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Benton County was created on December 23, 1847, by an act of the Provisional Government of Oregon. [3] The county was named after Democratic Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, an advocate of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and the belief that the American government should control the whole of the Oregon Country.
Corvallis (/ k ɔːr ˈ v æ l ɪ s / kor-VAL-iss) is a city in and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. [6] It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County.
Benton County: 003: Corvallis: 1847: Polk County: Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country. 97,713: 676 sq mi (1,751 km 2) Clackamas County: 005: Oregon City: 1843: One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country: Named for the Clackamas people, a local Native American tribe. 423,173: ...
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 57 of those are found in Benton County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
It is centered around the state's two college towns, Eugene and Corvallis, homes to the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, respectively. Politically, the district leans slightly Democratic, due to the presence of Lane and Benton counties, home to over half the district's population. Lincoln County also tilts Democratic.
The Benton County Courthouse is a courthouse building located in Corvallis, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in 1888, the facility is regarded as the oldest county courthouse in Oregon still being used for its original purpose. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
After railroad employees alerted the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies began to scour the rural area for the man. They knew temperatures were going to be hovering in the mid-30s Sunday night.
Monroe is a city in Benton County, Oregon, United States. The population was 763 as of the 2023 census population estimates. [5] It is part of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Monroe is located midway between Eugene and Corvallis along Highway 99W.