Morrow County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- February 16, 1885
- Named after
- Jackson L. Morrow
- Seat
- Heppner
- Largest city
- Boardman
- Total
- 2,049 sq mi (5,310 km )
- Land
- 2,032 sq mi (5,260 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,602
- Density
- 5.997/sq mi (2.315/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .co .morrow .or .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home Page | Morrow County Oregon
morrowcountyoregon.com →Link to the official site · 13,514 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12186
- Area
- 5307
- Official website
- www.morrowcountyoregon.com
- Image
- HeppnerMorrowcourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4093
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- Commons category
- Morrow County, Oregon
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Morrow County
- per capita income
- 24655
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Article
Morrow County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,186. The county seat is Heppner. The county is named for one of its first settlers, Jackson L. Morrow, who was a member of the state legislature when the county was created. Half of the Umatilla Chemical Depot, which includes the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, and the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman are located within the county. Morrow County is part of the Pendleton-Hermiston, OR, Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the south side of the Columbia River and is included in the eight-county definition of Eastern Oregon.
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