Oregon Historical County Records Guide

Baker County Records Inventory

Census Records

1870-1979

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 and Military Enrollment [Enumeration of Inhabitants and Military Enrollment of Baker County], 1905 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Baker County Courthouse, Clerk's Upper Vault:
1905 Census [Enumeration of Inhabitants and Military Enrollment of Baker County], 1905 (.50 cu.ft.);
1905 Census Record [Enumeration of Inhabitants and Military Enrollment of Baker County], 1905 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Baker County Courthouse, Clerk's Lower Vault, Front Room:
Baker County [Maps-includes census, Metsker's, and vicinity-rolled-Bin # 7], ca.1955-ca.1979 (5 maps).

Records at Related Web Sites:
Census Transcriptions [Baker County], 1870 (US GenWeb Project);
Census Transcriptions [Baker County], 1880 (US GenWeb Project);
Military Census Transcriptions [Baker County], 1891-1892 (US GenWeb Project).