Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Multnomah County Records Inventory
Census Records
1860-1930
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 Records, 1860 (1 volume);
Census Records [includes precinct no. 17-46, 55-77], 1895 (5 volumes);
1895 (3 reels of microfilm);
Search for 1895 Multnomah County
census [precincts 17-46, 55-77] entries in Oregon Historical Records
Index.
Records at the Yeon Building, Records Center, Microfilm Cabinet:
[Multnomah County State Census], 1895 (3 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Multnomah County Central Library:
1860 Multnomah County Oregon Census [Transcript-End of Trail Researchers],
1860 (1 volume);
1870 U.S. Census Multnomah County [excludes incorporated City of Portland-Genealogical
Forum of Portland-alphabetical], 1870 (1 volume).
Records at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Research Library:
State Census-Mult Co. [Multnomah County], vol. 3-8, 1895 (3 reels of microfilm).
Records at a Related Web Site:
Census
List [Multnomah County], 1860 (US GenWeb Project);
Federal Census
Enumeration District Descriptions [Multnomah County], 1930 (US GenWeb
Project).