State of Oregon - Yamhill
County
Yamhill County. Bounded north by
Washington, east by Clackamas and Marion, south by Polk,
and west by Tillamook, the summit of the Coast Range
being the dividing line. Area, 750 square miles.
Assessed valuation of property for 1874, $1,887,633.
Population, 6.000.
County seat, Lafayette. Principal towns: Amity, Payton,
Belleview, North Yamhill, Newberg, McMinnville, St.
Joseph, Sheridan, and Wheatland. The county is rich in
agricultural resources, and is well situated for
development.
The Willamette washes its eastern border, and the
Yamhill, which in time of high water is navigable for
some twenty miles from its mouth, runs through the
interior. An excellent water-power is furnished by the
falls of the Yamhill at Lafayette, also by other streams
in various parts. The county is well supplied with water
and wood, and nine-tenths of the surface is estimated as
arable. Yamhill has always been distinguished for its
agricultural products, also for its fine horses and fat
cattle.
The climate is mild and salubrious, the mortality
statistics showing this to be one of the healthiest
towns in the State. Altogether, it presents advantages
of the most attractive character, and when Oregon
contains the countless population its fertile soil, rich
mines, and great manufacturing capacity invite to it and
will support, then the lovely county of Yamhill will
receive the attention to which its great merits entitle
it.
In addition to its navigable streams as means of
transportation, is the Oregon Central Railroad, now
having its terminus at St. Joseph, 48 miles from
Portland. This road enters the central portion of the
County, and has given a great impetus to business.
Officers: Hartwell Hurley, County
Judge; Ellery W. Rogers, Clerk; J. J. Whitney, District
Attorney; Henry C. Dale, Sheriff and Tax Collector;
James M. Kelty, Treasurer; Isaac Davis, Assessor; R. S.
Shook, Surveyor; Martin Payne, Coroner; J. H. Casse,
Superintendent Public Schools.
Pacific Coast Business Directory
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Oregon Territory Index
Oregon Directory and Gazetteer
Source: Pacific Coast Business
Directory for 1876-78, Compiled by Henry G. Langley, San
Francisco, 1875.
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