Series provides visual documentation of changes made to county lands through development and by natural and man-made disasters. The photographs are taken at intervals along a series of flight paths to attain coverage of all or part of a county. They generally include flight path or township, range, and section numbers; show natural and man-made features; and are produced in black and white or color prints to varying scales. An index by quadrant may also be included. 

The University of Oregon Aerial Photograph Collection includes aerial photographs from most Oregon counties. 

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Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Aerial Photograph-rodeo grounds and vicinity], 1972 (1 photograph).

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Surveyor's Shipping Container: 

[Aerial Photographs], 1937 (ca.250 photographs).

Series documents the payment of county and state bounty money to individuals who presented the scalps and other prescribed body parts of targeted predatory animals. The program was intended to control the threat to livestock. Examples of targeted animals include coyote, cougar, mountain lion, panther, wildcat, bobcat, lynx, and wolf. Records include registers, affidavits, certificates, and statements. Information includes claimant and affiant names; kind of animal; number of scalps; date killed or presented; and number, amount, and date of warrant. The records are also referred to as scalp bounty records.

Most of the records located in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

[Scalp Bounty Affidavits-title varies], ca.1896-ca.1923 (ca..60 cu.ft.). 

Bounty Record [Animal], 1909-1923 (1 volume);

Register of Scalp Bounty Warrants, vol. 1, 1901-1903 (1 volume); 

Scalp Bounty Warrants [Stubs], 1901-1903 (1 volume).

1884-[ongoing]

Series documents the assessment of real and personal property, the determination of tax liability, and the collection of county taxes. Assessment, tax, and delinquent tax records are variously labeled as rolls, lists, or summaries. Records show property owner; description and value of urban and agricultural land, personal property, and livestock; assessments, equalizations, and taxes due; and notations on payment and delinquency in payment of taxes. Beginning with 1900, counties have only been required to retain permanently those assessment and tax rolls for years ending in "0" and "5."

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Delinquent Tax List], 1918-1930 (.20 cu.ft.);

Index Delinquent Taxes, 1907-1908 (1 volume);

[Summary Assessment Roll], 1908 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Summary Tax Roll], 1909 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Vault:

Acreage/Town Lots and Personal [Assessment and Tax Rolls-title varies], 1931-1943 (26 volumes);

Assessment Roll [and Tax-title varies], 1885-1905, 1910, 1914-1915, 1917, 1930, 1944-1950, 1953-1956 (54 volumes);

[Assessment Roll-Umatilla County], 1884 (1 volume);

Delinquent Roll [Tax], 1888-1891, 1893, 1924-1930 (6 volumes);

[Delinquent Tax Roll Index], 1931-1935 (1 volume);

Fire Patrol [Forest Protection Assessment Roll], 1956-1957 (1 volume);

[Index to Tax Roll], 1930-1931 (2 volumes);

[Morrow County Tax Ledger], 1938-1945 (10 volumes);

Official Assessment Roll, 1983-1984 (1 volume);

Real [Assessment and Tax Roll], 1924 (1 volume);

Sheriff's Delinquent Roll, 1890 (1 volume);

Sheriff's Roll [Tax], 1889 (1 volume);

Sheriff's Tax Ledger, 1894-1900 (7 volumes);

Sheriff's Tax Roll, 1886 (2 volumes);

Tax Collection Register, 1938 (1 volume);

Tax Register and Ledger, vol. 1, 1893 (1 volume);

Tax Summary [Records], 1980-2011 (5 cu.ft.).

[Assessment and Tax Roll], 1956-2012 (15 inches of microfiche).

Assessment and Tax Roll [title varies], 1906-1909, 1911-1929, 1932, 1942, 1949-1950, 1952, 1954-1955 (44 volumes).

Series documents the registration of business names with the county clerk or recorder. Information includes assumed business name; description of business; filing date; and business owner, notary public, witness, clerk or recorder, and deputy's name. Series may also include an index arranged alphabetically by business name. Businesses which were registered were typically automotive sales, motorcycle repair, merchandise shops, butchers, and feed stores. Since 1964, assumed business names have been filed with the Secretary of State. Assumed business names have been inventoried through 1964. For more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Business Registry Section​.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

[Assumed Business Names Certificates], 1939-1964 (.40 cu.ft.); 

Record of Assumed Business Names [with index], vol. 1-2, 1915-1964 (2 volumes).

Series documents liens placed on real property by the county to satisfy debts. Attachments are ordered by the circuit court and authorize the sheriff to seize or transfer property to satisfy debts such as loans, mortgages, or tax liens. The sheriff will hold the property in trust until the debt is paid or the property is sold. Information includes defendant name, statement of attachment, property description, statement of return when attachment is satisfied, return of execution, dates attachment is issued and returned, court order, and sheriff's signature. Attachment records have been inventoried through 1920. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Certificates of Attachment], 1897-1907 (.15 cu.ft.). 

Attachment Certificate Record [with index], vol. 1, 1899-1918 (1 volume); 

Record of Attachment, 1885-1899 (1 volume); 

Record of Attachment [with index], 1885-1889 (1 volume); vol. 1, 1890-1891 (1 volume); 

Writ of Attachment Record [with index], vol. 2, 1918-1966 (1 volume). 

Clerk Save [Writ of Attachment], ca.1904-ca.1918 (.10 cu.ft.).

Series documents the recording of births by the county. Records include certificates, affidavits for correction, registers, delayed entry for births and corrected entries. Information includes registration number; child's name, sex, legitimacy, birth date, and birthplace; name, residence, color, age, birthplace, and occupation of father and mother; number of other children born to mother; signature of physician or midwife; filing date; and registrar's signature. Birth records were not required by the state of Oregon until 1903 when the state began to officially register births. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section​ of the Health Division. Birth records have been inventoried through 1920. For information concerning more recent records, contact the State Registrar. Also see Delayed Birth Records series for related records. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Certificate of Birth and Death], 1905-1906 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Record of Births, 1906-1915 (1 volume); 

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1929 (1 volume). 

Records at the Morrow County Museum:

Record of Births and Deaths [District No. 135-Hardman], 1915-1917 (1 volume).

Series documents the population, property, and agricultural production of the county. Records may include census rolls and abstracts, farm schedules, abstract of assessment and census, enumeration of inhabitants and industrial products, and enumeration of inhabitants and military enrollment. Information includes number of males and females per age category; head of household; name, age, and gender of household members; occupation and relationship of household members to head of household; and description and value of real and personal property. Information may also include nationality, physical description, birthplace, health, and religion of household members and agricultural production statistics. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Census Roll Morrow County [Oregon Historical Records Index], 1895 (2 volumes). 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Census Bureau [Index Maps], 1996 (13 maps); 2000 (21 maps).

1885-1985

Series documents cases heard before the circuit courts and the U.S. district courts. U.S. district courts were administered by the federal government during the territorial period and subsequently replaced by the circuit courts upon statehood in 1859. Case files include exhibits, transcripts, indexes, and legal documents such as indictments, subpoenas, fee bills, articles of agreement, bonds, summons, executions, petitions, and injunctions. The case files document civil and criminal actions such as debt, theft, divorce, land claims, arson, murder, rape, assault and battery, and boundary conflicts. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Circuit Court [Case Files], no. 5483-6637, ca.1965-1982 (.40 inch microfiche and microfilm jackets).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Vault:

Vault Index Circuit Court Papers, vol. 3-5, ca.1885-1985 (3 volumes).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:

[Cochran vs. Cochran Circuit Court Transcripts], 1924 (1 volume).

Book of Divorce Records Final Decree [Receipts], 1925-1942 (1 volume);

[Cochran vs. Cochran Circuit Court Transcripts], 1924 (1 volume);

[Index to Circuit Court Papers], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm).

Morrow County [Circuit Court Case Files], no. 1-4240, 1885-1955 (51 reels of microfilm);

Morrow County Film Index [Microfilm], no. 1-4240, 1885-1955 (1 binder).

Index Circuit Court Cases [Morrow County], ca.1904-1923 (1 volume);

Index to Vault Papers [Morrow County-includes references to circuit, justice, and county court cases], 1885-1897 (1 volume);

Index Vault [Morrow County Circuit Court Cases], vol. 2, ca.1899-ca.1904 (1 volume);

Morrow County Circuit Court [Case Files-title varies], no. 4241-7425, 1955-1983 (45 cu.ft.);

Vault Index [Morrow County-includes references to circuit, justice, and county court cases], n.d. (1 volume).

Series records brief entries about the proceedings of court cases. Information includes date; plaintiff and defendant names; cause of action such as larceny, assault, divorce, or receivership; attorney names; and final disposition of the case. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the state court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Register and Fee Book of Cases, vol. 10-14, 1926-1976 (5 volumes).

[Circuit Court Docket], 1922-1935 (1 volume); 1929-1938 (1 volume);

Register and Fee Book of Cases Criminal, vol. 1, 1971-1983 (1 volume). 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room: 

Court Docket Circuit Court Law, 1885-1907 (1 volume); 

Criminal Docket Circuit Court, 1885-1908 (1 volume); 

Equity Docket Circuit Court, 1885-1908 (1 volume); 

Record of Trials, vol. 1-2, 1964-1986 (2 volumes);

Register and Fee Book of Cases Circuit Court, vol. 15, 1976-1983 (1 volume); 

Trial Record [with index], vol. 1, 1921-1930 (1 volume). 

Register and Fee Book of Cases Circuit and County Court [Morrow County-title varies], vol. 2-5, 1891-1911 (4 volumes);

Register and Fee Book of Cases Circuit Court [Morrow County], vol. 6-8, 1910-1923 (3 volumes).

1885-1980

Series records chronological narratives of the proceedings of the court including actions taken such as decrees, judgments, arrangements, sentences, dismissals, and grand jury reports. Information includes plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; term of court; character and date of case; case number; and date of issue. The term "judgment" refers to judicial decisions regarding the verdict, decision, or judgment rendered by the court and is distinct from those judgments relating to the recovery of court costs and awards (see Judgment and Execution Dockets). Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:

Circuit Court Journal Criminal [with index], 1891-1900 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Journal Equity, 1891-1900 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Journal Law [with index], 1891-1900 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 4-9, 1900-1935 (6 volumes); vol. 16, 1963-1965 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Minutes, 1958-1967 (1 volume);

Index to Circuit Court Journals, vol. 1, 1885-1891 (1 volume); vol. 1-3, 1909-1974 (3 volumes);

Journal Circuit Court, vol. 1, 1885-1891 (1 volume).

Microfilm Cards [Circuit Court and Probate Journal Pages], ca.1960-ca.1980 (2.50 feet of aperture cards).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Records Storage Area:

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 10-15, 17, 1935-1963, 1965-1967 (7 volumes).

Series documents the recording of a variety of legal documents filed in the clerk's or recorder's office. These documents were not required to be filed with the clerk and often included filings such as birth and marriage certificates of individuals who were born or married outside of the county but wanted the document to be filed in their county of residence. Other documents include wills, obligation bonds, quit claims, deeds, conveyances, mortgage satisfactions, agreements, charters, partnership dissolutions, contracts, powers of attorney, liens, leases, marriage licenses, military discharges, ministerial certificates, medical personnel licenses, birth and death certificates, and affidavits of publication. Information includes dates filed, name of individual filing, type of action, and volume and page number where recorded. Series may also include alphabetical indexes of individuals filing a recording. Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings have been inventoried through 1965. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Index to Miscellaneous Files, vol. 1, 1879-1902 (1 volume); 

Miscellaneous Index, vol. 1, 1874-1902 (1 volume); 

[Miscellaneous-Record], vol. 5-7, 1946-1967 (2 reels of microfilm); 

Miscellaneous Record [with index], vol. A, 2-7, 1885-1967 (7 volumes); 

Vault Index Miscellaneous Papers, vol. 1, 1890-1974 (1 volume).

Series documents the filing of transactions, authorized by statute, with the clerk or recorder of the county for the purpose of making the transaction a matter of public record. Information includes dates filed, type and description of transactions, filing numbers, names of parties involved, amounts charged or assessed, and clerk or recorder's signatures. Series may also include alphabetical indexes that contain volume and page numbers where recorded and names of individual filing transactions. Transactions include records that were previously maintained separately, such as mortgages; deeds; military service records; federal, mechanic's, and road improvement liens; mining claims; satisfactions; judgment assignments; notarial commissions; medical and ministerial licenses; oaths; and affidavits of publication. This series is commonly referred to as the Book of Records. 

Since 1967 deeds, mortgages, and military discharges have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings. Since 1976 mining claims, water rights have also been included in the Recordings. The Recordings are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

[Book of Records-Recordings], no. 1-18555, 1967-1980 (16 feet of aperture cards); 

[Recordings-microfiche], no. 1-60240, 2000.1-2006.17116, 1967-2006 (4.50 feet of microfiche);

[Recordings-paper], no. 18556-602440, 1981-1999 (253 volumes); no. 2000.1-2014.34524, 2000-present (203 volumes).

Series documents all administrative actions of the board of county commissioners and the county court. In most counties, the board of county commissioners has assumed the administrative duties and responsibilities of the county court. Administrative actions include levying taxes; budgeting; approving appropriations; appointing county officials; approving officials bonds and annual reports; receiving petitions and remonstrances concerning county roads; defining and establishing county roads; calling bond elections for the construction of county buildings; compiling jury lists and conducting hearings; approving salaries and expenses of county officials; confirming elections; and issuing licenses for such things as liquor, ferries, warehouses, and groceries. The series may be referred to as the County Court Administrative Journal, Commissioner's Minutes, County Court Docket, or Board of Commissioners Meeting Records.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Commissioners Journal [volumes I-K with index], vol. A-K, 1885-1988 (11 volumes); 

County Court Minutes, 1998-2009 (6 cu.ft.); 

[Court Minutes-County Commissioners], 1989-2006 (2 inches of microfiche); 

Morrow County Court Minutes, 2010-present (6 cu.ft.). 

Commissioners Court Docket [title varies], vol. 1-2, 1888-1906 (2 volumes); vol. 4, 1907-1927 (1 volume); 

County Court Docket, 1885-1888 (1 volume); 

Direct Index to Commissioners Record, vol. A, 1885-1889 (1 volume).

​1932-[ongoing]

Series documents orders, ordinances, and resolutions passed by the board of county commissioners and the county court regulating and establishing guidelines for specific activities within the county. Information includes activity covered by order, ordinance, or resolution; administrative action number; who introduced; findings of fact; conclusions; recommendations; date heard; and hearings officer name and signature. Activities include noise abatement, nuisances, zoning, animal control, solid waste management, land division regulations, elections, comprehensive plan, and road and bridge use limits.

Beginning in 1885 orders, ordinances, and resolutions were recorded in the Commissioners Journal and the Court Minutes (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

County Court Documents [includes orders, ordinances, and resolutions], ca.1977-present (7 cu.ft.);

[County Court Orders and Resolutions-includes contracts and agreements], 1988-2005 (1 inch of microfiche);

[County Court Orders-with gaps], 1932-1977 (.70 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Morrow County Code [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance amendments-with index], ca.1986-n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office:

Comprehensive Plan Amendments [Records-includes zoning ordinance and map information], 1989-present (8 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Zoning-Related Ordinance Files-includes airport hazard, noise, nuisance, weed control, surface mining, and utilities], ca.1982-present (.40 cu.ft.);

Morrow County Code [includes amendments to comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], 1986-n.d. (1 volume);

Morrow County Planning Department Current and Past Subdivision Ordinances, 2005-present (1 binder);

Morrow County Planning Department Current and Past Zoning Ordinances, 2005-present (1 binder);

Morrow County Subdivision Ordinance, 2000 (1 binder);

Morrow County Zoning Ordinance, 1986 (1 binder);

Subdivision Ordinance [Morrow County], 1973 (1 volume); 1977 (1 volume); 1980 (1 volume);

Zoning Ordinance [Morrow County], 1972 (.10 cu.ft.);

Zoning Ordinance [Morrow County-includes drafts], 1980 (1 binder).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office Counter:

Zoning Ordinance Subdivision Ordinance, 1980-present (1 binder).

Records at the Morrow County Webs​ite:

Subdivision Ordinance, 2012-present;

Zoning Ordinances​, ca.2001-present.

Series documents the establishment and/or restoration of survey corners or monuments by the county surveyor or registered land surveyors. Records include maps, field survey restoration notes, historical notes, and indexes. Information includes description of corners; existing markers; descriptions of new markers and any changes made to the locations; property owners; township, range, and section numbers; donation land claim information; date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures. 

[Morrow County Survey Records-indexes filed surveys and corner restoration forms], ca.1916-present (1 binder); 

[Oregon Corner Restoration Form-copies], ca.1975-present (.70 cu.ft.).

[Corner Survey Register-by township and range-in green binders], 1965-1988 (4 binders); 

Morrow County Survey Records [indexes filed surveys and corner restoration forms], ca.1916-present (1 binder); 

[Oregon Corner Restoration Form-title varies], ca.1975-present (.50 cu.ft.); 

Record of Lost or Obliterated Government Corners Re-Established, 1908-1943 (1 volume); 

[Survey Field Books-includes land, corner, and road survey information], ca.1910-ca.1940 (23 volumes); 

[Survey Index Cards-includes corner restoration information-by township and range], ca.1916-ca.1988 (.15 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Morrow County Web Site:

Filed Corner Certificate Index​, ca.1975-present;

Series records the results of the examination of a corpse by the county coroner at the request of the county sheriff. It also documents the proceedings and results of inquests ordered by the district attorney. Reports include date filed; name, age, sex, race, parentage, and birthplace of deceased; date, place, and time of death; names of undertaker and coroner; testimony; and costs. Early reports were narrative accounts detailing the cause of death. After 1900, a standardized form was used for reporting results. Inquest transcripts include coroner and juror names, signatures, and actions; witness names; testimony; and verdict. Coroner and inquest records have been inventoried through 1965. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

[Coroner's Inquest], 1885-1886, 1893-1954 (1.25 cu.ft.).

Series documents the annual allotment of funds for county government operations as agreed to by the board of commissioners. Information includes total amount of funds budgeted for each office. Later budgets may include organizational charts and a narrative of each county office function. From circa 1916 until 1979 the county budget was included in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). Most of the records located in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Budget-County-with gaps], 1916-1961 (.40 cu.ft.);

[Budget Minutes and Documents-County], 1989-2006 (.50 inch of microfiche);

Morrow County Budgets 1983-2009, 2005-present (1.25 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Morrow County Webs​ite:

Final Adopted Budget, 2012-present.

1956-[ongoing]

Series documents the development and revision of a plan for the use of lands within the county. Series includes plans for transportation, energy, housing, population and economics, public facilities and services, urbanization, natural resources, greenways, recreation, agricultural and forest lands, land capability, resource quality, floodplains, landmarks, historic property, rural community center designation, and natural areas. Each plan includes background information about the subject; supporting documentation such as maps, charts, and diagrams; and a narrative description of each aspect of the plan and how it is to be implemented. Series may also include an overall "comprehensive plan" which contains both historical and current looks at county land practices and defines goals and policies adhered to during the creation and implementation of the plan.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Morrow County Code [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance amendments-with index], ca.1986-n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office:

Comprehensive Plan Amendments [Records-includes zoning ordinance and map information], 1989-present (8 cu.ft.);

Comprehensive Plan [Morrow County], 1971 (1 volume); 1980 (.10 cu.ft.);

Comprehensive Plan North Morrow County, 1965 (1 volume);

Comprehensive Plan South Morrow County, 1968 (1 volume);

[Miscellaneous Flat File Maps-includes city zoning, transportation, water, topographic, wetlands, floodplain, comprehensive plan, and zoning], ], ca.1961-present (ca.200 maps);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes drainage, parks, floodplain, comprehensive plan, zoning, rural address, roads, heritage trail, Army depot, urban growth management], 1956-present (ca.100 maps);

Morrow County Code [includes amendments to comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], 1986-n.d. (1 volume);

Morrow County Master Log Book [includes information about comprehensive plan, zoning, subdivision, and partition actions], ca.1984-present (1 binder).

Series documents the actions of the county court in civil and some criminal cases. Records include complaints, judgments, decrees, summonses, warrants, affidavits, writs, and an index. County court cases include spousal support, employment compensation, satisfaction of judgments, and divorce. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; case type; and filing dates of actions and decrees.

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Records Storage Area:

Index to Vault Papers [Morrow County-includes references to circuit, justice, and county court cases], 1885-1897 (1 volume); 

Vault Index [Morrow County-includes references to circuit, justice, and county court cases], n.d. (1 volume).

Series records the proceedings of the county court for civil and some criminal cases. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; trial date; memorandum of subsequent proceedings; and fees charged. Cases include citizenship petitions, legal changes to name, commitments, and writs of habeas corpus. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room: 

Journal County Court [includes mostly probate and some insane commitments], vol. A, 1885-1891 (1 volume);

Journal County Court Law [includes naturalization petitions and orders and widow's pension actions], 1885-1919 (1 volume); 

Law & Probate Docket [County Court-includes few entries and no probate information], vol. 1, 1892 (1 volume). 

Law Journal County Court [includes widow's pension actions], vol. 2, 1919-1966 (1 volume). 

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Records Storage Area: 

Register and Fee Book of Cases Circuit and County Court [Morrow County-title varies], vol. 2-5, 1891-1911 (4 volumes). 

County Court Law Register Fee Book, 1887-1892 (1 volume).

Series documents the preparation and organization of the county fair by the county fair board (including any predecessor group) and other county officials. Records include fair board minutes, reports, and annual premium lists and publications. Minutes and reports include information pertaining to county fair employment, budgets, sponsorship, capital improvements to fairgrounds, and event scheduling throughout the year. Annual premium lists and/or publications may include county fair history, names of fair officers, general fair rules and regulations, event schedules, exhibit lists, and photographs. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

[Fair Board Report], 1908, 1915, 1917-1918 (.20 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, Fair Office:

Fair Board Minutes, 2007-present (1 binder); 

Premium Books [County Fair-with gaps], 1932-present (1.25 cu.ft.); 

Yearly Files [Fair Board Minutes], 1980-2006 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, Fair Office Building, Open Class Area, Floor Safe: 

Minutes MCFB [Morrow County Fair Board], 1960-1969 (.10 cu.ft.).

Series reports the activities of county officials to the county court or board of county commissioners. Series may include reports by the treasurer, surveyor, clerk, roadmaster, assessor, sheriff, school superintendent, and county nurse or doctor. Reports summarize the activities of county officials and their staff as they perform their official duties. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Annual Reports of County Agricultural Agent, 1920-1963 (2 cu.ft.). 

[Miscellaneous Reports-includes clerk, sheriff, treasurer, road supervisor, agriculture agent, fair board, and fruit inspector], ca.1886-ca.1934 (ca.1 cu.ft.); 

[Sheriff's Semi-annual Report], 1897-1900 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Front [Clerk's Annual Reports], 1948-1980 (1 volume); 

Officers Reports [County Officers Semi-annual Reports], 1886-1894 (1 volume).

Series documents the recording of deaths in the county. Records include registers and certificates. Information includes registration number; place and date of death; name, sex, color, birth date and place, age, and marital status of the deceased; names and birthplaces of parents; primary and contributory cause of death; physician, registrar, and informant signatures; filing date; and date and place of burial. Death records were not required by the state of Oregon until 1903 when the state began to officially register deaths. County death records have been inventoried through 1920. Access to death records is restricted for 50 years following the date of death by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096. Contact the Oregon State Archives for access to state death certificates that are more than 50 years old. Contact the Oregon Center for Health Statistics ​for access to more recent death certificates. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Certificate of Birth and Death], 1905-1906 (.05 cu.ft.); Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1929 (1 volume); 

Record of Deaths, 1906-1915 (1 volume). 

Records at the Morrow County Museum: 

Record of Births and Deaths [District No. 135-Hardman], 1915-1917 (1 volume).

1861-1984

Series documents the ownership of land. Series includes deeds, land sales contracts, quitclaim deeds, homestead exemption claims, corporate certificates, agreements, correction deeds, special assessments of unzoned farmland, easements, and indirect and direct deed indexes. Information includes grantor and grantee name; recording and filing dates; property descriptions; title warranties; consideration amounts; witness and recorder names; and volume and page numbers of where recorded.

Since 1967 deeds have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). A separate deed index was maintained until 1984. Most of the records located in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

[Deed Books], vol. Q-Z, 27-50, 1902-1947 (2 inches of microfiche);

[Deed Index Direct], 1940-1984 (13 sheets of microfiche);

[Deed Index Indirect], 1940-1984 (13 sheets of microfiche);

[Deed Records], vol. A-P, 1861-1903 (8 reels of microfilm);

Deed Record [title varies], vol. A-Z, 27-74, 1861-1967 (74 volumes);

[Deeds and Mortgages], ca.1891-ca.1918 (1.50 cu.ft.);

[Deeds-incomplete with some duplicates], vol. 50-74, 1946-1967 (ca.26 reels of microfilm);

Direct Index Deeds Lands, vol. 1, 1861-1941 (1 volume);

Direct Index Deeds Town Lots, 1861-1941 (1 volume);

Direct Index Deeds, vol. 2-3, 1940-1984 (2 volumes);

Indirect Index Deeds Lands, vol. 1, 1861-1941 (1 volume);

Indirect Index Deeds Town Lots, 1861-1941 (1 volume);

Indirect Index Deeds, vol. 2-3, 1940-1984 (2 volumes).

Deeds, vol. B-C, F, 1881-1886 (3 volumes);

Direct Index to Deeds, 1886-1902 (1 volume);

Index Deeds Morrow Co. from Umatilla County [Direct and Indirect], 1861-1885 (1 volume);

Indirect Index to Deeds, 1861-1902 (1 volume);

Mortgages [and Deeds-Form A], vol. 1, 1864-1893 (1 volume);

Record of Lands Deeded to County, n.d. (1 volume);

State Land Board [Lands Sold by State], 1901-1939 (.10 cu.ft.).

Series documents birth records generated by a court in response to a petition. Records may include petitions, decrees or orders, affidavits of correction, registers, and certificates. If the information provided with the petition met the requirements of the court, a decree was issued that served as a legal birth document. Most petitions were filed decades after the actual birth. They were filed in the county of residence at the time of petition, not necessarily in the county of birth. Dates listed in brackets document the range of actual birth dates. Date ranges for court actions such as petitions and decrees are also included. Also see Birth Records series for related records. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Birth Certificates Delayed [documents births from 1879-1918], 1939-1941 (1 volume); 

Birth Register [documents births from ca.1880-ca.1920-with index], vol. 1, 1943-1968 (1 volume); 

[Birth Registration Petitions and Decrees-includes births from ca.1890-ca.1920], 1952-1955 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Birth Abstracts [Delayed], 1968-1982 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Courthouse Shipping Container:

Clerk Save [Delayed Birth Records-includes births from ca.1889-ca.1920], 1939-1968 (.10 cu.ft.).

Series documents the registration of voters and the compilation of election results. Records may include the election poll books and/or the election voter register. Information includes elector's name and party affiliation, and in some cases, physical description, occupation, naturalization information, and names of parents and spouse. Election poll books and voter registration records have been inventoried through 1930. For information on more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Elections Division, the county clerk, or the local elections official. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

General County Register, 1900 (1 volume); 

Official Register of Elections, 1914 (1 volume); 

[Oregon Registration Blank "A"-Register of Electors], 1904 (1 volume);

Precinct Register for Gentry Precinct, 1908 (1 volume).

File Book No. 1 Registration Blanks "A" [Register of Electors], 1906 (1 volume). 

General Register, 1902 (1 volume); 1904 (1 volume); 1912 (1 volume); 

Official Register of Electors, 1906 (1 volume); 1908 (1 volume); 1910 (1 volume). 

File Book "A" Blanks [Register of Electors], 1912 (1 volume);

File Book No. 1 Blanks "A" [Register of Electors], 1900 (1 volume).

Series documents the tabulation and reporting of election results for the county. Records include voting abstracts and the record of election. Information includes election date; precinct name and number; office; precinct and total votes; victory margin; winning candidate; county clerk, board of canvasser, and justice of the peace signatures; ballot number; summation of votes; and election board's decision. Election voting abstracts have been inventoried through 1960. For information on more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Elections Division, the county clerk, or the local elections official. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

[Abstract of Vote], ca.1900-1904, 1912, 1938-1956 (1.25 cu.ft.);

Rec. of Elections [Record], vol. A, 1892-1906 (1 volume); 

Record of Elections, vol. 1-3, 1908-1972 (3 volumes).

Series documents the application for and registration of farm names with the county clerk or recorder. Records may include registers, original applications, or certificates. Information includes owner's name and address; farm name, location, and description; and date and number of application and final application. Series may also include an index arranged either alphabetically by name of owner or by farm name. Farm name records have been inventoried through 1964.

1864-1967

Series records ownership of county lands obtained from the federal government. Series includes records of land grants administered under federal programs such as donation land claims and homesteads. Donation land claims are the most common type of federal land grant in Oregon that is documented in this inventory project. Donation land claims resulted from an act of the 1850 Congress under which citizens of the United States, or those who filed a declaration of intention prior to December 1, 1850 and had resided upon or cultivated the land for four consecutive years, were granted a specified amount of acreage in the Oregon Territory. Donation land claims were unique in that acreage granted to married couples was divided evenly. Half of the acreage was placed in the husband's name while the other half was placed in the wife's name. Records include plats, indexes, and survey notes. Information includes township, range, and section numbers, names of donation land claim holders and claim numbers, claim dates, acreage, and descriptions of surveys.

Under the Homestead Act of 1862, settlers were given 160 acres of land in the public domain if they built a home on the land, resided there for five years, and cultivated the land. A complete homestead entry file includes such documents as the homestead application, homestead proof, and final certificate authorizing the claimant to obtain a land patent. Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Index to Patent Record [indexes Deed Record after 1944], 1890-1967 (1 volume);

[Land Grant Records-Homestead and 1820 Land Act], 1893-1904 (.25 cu.ft.);

[Ledger Books-Patent Record], vol. A-L, 1890-1944 (3 reels of microfilm);

Patent Record [Homestead and 1820 Land Act], vol. A-L, 1890-1944 (12 volumes).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Vault:

Patents [Land Record], vol. A, 1890-ca.1892 (1 volume).

Records at a Related Web Site:

Search Land Patents [includes patent and legal land descriptions and some document images], ca.1864-ca.1957 (BLM GLO​).

Series documents the activities of the sheriff and other county officials relating to the foreclosure of property in order to satisfy creditors in cases involving delinquent taxes, mortgage payments, or court judgments. Records include correspondence, sheriff's deeds and foreclosure sale records, circuit court case transcripts of foreclosure hearings, writs of execution, certificates of sale of real property, judgment orders, receipts, tax redemption records, delinquent tax sales, and tax sale certificates. Foreclosure records have been inventoried through 1920. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

[Certificate of Delinquency], 1915-1920 (.25 cu.ft.);

[Certificates of Delinquency Redeemed], 1915 (.05 cu.ft.); 

[Returned Certificates of Delinquency], 1908 (.10 cu.ft.); 

[Sheriff's Certificates of Sale for Taxes], 1893, 1897-1898, 1906-1909 (.25 cu.ft.);

[Sheriff's Return on Delinquent Tax Sale], 1899, 1903 (.10 cu.ft.). 

[Certificate of Sale for Taxes-Stubs], 1907-1908 (1 volume); 

Delinquent Tax Sale Record Clerk, vol. 2, 1900-1904 (1 volume); 

Delinquent Tax Sales Record, 1893-1900 (1 volume); 

Register of Certificates of Delinquency, vol. 1, 1908-1936 (1 volume); 

Register of Delinquent Certificates Issued to County, vol. 1, 1913-1926 (1 volume); 

Register of Delinquent Taxes Certificates of Delinquency Redemption and Tax Sales, vol. 1, 1911-1914 (1 volume); 

Sheriff's Record of Sales for Taxes [with index], vol. 1, 1892-1908 (1 volume);

[Tax Sale Redemption Certificate], 1907-1911 (3 volumes). 

[Tax Sale Redemption Certificate-Stubs], 1893-1902 (1 volume).​

1885-[ongoing]

Series documents the examination, commitment, and release of mentally ill persons to and from the state's mental institutions. Series contains statements of complaint and commitment recorded by the county clerk or recorder and includes petitions to have an individual committed; physicians certification that an individual is insane; delivery warrants authorizing a county official (usually the sheriff) to take the individual to the state hospital; patient discharges; paroles or transfers; indexes; and correspondence. Information includes patient and family names, date committed, reason, physical description, and a brief family history. This series may also be known as the Insane Record, Mental Illness Record, and Mentally Ill and Feeble Minded Record. By 1968, in most counties, the commitment of the mentally ill or deficient had become the responsibility of the circuit court. Access to these records may be restricted for 75 years by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

[Insane Complaint and Commitment-title varies], 1886-1977 (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:

Insane Record [not located in 2014 inventory-with index], vol. 2, 1904-1941 (1 volume);

Journal County Court [includes mostly probate and some insane commitments], vol. A, 1885-1891 (1 volume);

Mentally Diseased [Commitment Record-with index], vol. 3, 1941-1981 (1 volume);

Record of Insane [with index], vol. 1, 1897-1904 (1 volume).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Circuit Court Office:

[Mental Commitment, Adoption, and Juvenile Case File Index], ca.1981-2008 (1 binder);

[Mentals-Commitment Case Files], 2005-present (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Hallway File Cabinet:

[Mental Commitment Case Files], 1979-2004 (2 cu.ft.).

Series records official decisions by the court and subsequent instructions to the sheriff to recover costs and awards related to debt, divorce, and other civil cases. The record serves as the official notice of the existence of a lien. Information includes title and case number; names of plaintiff, creditor, defendant, debtor, and attorney; amount of judgment; description of property levied on; writ of execution; disposition of case; decisions on appeals; dates docketed and satisfied; and volume and page numbers where recorded. Records may include judgment dockets, execution dockets, and fee books. Judgment and execution records have been inventoried through 1920. 

County Court Judgment Docket, vol. 1, 1885-1894 (1 volume); 

Execution Docket [Circuit Court-with index], vol. 2, 1890-1904 (1 volume); 

Judgment Docket [Circuit Court], vol. 1, 1885-1905 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1906-1954 (1 volume);

Judgment Lien Docket Morrow County from Umatilla, 1868-1883 (1 volume). 

Execution Docket [with index], vol. 2, 1916-1929 (1 volume).

Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before the courts of the justices of the peace. Records include grand jury indictments, complaints, judgments by confession, transcripts of judgment entries and dockets, statements of witnesses, arrest warrants, subpoenas, bills for court costs and fees, petitions for appointment of justices of the peace and constables, petitions establishing justice districts, and marriage records. Cases heard include disturbing the peace, illegal liquor sales, assault, larceny, trespassing, fraud, vagrancy, and burglary. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

[Justice Court Case Files], 1898-1931 (.20 cu.ft.). 

Clerk Save [Justice Court Case Files], 1904-1924 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Records Storage Area: 

Index to Vault Papers [Morrow County-includes references to circuit, justice, and county court cases], 1885-1897 (1 volume); Vault Index [Morrow County-includes references to circuit, justice, and county court cases], n.d. (1 volume).

Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before justice of the peace courts. Dockets include defendant, plaintiff, attorney, witness, and juror names; action dates and nature of cases; judgments; and statements of costs. Actions include complaints, summonses, appearances, testimonies, bonds, judgments, pleas, fines, jail terms, marriages, and writs of attachment. Civil and criminal cases include larceny, burglary, recovering money or personal property, trespassing, hunting out of season, and illegal voting. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court. 

Justice Court Small Claims [District No. 6-with index], 1918-1964 (1 volume);

Justice Docket [Boardman District No. 5-with index], 1923-1941 (2 volumes); 

Justice Docket [District No. 3-Ione-with index], 1935-1940 (1 volume); 

Justice Docket [District No. 6-with index], 1910-1941 (7 volumes). 

Journal [Justice Court Docket-Dairy District No. 1], 1892-1919 (1 volume).

Justice Docket [District No. 3-Ione], 1921-1927 (1 volume).

1875-[ongoing]

Series documents the subdividing and partitioning of land within the county. Records include survey notes, correspondence, photographs, satisfaction of agreements, maps of subdivided and partitioned land, and contracts and permits. Information includes subdivision names; lot, street, and alley dimensions; and township, range, and section numbers of land to be subdivided or partitioned.

Map Book [Subdivisions-with index], vol. 1, 1875-ca.1915 (1 volume);

[Subdivision and Partition Plats-with index], 1935-present (ca.300 plats).

[Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-copies], ca.1916-present (8 cu.ft.).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office:

Morrow County Master Log Book [includes information about comprehensive plan, zoning, subdivision, and partition actions], ca.1984-present (1 binder);

Morrow County Planning Department Current and Past Subdivision Ordinances, 2005-present (1 binder);

Morrow County Subdivision Ordinance, 2000 (1 binder);

Property Files [Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision and partition case records], ca.1974-present (45 cu.ft.);

Subdivision Ordinance [Morrow County], 1973 (1 volume); 1977 (1 volume); 1980 (1 volume).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office Counter:

[Zoning Maps-on assessor map base], ca.1999-present (1 volume);

Zoning Ordinance Subdivision Ordinance, 1980-present (1 binder).

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Surveyor's Shipping Container:

[Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-originals], ca.1916-present (ca.1700 plats);

Survey Records [Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-copies], ca.1916-present (8 cu.ft.).

Filed Survey Index, ca.1916-present;

Filed Surveys​ [includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-see download instructions] ca.1916-present;

Subdivision Ordinance​, 2012-present.

1861-1953

Series records the ownership of land within the county. Records may include title registers, land indexes, land registration registers, torrens registry of titles, indexes to registered land, certificates of title, town lot indexes, ownership registers, and plat books. Information includes parties involved, land descriptions, dates, number and nature of titles, subdivisions, title holders, terms, discharge dates, and registrar's signatures. The torrens system of land registration was abolished in 1972 by Oregon law. Additional land ownership records may be found in Deeds and Indexes.

[Land Ownership Plats-blueprints], ca.1905-ca.1919 (.10 cu.ft.);

Present Owner Record Town Lots, ca.1886-ca.1905 (1 volume).

Abstract of Lands, vol. 1-4, 1869-1893 (4 volumes);

Abstract of Town Lots, 1876-1893 (1 volume);

Drafts [includes land ownership blueprint maps], 1903 (1 volume);

Index Form B, 1861-1894 (1 volume);

Index Lands Form C, 1861-1894 (1 volume);

Index Lots Form D, 1861-1894 (1 volume);

[Index to Lands and Lots], n.d. (2 volumes);

Index to Lands Form C C.L.A., 1861-1894 (1 volume);

Index to Town Lots, n.d. (1 volume);

[Land Ownership Plat Book], 1914 (3 volumes);

[Land Ownership Plats], 1937-1945 (1 volume);

Land Registration Docket [with index], vol. 1, 1907-1920 (1 volume);

Present Owner Record Town Lots [with index], 1861-1902 (1 volume); 1893-1895 (1 volume);

Present Owners Lands, ca.1892-ca.1907 (1 volume);

Present Owners Record Lands, 1861-1902 (1 volume); 1893-1894 (1 volume);

South [Plat Book], n.d. (1 volume);

Tract Index Lands, 1864-1908 (1 volume).

Register of Titles [Land], 1905-1953 (1 volume).

Present Owners Record Lands, n.d. (1 volume);

Present Owners Record Town Lots, n.d. (1 volume).

​1902-[ongoing]

Series provides a visual representation of the county and of physical structures constructed on county lands. Series includes maps, plans, and drawings that vary in size, scale, and date. Included are maps, plans, and drawings of counties and cities, election precincts, courthouses and other county buildings, cemeteries, rivers, Indian reservations, school districts, construction projects, and soil classifications. General road maps may be found in the series titled Road and Bridge Records. Technical road survey maps may be found in the series titled Road Maps and Survey Notes.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Lobby Walls:

Morrow County Courthouse [Framed Plans], ca.1902 (6 drawings).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Annexation [Proposed Map-Oregon Trail Library District], 2000 (1 map);

City Map [Heppner], 1935 (1 map);

City Map [Ione], 1915 (1 map);

City Map [Lexington], 1935 (1 map);

Code Areas [Tax District Map], 1999 (1 map);

Code Boundary [Tax District Maps-includes Heppner, Ione, Irrigon, and Lexington], 1999-2000 (6 maps);

Courthouse Construction Plans, 1902 (10 drawings);

Fire Districts [Maps-includes Morrow County, Boardman, Heppner, and Irrigon], 1999-2000 (5 maps);

Forest Service Reclassification Maps [Forest Cover], 1983 (14 maps);

Voting Districts [Map], 2000 (1 map);

Voting Precincts [Map], 1999 (1 map);

Zoning and Floodplain [Map-Heppner], 2000 (1 map).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Cemetery [Map-Ione], 2002 (1 map);

Cemetery [Map-Heppner], 2002 (2 maps);

City Map [Heppner], 1935 (1 map);

Code Areas [Tax District Maps], 2004-2007 (3 maps).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Vault:

Assessor's Tax Maps [Assessor's Plat Book-title varies], ca.1954 (10 volumes);

Bonneville Power Maps, 1953-1954 (29 maps);

Comprehensive Water & Sewer Plan, 1970 (1 volume);

[County Hospital Plans], 1947-1952 (ca.100 drawings);

Hospital Annex Plans, 1954 (19 drawings);

[Morrow County Jail Remodel-Plans], ca.1978 (ca.20 drawings);

Morrow County Maps [Assessor's Plats], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes fire districts, rock pit, fairgrounds, railroad right of way, city, etc.-rolled], ca.1990-ca.2005 (ca.40 maps).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Assessment and Taxation Office:​

[Assessor's Plats], n.d.-present (2 volumes).

Records at the Morrow County Public Works Department Office:

North County [Assessor's Maps], n.d. (1 volume);

South County [Assessor's Maps], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Surveyor's Shipping Container:

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes road, road survey, code, forest cover, topographic], ca.1963-ca.1980 (ca.75 maps);

[Railroad Right of Way & Track Map], 1927 (ca.50 aperture cards).

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Public Works Department Shipping Container:

[Miscellaneous Flat File Maps and Plans-includes county, public works, facilities, cities, road contracts, etc.], ca.1902-present (ca.200 maps and plans);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes road, road survey, vicinity, airport, utilities, parks, facilities, bridges, rock pits], ca.1902-present (ca.200 maps and plans).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office:

[Miscellaneous Flat File Maps-includes city zoning, transportation, water, topographic, wetlands, floodplain, comprehensive plan, and zoning], ], ca.1961-present (ca.200 maps);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes drainage, parks, floodplain, comprehensive plan, zoning, rural address, roads, heritage trail, Army depot, urban growth management], 1956-present (ca.100 maps).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office, Restroom File Cabinet:

[Flood Hazard Boundary Maps], 1977 (.20 cu.ft.);

[Flood Insurance Rate Maps], 1984 (.20 cu.ft.); 2007 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at a Related Website:

Tax Assessment GIS Maps ​[select county], n.d.-present.

Series documents the registration of marks and brands by livestock owners and logging interests in order to clearly establish ownership. Records include registers and certificates. Information includes owner's name and address; diagram of animal showing location and style of mark and brand; written description of mark and brand; and filing date. Types of livestock registered include horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry. Log brands are also documented.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Brand Record [with index], vol. 1-2, 1893-1915 (2 volumes); 

[Certificate of Registration of Marks and Brands-Form], 1915-1927 (.10 cu.ft.); 

[List of Conflicting Brands], n.d. (.10 cu.ft.); 

[Marks and Brands-Certificate-trifolded], 1903 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Record of Marks & Brands [with index], 1867-1893 (1 volume). 

Migratory Stock Record [Stock Inspector's Record-includes marks], 1905-1906 (1 volume).

Series documents the recording of marriages by the county and includes applications, marriage certificates and licenses, and indexes to marriage records. Information includes the names and residences of bride and groom; justice of the peace, minister, or name of individual officiating; fees charged; date filed; volume and page numbers where recorded; certificate number; date and place of marriage; and signatures of witnesses and county officials. Beginning in 1906 marriages have been officially registered with the state of Oregon. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section​ of the Health Division. Marriage records have been inventoried through 1960. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Index to Marriage Record, 1905-1988 (1 volume); 

[Marriage Certificates, Records, and Returns], 1887, 1908-1916, 1918, 1920-1924, 1952-1958 (1.40 cu.ft.); 

[Marriage Index], 1905-1915 (1 volume); 

Marriage Record [with index], vol. 3-7, 1896-1980 (5 volumes); 

Marriages [Licenses and Certificates], 1886-1887 (.10 cu.ft.); 1891 (.10 cu.ft.); 1895-1907 (.35 cu.ft.); 1916-1917 (.10 cu.ft.); 1921 (.10 cu.ft.); 1929 (.10 cu.ft.); 1948-1951 (.20 cu.ft.); 1958-1960 (.20 cu.ft.); 

Record of Marriage Licenses [with index], vol. A, 1885-1896 (1 volume).

Series documents property held by women independently and separately from their husbands. Registration of property usually is in relation to a marriage or divorce settlement. Information includes a description of property (land, livestock, and farm and household goods) to be considered separate and declarations stating that the woman in question is not responsible for her husband's debts. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

[Separate Property List-Women's], 1887-1894 (.05 cu.ft.).

Series documents the registration of individuals in compliance with the requirements of relevant Oregon boards of examiners to practice a medical profession in the state. Professions registered include physicians, surgeons, osteopaths, naturopaths, dentists, nurses, druggists, chiropractors, chiropodists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Records include registers, certificates, and licenses. Information includes name of registrant; name of school; graduation date; names of members of the examining board; licensing and recording dates; and licensing or registration numbers.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Optometry Record [with index], 1905-1952 (1 volume). 

[Registry Book of Practicing Physicians and Surgeons [with index], 1911-1967 (1 volume). 

Record [Physicians and Dentists Registration], 1887-1904 (1 volume). 

Records at the Morrow County Museum: 

Record of Dental Certificates, vol. 1, 1901-1913 (1 volume).

Series lists those eligible for military service and records the discharge dates of those who served in the military. Series includes eligibility, enlistment, discharge registers, or muster rolls, and may include alphabetical indexes. Information includes name of individual serving or eligible for service; enlistment and discharge dates and codes; residences at birth and enlistment; occupations and ages at time of enlistment; branches of service; precinct numbers; service records including commendations; physical condition, education and types of jobs performed while in service; and rank at discharge. Access to military discharge records may be restricted for 75 years by 2009 Oregon Legislative Assembly SB 618. 

Since 1967 military discharges have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Military List, 1887-1891 (1 volume);

[Military List], 1895-1896 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Military Record, vol. 2, ca.1892-1898 (1 volume); 

[Militia List of Morrow County-filed with Military Record], n.d. (.05 cu.ft.); 

Record of U.S. Service Discharges [with index-also indexes discharges in Recordings to 1984], vol. 1-2, 1945-1967 (2 volumes).

Series documents actions filed with the county related to mineral interest claims. Types of actions include mineral rights and royalty assignments, mineral interest claims, lease releases, interest stipulations, corrections, bills of sale and conveyance assignments, and location notices. Information includes names of involved parties; action types and dates; and volume and page numbers. The series may also include copies of claim location notices giving descriptions and details of individual claims.

Since 1976 mining claim have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). A separate mining claims index was maintained until 1984. Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Location Notice [Mining-title varies], ca.1891-ca.1927 (.15 cu.ft.); 

Record of Mining Claims [with index-also indexes mining claims in Recordings to 1984], vol. A-B, 1888-1976 (2 volumes). 

Online Land Records [includes various federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management​).

1864-1984

Series documents the written interest in land providing security for the performance of a duty or payment of a debt. Records include mortgages; trustee's deeds of reconveyance; indexes, both by mortgagor and mortgagee name; and satisfactions. Information includes mortgagor and mortgagee names, property descriptions, mortgage terms, witness names, certifications, recording and satisfaction dates, volume and page numbers where recorded, and recorder's signature. Series also includes executor/executrix information when mortgages were transferred through wills and mortgages of land to individuals under the provisions of the Donation Land Act of 1850.

Since 1967 mortgage have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). A separate mortgage index was maintained until 1984.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Deeds and Mortgages], ca.1891-ca.1918 (1.50 cu.ft.);

Homestead Title [Mortgage Satisfaction Records], no. 12372-16536, n.d. (8 reels of microfilm);

[Index to Mortgages Direct], vol. 1-2, 1864-1984 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to Mortgages Indirect], vol. 1-2, 1864-1984 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mortgage Index Direct [title varies], vol. 1-2, 1864-1984 (2 volumes);

[Mortgage Index-Direct], vol. 1-2, 1864-1984 (16 sheets of microfiche);

Mortgage Index Indirect [title varies], vol. 1-2, 1864-1984 (2 volumes);

[Mortgage Index-Indirect], vol. 1-2, 1864-1984 (16 sheets of microfiche);

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. P-Q, 1903-1908 (2 volumes); vol. V-Z, 27-41, 1912-1946 (20 volumes); vol. 51, 1959-1960 (1 volume); vol. 53, 1961-1962 (1 volume);

[Mtg.-Mortgages, incomplete with some duplicates], vol. 41-57, 1943-1967 (ca.15 reels of microfilm).

[Abstract of Title], 1886-1911 (1 volume);

[Abstract of Unsatisfied Instruments of Writing], 1882-1887 (1 volume);

Abstract Unsatisfied Instruments, 1888-1892 (2 volumes);

Direct and Indirect Index Mortgage Morrow Co. from Umatilla Co., 1864-ca.1891 (1 volume);

Direct Index to Mortgages, 1864-1912 (1 volume); 1885-1903 (1 volume);

Indirect Index to Mortgages, 1864-1946 (2 volumes);

Land Sales and Contracts [Record-with index], 1936-1944 (1 volume);

Morrow County Lands Sales and Leases [Record], 1932-1937 (1 volume);

Mortgage Index, 1864-1936 (1 volume);

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. A-O, 1864-1903 (15 volumes); vol. 42-50, 1946-1959 (9 volumes); vol. 52, 1960-1961 (1 volume); vol. 54-57, 1962-1967 (4 volumes);

Mortgages [and Deeds-Form A], vol. 1, 1864-1893 (1 volume);

Mortgages [Record], vol. A-C, E, 1864-1880, 1882-1890 (4 volumes).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:

Mortgage Record, vol. R-U, 1907-1912 (4 volumes).

Series documents the granting of United States citizenship to petitioners. Records include applications, witness affidavits, court findings granting or denying citizenship, certificates, and indexes. Declarations of intention may also be included. Information includes name, age, and residence of applicant; applicant's dependents; date of filing of declarations of intention and petitions; and volume and page numbers where papers are recorded.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Certificate of Naturalization [Stubs], 1907-1922 (11 volumes);

Clerk's Memorandum of Naturalization Proceedings [includes declaration of intention, petition, and certificate information], vol. 1, 1906-1953 (1 volume);

[Jacket for Naturalization Records-Certificate of Naturalization], ca.1907-ca.1921 (.05 cu.ft.).

Series documents the process taken by applicants for United States citizenship in declaring their intention to become United States citizens. Information may include applicant's name, age, physical description, place and date of birth, method of immigration, date and port of entry, names and ages of wife and children, and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Declarations of intention may also be attached to naturalization petitions or naturalization certificates. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Clerk's Memorandum of Naturalization Proceedings [includes declaration of intention, petition, and certificate information], vol. 1, 1906-1953 (1 volume); [Declarations of Intention], 1885-1896,1900-1903 (.30 cu.ft.); 

Declarations of Intentions [with index], vol. 1, 1889-1906 (1 volume); 

Declarations [of Intention-with index], 1930-1951 (1 volume); 

Record of Declaration of Intention [with index], vol. A, 1885-1889 (1 volume); 1906-1929 (3 volumes). 

Records at a Related Web Site: 

Naturalization Declarations of Intention Index, 1906-1951 (US GenWeb Project).

1885-1953

Series documents the application for United States citizenship by aliens. Information includes name, residence, and occupation of applicants; place and date of birth; emigration place, date, and vessel; declaration of intention dates; name, birthplace, and birth date of dependents; and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Accompanying the petitions are witness and petitioner affidavits, oaths of allegiance, court orders admitting or denying citizenship, declarations of intention, depositions, and certificates of arrival.

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Citizenship Record [with index], vol. A, 1885-1903 (1 volume);

Clerk's Memorandum of Naturalization Proceedings [includes declaration of intention, petition, and certificate information], vol. 1, 1906-1953 (1 volume);

Court Order [Petitions Granted and Denied-Circuit Court], 1932-1953 (1 volume);

Journal Naturalization [with index], vol. 2, 1903-1906 (1 volume);

[Notice of Application for Admission to Citizenship], ca.1911-ca.1928 (.10 cu.ft.);

Petition and Record [with index], vol. 1-3, 1906-1928 (3 volumes);

Petitions [Naturalization-with index], 1926-1948 (1 volume).

Journal County Court Law [includes naturalization petitions and orders and widow's pension actions], 1885-1919 (1 volume).

Naturalization Petition Index​, 1906-1953 (US GenWeb Project).

Series documents financial assistance approved by the county court for widows, mothers, dependent children, orphans, the elderly, and indigents. Information includes applicant name and address, children's names and birth dates, amount of pension or monthly support payment, and county court order. Because the provision of relief became primarily a state and federal function in the 1930s, records are inventoried through 1939. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Law Journal County Court [includes widow's pension actions], vol. 2, 1919-1966 (1 volume);

List of Old Age Pensions, 1934-1936 (1 volume); 

Old Age Pensions [with index], vol. 1, 1934-1936 (1 volume); 

Record of Widow's Pensions, 1913-1936 (1 volume).

[Paupers Vouchers-Poor Relief Records], ca.1904-ca.1932 (.05 cu.ft.); 

[Widows and Dependent Mothers Pensions-Applications], 1908, 1913-1939 (.35 cu.ft.). 

Journal County Court Law [includes naturalization petitions and orders and widow's pension actions], 1885-1919 (1 volume).

Record of Care of Poor, 1910-1911 (1 volume).

Series documents the discussions and activities of the county planning commission as recorded in the minutes and agendas. Topics discussed include the creation, amendment, and appeal of zoning ordinances and county land use laws; county comprehensive plans; and election or appointment of planning commission members.

Minutes of Planning Commission [title varies], 1960-2013 (2 cu.ft.); 

Morrow County Planning Commission Minutes [includes related records], 2013-present (1 binder).

Series tracks individuals incarcerated in the county jail. Information includes prisoner identification number; date entered; name, address, age, birth date, height and weight, eye and hair color, and nationality of prisoner; arrest date; arresting officer; crime committed; sentence; bail; court; release date; and remarks. Prisoner registers, which may also be referred to as jail lists, have been inventoried through 1965. Access to portions of these records may be restricted for 25 years after termination of custody by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496(3). 

[Jail Register], 1892-1969 (1 volume).

1885-[ongoing]

Series documents actions taken on probate cases brought before the county, district, or circuit court for settlement. Records include wills, receipts, claims, vouchers, petitions to sell, notices of annual accounting, final estate accounting reports, appraiser's affidavits, bills of sale, inventories, fee bills, appraisals, administrator and appointment certificates, and appraiser oaths. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Morrow County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987. Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Probate Docket [also indexes case files], vol. 4, 1964-1987 (1 reel of microfilm);

Probate Docket County Court [with index-also indexes probate case files], vol. 2-3, 1926-1979 (2 volumes);

Probate Docket County Judge [with index-also indexes probate case files], vol. 1, 1911-1967 (1 volume);

Probates [Case Files], no. 1-822, 1887-1935 (ca.15 cu.ft.);

Vault Index Probate Papers, vol. 2, ca.1905-1935 (1 volume).

[Probate Case Files], no. 823-1940, 85PR001-02PR020, 1935-2002 (31 cu.ft.);

Probate Docket County Court [also indexes case files], vol. 4, 1964-1987 (1 volume);

Probate Index Microfilm, n.d. (1 volume);

Small Estates Index, vol. 1, 1974-1984 (1 volume).

[Probate Case Files-includes older open cases], 2003-present (8 cu.ft.).

County Court Probate Register Fee Book [also indexes probate case files], 1885-1904 (1 volume);

Probate Register [with index to case files], vol. 2, 1898-1920 (1 volume).

Series documents information recorded about estates probated in the county or circuit courts. Information includes deceased party's name; recording and death dates; residence; name and address of executors, administrators, or trustees; estimated values of real and personal property; inventory and appraisal dates; the estate's value according to the appraisals and to the county court; and the names and relationship of heirs. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. 

Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office. 

Record of Estates, 1903-1911 (1 volume). 

Probate Accounting and Disbursement Register [with index], vol. 1, 1891-1894 (1 volume). 

Probate Court Inventory and Reports [Estate Record-with index], vol. 3, 1911-1917 (1 volume).

1885-1987

Series records the actions taken by the county's probate court. Information includes case numbers, estate or deceased's name, administrator's or executor's name, dates and types of papers filed, and memoranda and court orders listed by dates of appointment of administrator or executor. Series may also be referred to as probate journals, dockets, or records of actions. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. In 1986 circuit courts with probate jurisdiction began recording basic case information on the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN). This network functionally replaced probate dockets and journals previously maintained by the courts. The transition to full use of OJIN by all circuit courts in Oregon took approximately two years. Contact the trial court administrator for access to OJIN. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Morrow County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987. Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Probate Docket [also indexes case files], vol. 4, 1964-1987 (1 reel of microfilm);

Probate Docket County Court [with index-also indexes probate case files], vol. 2-3, 1926-1979 (2 volumes);

Probate Docket County Judge [with index-also indexes probate case files], vol. 1, 1911-1967 (1 volume).

Microfilm Cards [Circuit Court and Probate Journal Pages], ca.1960-ca.1980 (2.50 feet of aperture cards);

Probate Docket County Court [also indexes case files], vol. 4, 1964-1987 (1 volume);

Probate Journal, vol. L, 1955-1961 (1 volume).

County Court Probate Register Fee Book [also indexes probate case files], 1885-1904 (1 volume);

County Court [Probate-with index], vol. 1, 1885-1901 (1 volume);

Journal County Court [includes mostly probate and some insane commitments], vol. A, 1885-1891 (1 volume);

Probate County Court [Record-with index], vol. 2, 1901-1911 (1 volume);

Probate Journal [with index], vol. B-K, 1890-1955 (10 volumes); vol. M-N, 1961-1967 (2 volumes);

Probate Record, vol. A, 1885 (1 volume);

Probate Register [with index], vol. 2, 1898-1920 (1 volume).

1867-[ongoing]

Series documents the development, construction, maintenance, and improvement of county roads and bridges. Records include bonds, general road and highway maps, petitions to have roads constructed or altered, notices, complaints, vacation records, and correspondence. Information includes road numbers and names and descriptions of the activity occurring on the road. Information concerning county roads may be available on the Integrated Road Information System (IRIS) at the county road office. Technical road survey maps may be found in the series titled Road Maps and Survey Notes.

The Commissioner Journal contains information on road petitions, vacations, rights-of-way, etc. for the period prior to 1980 (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). Most of the records located in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

General Highway Map [Morrow County], 1956 (1 map); 1972 (3 maps);

General Highway Series [Road Map-includes Heppner, Irrigon, Lexington, Boardman, and Ione], 1991 (5 maps);

[Miscellaneous Reports-includes clerk, sheriff, treasurer, road supervisor, agriculture agent, fair board, and fruit inspector], ca.1886-ca.1934 (ca.1 cu.ft.);

Morrow County Official County Road Map, 1917 (1 map); 1920 (1 map);

[Plans and Specifications-steel bridge at Cecil], 1909 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Road Case Files], no. 2-395, 1885-1924 (3.35 cu.ft.);

[Road Deeds Etc.], 1886-1928 (.10 cu.ft.);

[Road Petitions, Resolutions, Supervisor's Reports, and Vacations], 1867-1954 (1.15 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Personnel Office:

John Day Wagon Road Journal, 1889 (1 volume).

Bridges [Case Files-includes construction, maintenance, and inspection information], ca.1916-present (4 cu.ft.);

Bridges [Inspection and Reconstruction Records-not located in 2014 inventory], ca.1939-1999 (2 cu.ft.);

Record of Roads [includes road plats, descriptions, and road viewers' reports], 1879-1903 (1 volume);

Road Index, vol. 1, ca.1884-ca.1932 (1 volume);

Road Names [Register], ca.2005 (1 binder);

Road Petition Index [indexes petitions in metal boxes in courthouse clerk's vault], ca. 1885-n.d. (2 binders);

Roads [County Roads Case Files], ca.1885-present (16 cu.ft.);

Roads Petitions Relating Journal Entries & Papers [Register-indexes road records in metal boxes in courthouse clerk's vault], ca.1885-present (3 binders).

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Public Works Department Shipping Container:

[Miscellaneous Flat File Maps and Plans-includes county, public works, facilities, cities, road contracts, etc.], ca.1902-present (ca.200 maps and plans);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes road, road survey, vicinity, airport, utilities, parks, facilities, bridges, rock pits], ca.1902-present (ca.200 maps and plans);

Morrow Co. Bridge [Inventory and Inspection Plans and Technical Information-includes photographs], 1941 (1 volume);

Record of Roads [includes survey and establishment information], 1885-1907 (1 volume).

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes road, road survey, code, forest cover, topographic], ca.1963-ca.1980 (ca.75 maps);

Road Index Map Morrow County [Wall Maps], 1991 (3 maps);

[Road Survey Alignment Plats-includes petition information by township and range-in hanging cabinet], ca.1885-ca.1950 (12 cu.ft.).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office:

[Miscellaneous Flat File Maps-includes city zoning, transportation, water, topographic, wetlands, floodplain, comprehensive plan, and zoning], ], ca.1961-present (ca.200 maps);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes drainage, parks, floodplain, comprehensive plan, zoning, rural address, roads, heritage trail, Army depot, urban growth management], 1956-present (ca.100 maps);

Morrow County Transportation System Plan Update, 2005 (1 binder); 2007 (1 binder); 2011 (1 binder); 2012 (1 binder).

1879-[ongoing]

Series documents the surveying and mapping of county roads. Records include road surveyor notes, alignment, profile, and other survey maps, and road registers. Information includes legal descriptions of the roads; road names and numbers; plans and profiles; township, range, and section numbers; dates of activity; and scales. General road maps may be found in the series titled Road and Bridge Records.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Vault:

County Road FAS-682 West Unit, 1956 (1 map);

Heppner-Spray Market Road, 1930 (1 map);

Old Oregon Trail Highway [Survey Map], 1940-1967 (1 map).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:

[Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-copies], ca.1916-present (8 cu.ft.).

Records at the Morrow County Public Works Department Office:

Record of Roads [includes road plats, descriptions, and road viewers' reports], 1879-1903 (1 volume).

Records at the Morrow County Road Department Yard, Public Works Department Shipping Container:

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes road, road survey, vicinity, airport, utilities, parks, facilities, bridges, rock pits], ca.1902-present (ca.200 maps and plans);

Record of Roads [includes survey and establishment information], 1885-1907 (1 volume).

[Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-originals], ca.1916-present (ca.1700 plats);

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes road, road survey, code, forest cover, topographic], ca.1963-ca.1980 (ca.75 maps);

[Road and Highway Alignment Maps-rolled], ca.1935-ca.1961 (ca.200 maps);

Road Microfilms [Road Surveys and Field Notes], ca.1882-ca.1926 (1 inch of aperture cards);

[Road Survey Alignment Plats-includes petition information by township and range-in hanging cabinet], ca.1885-ca.1950 (12 cu.ft.);

[Survey Field Books-includes land, corner, and road survey information], ca.1910-ca.1940 (23 volumes);

[Survey Field Books-includes road survey elevation information], ca.1910-ca.1940 (109 volumes);

Survey Records [Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-copies], ca.1916-present (8 cu.ft.);

Surveys Road Maps and Indexes, ca.1916-ca.1990 (6 inches of aperture cards).

Records at the Morrow County Website:

Filed Survey Index, ca.1916-present;

Filed Surveys​ [includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-see download instructions] ca.1916-present.

1881-1970

Series reports the general and financial statistics of each school district located in the county. Information includes school district number and clerk's name; number of individuals within the district between ages 4 and 20​; number of teachers employed; number of school houses (owned by the district); number of legal voters; number of libraries and books within each; number of private schools; cash on hand at last report; district tax received from county; state schools funds received; general value of school grounds and furnishings; property values; enrollment; number of students enrolled from outlying districts; school census; and board minutes. Series may also contain school attendance and grade reports and data on students and parents. Records may be titled School District Clerk Annual Report, District Clerk's Book of Records, District Clerk Record Book, or Oregon School Register and Record Book, which is the most comprehensive record of school district activities.

The name of the first teacher listed in a school register is included in many of the listings below.

District Clerk's Book of Records [District No. 4], 1899-1904 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Book of Records [District No. 53], 1892-1898 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 4], 1901-1907 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 17], 1929-1933 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 25], 1915-1917 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 35-Ione], 1916-1918 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 53], 1910-1920, 1923-1934 (4 volumes);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3], 1911-1917 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 4], 1901-1907 (2 volumes);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 27/22-Gooseberry], 1912-1921, 1926-1931 (2 volumes);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 53], 1907-1930 (3 volumes);

School Register and Record Book [District No. 53], 1892-1900 (2 volumes);

[School Register-portion], 1900-1907 (1 volume).

23 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Heppner Elementary], 1962 (1 volume);

Dist # 1 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1], 1941-1942 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner], 1911-1913 (1 volume);

Old Registers [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner], 1943-1956 (1 cu.ft.);

Old School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 1], 1922-1923 (1 volume);

Old School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 2], 1916-1924 (1 volume); 1928-1929 (1 volume);

Old School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 5], 1924-1926 (1 volume);

Old School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner-High School], 1924-1925 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner], 1919-1920 (1 volume); 1926-1927 (1 volume); 1946-1949 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Beth Bleakman], 1927 (1 volume); 1933-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Clara Turner], 1922-1926 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Ethel Casey], 1914-1917 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 1], 1917-1919 (1 volume); 1926-1928 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 2], 1918-1922 (1 volume); 1935-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 3], 1924-1929 (1 volume); 1929-1933 (1 volume); 1935-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 4], 1930-1935 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 5], 1913-1916 (1 volume); 1917-1919 (1 volume); 1922-1925 (1 volume); 1927-1928 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 6], 1915-1918 (1 volume); 1930-1936 (1 volume); 1936-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 7], 1924-1926 (1 volume); 1931-1935 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 8], 1917-1918 (1 volume); 1918-1923 (1 volume); 1924-1927 (1 volume); 1927-1929 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grades 1 and 6], 1918-1924 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Helen Fredereckson], 1925-1929 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner High School], 1915-1922 (1 volume); 1920-1921 (1 volume); 1925-1926 (1 volume); 1927-1928 (1 volume); 1930-1931 (1 volume); 1931-1932 (1 volume); 1934-1935 (1 volume); 1935-1936 (1 volume); 1936-1937 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Neta Douglas], 1918-1923 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-William Paulson], 1928-1929 (1 volume); 1929-1930 (1 volume);

Register [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1RC-Heppner Elementary School], 1962-1963 (1 volume).

Records at the Old Lexington School Building, Vault (Other Districts School Registers):

2 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. R1-Lexington], 1956-1963 (1 volume);

3rd Grade [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. R1-Ione], 1958-1960 (1 volume);

12 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 12-Lexington], 1948-1953 (1 volume);

40 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 40], 1947-1959 (1 volume);

Do Not Destroy [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 12-Lexington], 1955-1956 (1 volume);

Grade 1 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. R1-Ione], 1955-1961 (1 volume);

Grade 2 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. R1-Ione], 1955-1961 (1 volume);

Grade 8 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. R1-Ione], 1955-1960 (1 volume);

H.S. 12 [40 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 12-Lexington], 1939-1948 (1 volume);

Lexington Grade 1 [Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington-Grade 1], 1952-1953 (1 volume);

Old Registers [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 10-Irrigon], 1940-1954 (.75 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Stella Perry Drake], 1918-1923 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 10-Irrigon-Ingrid Boling], 1937-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 11-May Chubb], 1913-1919 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 12-Lexington], 1924-1925 (1 volume); 1924-1926 (2 volumes); 1926-1932 (1 volume); 1927-1928 (1 volume); 1944-1958 (.25 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington-Audra White], 1926-1931 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington-Grades 1 and 2], 1926-1932 (1 volume); 1933-1936 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington-Grades 3 and 4], 1932-1937 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 12-Lexington-Grades 3 and 4], 1957-1963 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington-Grades 5 and 6], 1927-1935 (1 volume); 1959-1963 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington-Grades 7 and 8], 1959-1961 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Lexington High School], 1931-1936 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 17], 1929-1930 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 35-Ione], 1955-1959 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 40], 1929-1932 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 42-Twin Pines and Balm Fork], 1914-1921 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 49], 1934-1939 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-Ione High School], 1960-1962 (1 volume);

School Register Record [Oregon School Register and Record Book-various districts], 1940-1944 (1 volume);

Teacher's Register [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District Nos. 19, 40, 42], 1943-1946 (1 volume).

Records at the Old Lexington School Building, Vault (Other Districts Miscellaneous Record):

24 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 24], 1947-1950 (1 volume);

38 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 38], 1937-1941 (1 volume);

42 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 42], 1936-1948 (1 volume);

Annual Report of Standard High School [all districts], 1943-1958 (1 volume);

Annual Reports [School District-various districts-trifolded], ca.1887-ca.1900 (1 cu.ft.);

Budget Petitions [School District-various districts-trifolded], ca.1917-ca.1929 (1 volume);

[Budget-School District-various districts], 1952-1956 (1 volume);

Census [Clerk's Annual Census Report-various districts-title varies], 1918 (1 volume); 1918-1919 (1 volume); 1920-1921 (1 volume); 1923-1925 (1 volume); 1926-1928 (1 volume); 1934-1946 (1 volume); 1954-1970 (1 volume);

[Clerk's Annual Census Report-various districts], 1930-1932 (1 volume); 1935-1943 (1 volume);

Clerk's Annual Financial Reports [District Clerk's Record Book-various districts], 1933-1942 (1 volume);

Clerk's Record [District Clerk's Record Book-Rural], 1958-1959 (1 volume);

Clerk's Record Rural [District Clerk's Annual Report-District Nos. 31, 32, 34, 37, 59], 1936-1947 (1 volume);

Clerk's Records Rural [District Clerk's Record Book], 1933-1949 (1 volume);

District 6 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 6], 1934-1947 (1 volume);

District 34 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 34], 1936-1941 (1 volume);

District 41 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 41], 1935-1953 (1 volume);

Dist # 2 Lena [District Clerk's Record Book], 1934-1950 (1 volume);

Dist # 3 Willow Way [District Clerk's Record Book], 1934-1950 (1 volume);

Dist # 19 Rood Canyon [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 19], 1949-1951 (1 volume);

Dist # 35 Ione Clerks Room Records [District Clerk's Record Book-various districts], ca.1935-ca.1955 (1 cu.ft.);

District Clerk's Book of Records [District No. 11-Liberty], 1892-1895 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 9], 1929-1934 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 15], 1926-1928 (1 volume); 1930-1932 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 23-Devine Lexington], 1930-1934 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 35-Ione], 1902-1903 (1 volume); 1904 (1 volume); 1905-1906 (1 volume); 1914-1915 (1 volume); 1924-1926 (1 volume); 1926-1927 (1 volume); 1927-1928 (1 volume); 1928-1930 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 35-Ione High School], 1932-1933 (1 volume);

Final Record of Standings [District No. 12-Lexington High School], ca.1950-ca.1957 (1 volume);

Final Record of Standings [District No. 27-Alpine High School], 1924 (1 volume);

Final Record of Standings [Lexington Grade School and High School], 1923-1935 (1 volume);

Lexington [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 12-Lexington], 1951-1952 (1 volume);

Non-High Board [School-includes minutes, budgets, and related records], 1946-1955 (1 volume);

Old School Records [District Clerk's Record Books-various districts], ca.1935-ca.1943 (1 cu.ft.);

[Oregon School District Annual Report-Heppner-includes other districts], 1944-1947 (1 volume);

Rural [District Clerk's Record Book], 1948-1954 (1 volume);

[School Budget Notices-various districts], 1952-1955 (1 volume).

Records at the Old Lexington School Grounds Building, Records Storage Area (District 1 School Registers):

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Angeline Amidon], 1918-1923 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 1-Beth Bleakman], 1928-1933 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 1-Mrs. B. Watkins], 1918-1922 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 3-Elizabeth Dix], 1922-1926 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 3-Janette McDougall], 1918-1922 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 4-Elizabeth Phelps], 1927-1930 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 4-Gloria Christ], 1923-1927 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 4-Mrs. Doherty], 1935-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 5-Etta Dale], 1934-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 5-Harriet Sheldon], 1918-1921 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 5-Miriam McDonald], 1929-1934 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 6-Leotia Bennehoff], 1927-1931 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 6-Ruth Case], 1921-1925 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 7-Ethel Raglan], 1916-1918 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 7-Juanita Leathers], 1934-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 7-Lucy Rodgers], 1926-1930 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 8-Gerald Brunson], 1929-1933 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-Grade 8-Harold Buhman], 1934-1939 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 1-Heppner Grade School], 1940-1955 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner High School], 1934-1935 (1 volume); 1938-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner High School-Heard], 1921-1922 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner High School-Mather], 1922-1923 (1 volume); 1923-1924 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner High School-William Paulson], 1931-1932 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner-J.W. Heard], 1921-1922 (1 volume).

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Gladys Benge], 1924-1925 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Grades 5 and 6-Betty Skyles], 1935-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Grades 7 and 8-Lillian Turner], 1932-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-High School-George Tucker Principal], 1929-1931 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-High School-William Campbell], 1936-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 12-Pearl Vail], 1924-1925 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 26-Annie Grabhorn], 1925-1932 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 26-Fannie Goodall], 1911-1915 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 26-High School-V.G. Wood], 1925-1933 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 26-Irene Brown], 1925-1932 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 26-Mrs. W.L. Suddarth], 1921-1925 (1 volume).

Annual Report of School District [includes several districts-trifolded], 1911-1919 (.40 cu.ft.);

Board of Directors Records [School Board Minutes and Related Records-Umatilla County District No. 66-later Morrow County District No. 40], 1881-1890 (1 volume);

Census Reports [includes several districts-trifolded], 1915 (.05 cu.ft.); 1919-1924 (.05 cu.ft.); 1927-1928 (.05 cu.ft.);

Clerk's Annual Financial Report [includes all districts], 1943-1949 (1 volume);

District Clerks' Annual Reports [includes all districts], 1901-1922 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Annual Reports [includes all districts], 1904-1907 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Annual Reports [includes all districts], vol. 1, 1912-1922 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 1-Heppner], 1910-1911 (1 volume); 1914-1916 (1 volume); 1916-1918 (1 volume); 1919-1923 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 12], 1916-1919 (1 volume); 1920-1921 (1 volume); 1922-1923 (1 volume); 1923-1925 (1 volume); 1926-1927 (1 volume); 1929-1933 (2 volumes);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 15], 1930-1933 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 34], 1928-1929 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 35-Ione], 1909-1910 (1 volume); 1912-1913 (1 volume); 1913-1914 (1 volume); 1915-1916 (1 volume); 1918-1920 (1 volume); 1920-1921 (1 volume); 1921-1924 (1 volume); 1931-1932 (1 volume); 1933-1934 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 35-Ione High School], 1930-1931 (1 volume);

Gill's School Register [Umatilla County District No. 66-later Morrow County], 1884-1886 (1 volume);

Hardman High School Permanent Records, 1925-1943 (1 volume);

Heppner School Board Minutes, 1923-1936 (1 volume);

High School Report of District Clerk [includes several districts-trifolded], 1915-1924 (.10 cu.ft.);

High School Reports, 1925-1928 (.05 cu.ft.);

[School District Record-Umatilla County District No. 74-later Morrow County District No. 40], 1882-1889 (1 volume);

Student Record Heppner High School [with index], 1910-ca.1914 (1 volume);

[Teacher's Annual Report], 1918-1922 (.35 cu.ft.); 1939-1951 (.30 cu.ft.);

Teachers Annual Reports [trifolded], 1917 (.05 cu.ft.); 1923-1927 (.35 cu.ft.); 1930-1942 (.30 cu.ft.);

Teachers Report of the Public School [includes several districts-trifolded], 1887-1895 (.10 cu.ft.).

1873-1975

Series documents the official and financial affairs of the superintendent of schools concerning teachers, students, and schools located in the county. Records include annual statements on the condition of common (public) schools in the county, school district boundary records, school district accounts, and book purchases. Information includes financial information, school curricula, boundary descriptions, and enrollment and attendance data. Superintendent of schools records have been inventoried through 1965.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Final School Budgets [includes various districts], 1952-1959 (1 volume).

School Budgets [includes various districts], 1937-1942 (.30 cu.ft.).

School, District Boundary Record, vol. 2, ca.1873-ca.1952 (1 volume).

County Superintendents Annual Reports [includes all districts], vol. 1, 1916-1927 (1 volume);

District Boundary Board [Meeting Record], 1909-1954 (1 volume);

Eighth Grade Final Examination [Register], vol. 1, 1926-1931 (1 volume);

Record of Certificates [Teacher's], vol. 1, 1889-1925 (1 volume);

Record of Endorsed First Grade Certificates, 1899-1908 (1 volume);

Record of School Sup't [Superintendent], 1873-1939 (1 volume);

Record of State Examinations by Districts, vol. 1, 1927-1931 (1 volume);

Record of Superintendents Annual Report [includes all districts], vol. 3, 1916-1929 (1 volume);

Register of School Officers, vol. 1, 1890-1929 (1 volume);

Register of State Certificates and Diplomas, 1913-1923 (1 volume);

Register of Teacher's Certificates and Contracts [with index], vol. 2, 1923-1962 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Certificates, vol. 1, 1926-1947 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Contracts and Certificates, 1962-1975 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Under Contract [with index], vol. 1, 1899-1923 (1 volume);

School Superintendent's Annual Reports, 1929-1966 (1 volume);

Superintendent's Record District School Reports, vol. 1, 1891-n.d. (1 volume);

Teachers Examinations [Register], vol. 1, 1925-1936 (1 volume).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1504 Public School System [School Officers and Teachers Directory], 1922-1925 (2 volumes).

1907-[ongoing]

Series documents surveys of county land by the county or licensed professional surveyors. Records include log books, field notes and plats. An index may be included. Information includes survey dates; who the survey was for; donation land claims; township, range, section, and survey numbers; a history of previous surveys made for the area; descriptions of land, vegetation, and soil; landmarks; metes and bounds of tracts surveyed; and surveyor's names. Plats also include corner restoration marks, scales, dates created and filed, and donation land claim owners.

[Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-copies], ca.1916-present (8 cu.ft.).

Morrow County Survey Records [indexes filed surveys and corner restoration forms], ca.1916-present (1 binder).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Field Notes and Plats], n.d. (3 inches of microfiche).

[Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-originals], ca.1916-present (ca.1700 plats);

Morrow County Survey Records [indexes filed surveys and corner restoration forms], ca.1916-present (1 binder);

[Survey Field Books-includes land, corner, and road survey information], ca.1910-ca.1940 (23 volumes);

[Survey Index Cards-includes corner restoration information-by township and range], ca.1916-ca.1988 (.15 cu.ft.);

Surveyor's Record, vol. 1, 1907 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1907-1978 (1 volume);

Survey Records [Filed Surveys-includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-copies], ca.1916-present (8 cu.ft.);

Surveys Road Maps and Indexes, ca.1916-ca.1990 (6 inches of aperture cards).

Records at the Morrow County Website:

Filed Survey Index, ca.1916-present;

Filed Surveys​ [includes subdivision and partition plats and some road surveys-see download instructions] ca.1916-present.

Records at a Related Website:

Online Land Records [federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management​).

Tax lot cards, which contain official descriptions of real property, are used to track land ownership and lot size and also may serve as a deed reference. Records include tax lot number; the location of the land in reference to township, range, and section; and a description and record of changes to the property, acreage, and land owner.

[Tax Lot Records-includes official description of real property cards, building diagrams, and related records], ca.1985-2012 (30 cu.ft.).

1891-1984

Series documents the authorization by the state and local governments for the use of public waters. Series includes water rights, licenses, and certificates of water rights issued by the state and filed with the county. Records may include alphabetical indexes to the certificates, transcripts, statements, evidence, and other records specifically related to water rights cases heard by circuit and appellate courts. Information includes names of individuals proving water rights; locations of water rights including the township, range, and section number; descriptions of land under such rights; and limitations of appropriations of rights and use of rights (i.e., length of time, usage). Original water rights certificates are filed with the Oregon Water Resources Department.

Since 1976 water rights have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). A separate water rights index was maintained until 1984. Most records in the clerk's vault are available as digital images in a searchable database at the clerk's office.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Before the Board of Control of the State of Oregon Findings and Order of Determination [Umatilla River and Willow Creek Water Rights Record], 1915-1916 (1 volume);

[Before the Board of Control of the State of Oregon-Willow Creek Water Rights Record], 1909-1910 (1 volume);

[Certificate of Water Rights], 1912-1914 (.05 cu.ft.); 1941 (.05 cu.ft.);

Determination of the Relative Rights to the Waters of Willow Creek and Tributaries [Record], 1910 (.05 cu.ft.);

John Day Irrigation District Journal, 1919-1921 (1 volume);

[Statement and Proof of Claimant-Willow Creek and Tributaries], 1909 (13 sheets of microfiche);

Water Rights [Certificates-with index to water rights in Recordings until 1984], 1911-1975 (1 volume);

Water Rights [Maps-Willow Creek], 1923 (13 maps);

Water Rights [Statement and Proof of Claimant-includes related records], ca.1909-n.d. (.30 cu.ft.);

[Willow Creek Adjudication-State Engineer Maps], 1909 (1 volume);

WR [Before the Board of Control of the State of Oregon Findings and Order of Determination-Willow Creek Water Rights Record], 1910 (1 volume).

John Day Irrigation District Circuit Court Case [Records-related to district formation], ca.1919-ca.1921 (1 cu.ft.).

Irrigation Rights [Record], vol. A, 1891-1911 (1 volume).

Willow Creek Decree [Water Rights Record], 1910-1959 (1 volume).

​1956-[ongoing]

Series documents the development and implementation of codes and policies relating to the zoning of county lands and to illustrate and locate zoned areas within the county. Records include uniform zone codes and ordinances depicting zoned lands in the county. Information in codes and ordinances includes definition, code/ordinance numbers, purposes, uses, conditions for use, and changes made to codes/ordinances. Maps include area and/or zone descriptions, dates created, scales, and commissioners' signatures. Areas are typically zoned for residential, industrial, commercial, flood plain, agricultural, timber, public and government, and mineral extraction uses.

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Boardman Zoning [Map], 1998 (1 map);

City of Heppner Floodplain and Zoning [Maps], 2000 (5 maps);

Heppner Zoning [Map], 1998 (1 map);

Ione Zoning [Map], 1998 (1 map); 1999 (1 map); 2000 (1 map);

Irrigon Zoning [Map], 1998 (1 map); 1999 (1 map);

Lexington Zoning [Map], 1998 (1 map).

Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Morrow County Code [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance amendments-with index], ca.1986-n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office:

Comprehensive Plan Amendments [Records-includes zoning ordinance and map information], 1989-present (8 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Flat File Maps-includes city zoning, transportation, water, topographic, wetlands, floodplain, comprehensive plan, and zoning], ], ca.1961-present (ca.200 maps);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps and Plans-includes drainage, parks, floodplain, comprehensive plan, zoning, rural address, roads, heritage trail, Army depot, urban growth management], 1956-present (ca.100 maps);

[Miscellaneous Zoning-Related Ordinance Files-includes airport hazard, noise, nuisance, weed control, surface mining, and utilities], ca.1982-present (.40 cu.ft.);

Morrow County Code [includes amendments to comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], 1986-n.d. (1 volume);

Morrow County Master Log Book [includes information about comprehensive plan, zoning, subdivision, and partition actions], ca.1984-present (1 binder);

Morrow County Planning Department Current and Past Zoning Ordinances, 2005-present (1 binder);

Morrow County Zoning Ordinance, 1986 (1 binder);

Zone Changes [Records], ca.1974-ca.1986 (.75 cu.ft.);

Zoning Ordinance [Morrow County], 1972 (.10 cu.ft.);

Zoning Ordinance [Morrow County-includes drafts], 1980 (1 binder).

Records at the North Morrow County Courthouse Annex, Planning Department Office Counter:

[Zoning Maps-on assessor map base], ca.1999-present (1 volume);

Zoning Ordinance Subdivision Ordinance, 1980-present (1 binder).

Records at the Morrow County Web Site:

Zoning Ordinances​, ca.2001-present.