Tillamook County
Sunset at Oceanside. (Oregon State Archives Photo No. tilD0111a)
Contact
County Seat: Courthouse, 201 Laurel Ave., Tillamook 97141
Phone: 503-842-2034 (General); 503-842-2596, ext. 124 (Court Administrator)
Fax: 503-842-2721
E-mail: toneil@co.tillamook.or.us
Web: www.co.tillamook.or.us
About
Population (2009): 26,130
Established: Dec. 15, 1853
Elev. at Tillamook: 22'
Area: 1,125 sq. mi.
Average Temp.: January 42.2° July 58.2°
Assessed Value: $3,897,063,492
Real Market Value: $6,103,214,368
Annual Precipitation: 90.90"
Economy: Agriculture, forest products, fishing and recreation
Related resources
History
Historical
Records Inventory
Scenic
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Economic
Information (from OBDD)
"County
Quick Facts" (from U.S.
Census Bureau)
County
Seat Map (from Yahoo!
Maps)
County
Map (from ODOT)
Incorporated cities
Bay
City | Garibaldi | Manzanita | Nehalem | Rockaway
Beach | Tillamook | Wheeler
Points of interest
Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain; Tillamook, Nehalem, Netarts and Nestucca Bays; Oswald West State Park, Nehalem Bay State Park, Bob Straub State Park, Cape Lookout State Park; Pioneer Museum, Blue Heron Cheese Factory, Tillamook Cheese Factory, Naval Air Station Museum, Haystack Rock at Cape Kiwanda, Whalen Island State Park
History and general information
Tillamook County was formed in 1853 from Yamhill and Clatsop Counties. The name Tillamook comes from the Tillamook (or Killamook) Indians.
Dairy farms dominate the county’s fertile valley. It is the home of the world-famous Tillamook Cheese Factory. The reforested, 355,000 acre “Tillamook Burn” continues to mature. Commercial thinning will become increasingly evident. With 75 miles of scenic coastline, four bays and nine rivers, Tillamook County offers the finest deep-sea and stream fishing, charter and dory boats, clamming, crabbing, beachcombing and hiking. Its forests also furnish excellent hunting.
County officials
Commissioners—Chuck Hurliman (R) 2013, Tim Josi (D) 2015, Mark Labhart (R) 2013; Dist. Atty. William Porter 2015; Assess. Tim Lutz 2013; Clerk Tassi O’Neil 2013; Justice of the Peace Neal Lemery 2013; Sheriff Todd Anderson 2013; Surv. Dan McNutt 2013; Treas. Karen Richards-Dye 2015