Dayton	Building	1987
Sigler House	Dayton	Building	1987
Smith, Andrew, House	Dayton	Building	1976
Smith, John T., House	Newberg	Building	1984
Spaulding, Charles K., House	Newberg	Building	1994
Spence, Jack, House	McMinnville	Building	1986
Stuart, Dr., House	Dayton	Building	1987
Travelers Home	Sheridan	Building	1982
Union Block	Newberg	Building	2000
Wennerberg, John B., Barn	Carlton	Building	2018
Yamhill River Lock and Dam	Dayton	Structure	1991
Young, Ewing, Site	Newberg	Site	1989

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Yamhill was formed in 1843 (1843-07-05) from unknown / original county.

YAMHILL DISTRICT created by the Oregon Territory Provisional Government as one of the four original Oregon Territory counties.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,512	3,245	7,945	13,420	20,529	26,336	33,484	32,478	55,332	84,992	107,722

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

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

Cemeteries — 35 of 35 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Amity Cemetery	45.1148	-123.21114
Bellevue - Yocum Cemetery	45.12428	-123.32704
Brigittine Monastery Cemetery	45.08971	-123.26708
Brookside Cemetery	45.21845	-123.07338
Buck Hollow Cemetery	45.14289	-123.49011
Deer Creek Cemetery	45.10534	-123.31693
Dundee Pioneer Cemetery	45.28403	-123.02125
Evergreen Memorial Park	45.23511	-123.15815
Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery	45.29483	-122.95953
G A R Cemetery	45.29688	-122.96109
Gibbs Cemetery	45.3415	-122.9187
Green Crest Memorial Park	45.08817	-123.39398
Happy Valley Cemetery	45.2355	-123.29785
Highland Cemetery	45.15917	-123.45657
Hillcrest Cemetery	45.29206	-122.98898
Holmes Cemetery	45.09766	-123.61274
Hopewell Cemetery	45.10337	-123.10265
Hussey Cemetery	45.16771	-123.3785
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	45.214	-123.06537
Lafayette Cemetery	45.25483	-123.13037
Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery	45.25122	-123.1012
Masonic Cemetery	45.21462	-123.23769
Masonic Cemetery	45.10816	-123.4012
McBride Cemetery	45.29761	-123.22454
Moores Valley Cemetery	45.32066	-123.30398
Noble Cemetery	45.339	-123.03481
O'Dell Cemetery	45.1471	-123.09621
Oak Grove Cemetery	45.38797	-123.05897
Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey Cemetery	45.28218	-123.08954
Pike Cemetery	45.37342	-123.25249
Saint James Cemetery	45.23344	-123.15981
South Yamhill Cemetery	45.17125	-123.28032
Taylor Cemetery	45.1465	-123.17259
Yamhill - Carlton Cemetery	45.32233	-123.16842
Yamhill County Friends Cemetery	45.29622	-122.95953

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Dewey	45.38178	-123.09427
Fairdale	45.35983	-123.33539

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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