Sherman County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- February 25, 1889
- Named after
- William T. Sherman
- Seat
- Moro
- Largest city
- Wasco
- Total
- 831 sq mi (2,150 km )
- Land
- 824 sq mi (2,130 km )
- Water
- 7.5 sq mi (19 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,051
- Density
- 2.1/sq mi (0.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- co .sherman .or .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sherman County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,870, making it the second-least populous county in Oregon after nearby Wheeler. The county seat is Moro, and the largest city is Wasco. The county is named for William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union general in the American Civil War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sherman County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.