Umatilla County
Pendleton Oregon
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Visit the Umatilla County Health Department web page to find out more.
Family Emergency Plan
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning.
It could be a house or wild fire, it might be a weather-related
emergency such as a flood, wind or winter storm. It can force you
to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What
would you do if basic services -- water, gas, electricity or telephones
-- were cut off? Local officials will be on scene, but they
cannot reach everyone right away. Click here to learn more about
creating a Family
Emergency Plan.
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Location
Umatilla County Courthouse
216 SE Fourth Street
Pendleton, Or 97801
Info:541-276-7111
Courts:541-278-0341
The Courthouse is open 8 am. to 5 pm. Mon. through Fri.
Location and hours for
other County offices
General Information About Umatilla County
Umatilla County traces its creation in 1862 to the regional gold rushes, which spawned the river port of Umatilla City and brought stock raisers to the lush grasslands.
Although Lewis and Clark and the Oregon Trail pioneers passed through Umatilla County, it did not bloom until the arrival of the railroad in 1881 and the development of dry land wheat farming.
Water in the form of irrigation has been key to economic
diversification and growth, most recently in the Hermiston area, where
the desert now yields lush watermelons and other products. Tourism is
also increasingly important to Umatilla County where “Let-er-Buck” is
heard by Pendleton Round-Up crowds. To find out more about Umatilla
County History visit our History page.
Umatilla County Courthouse
The first
courthouse was completed in 1866 in Umatilla City. The next courthouse,
and the first built in Pendleton, was a wooden, two-story structure
completed in 1869. In 1889 a three-story brick courthouse and jail was
erected. The picture to the right is of the 1889 Courthouse,
complements
of
Howdyshell Photos 541-276-7491. A fourth courthouse was built on
the site of the old
courthouse in 1956 and is still in use today. More information
about Umatilla County history and the historic clock tower can be found
at umatillacounty.net/history.htm
and umatillacounty.net/clock.htm
Umatilla County Courthouse 1869, Howdyshell Photos
Umatilla County Courthouse today.