Umpqua Douglas County, Oregon
Mapped Location
Umpqua: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Umpqua
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Umpqua
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Umpqua | Official |
A Selected Bibliography of Umpqua, Douglas County, Oregon
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Umpqua the lost county of Oregon by Jerry Winterbotham
Authored by local historian Jerry Winterbotham, Umpqua: The Lost County of Oregon chronicles the short-lived history of a vast territorial district established in 1851 that eventually vanished from the map through political reorganization and county consolidation. The book details the struggles of early homesteaders, miners, and river merchants who attempted to build permanent communities along the rugged Umpqua River basin before the shifting political tides of the Oregon Territory absorbed their jurisdiction. Through legislative records and pioneer accounts, the text resurrects the forgotten administrative history of a frontier region swallowed by bureaucratic evolution. A keen insight drawn from the work is how county boundaries in the American West were ephemeral political constructs that often bore little relation to actual human geography; by tracing how a once-proud political entity was erased by administrative decree, the book reveals how early state-building frequently treated historic communities as mere ink on a map to be redrawn at the whim of distant territorial lawmakers.
iv, 156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
Umpqua Valley, Oregon, and its pioneers by Harold Avery Minter
Harold Avery Minter’s Umpqua Valley, Oregon, and its Pioneers chronicles the nineteenth-century settlement of this distinct and rugged river basin nestled in southwestern Oregon. The narrative maps the challenging overland routes into a geographically isolated region bounded by the towering Cascade Range to the east and the densely forested Coast Range to the west. Minter details how early homesteaders adapted to this enclosed topography, establishing foundational communities like Roseburg and Oakland along the vital arterial waters of the North and South Umpqua rivers. By documenting the transformation of these wild inland waterways and valleys into a thriving agricultural enclave, the book vividly captures the frontier geography of southern Oregon.
290 pages illustrations, map (on lining papers), portraits 23 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
Douglas County
- Anchor (historical)
- Anlauf
- Ash
- Azalea
- Booth (historical)
- Brockway
- Buck Fork (historical)
- Calkins
- Callahan
- Calvert (historical)
- Camas Valley
- City of Canyonville
- Civil Bend (historical)
- Clearwater
- Cleveland
- Coles Valley
- Comstock
- Cow Creek
- Curtin
- Dads Creek
- Days Creek
- Diamond Lake
- Dillard
- Dixonville
- City of Drain
- Drew
- East Gardiner
- Edenbower
- Elgarose
- Elkhead
- City of Elkton
- Fair Oaks
- Fernvale
- Fortune Branch
- Galesville
- Gardiner
- Gazley
- City of Glendale
- Glide
- Green
- Green Acres
- Gunter
- Hawthorne
- Hoaglin (historical)
- Idleyld Park
- Kellogg
- Lavadoure (historical)
- Leona
- Lookingglass
- Melrose
- Millwood
- Milo
- City of Myrtle Creek
- North Fork
- North Umpqua Village
- Nugget (historical)
- Oak Creek (historical)
- City of Oakland
- Oaks
- Olalla
- Old Town
- Peck
- Peel
- Perdue (historical)
- Porter Creek
- Quines Creek
- City of Reedsport
- Reston
- Rice Hill
- City of Riddle
- Riversdale
- Rockland (historical)
- City of Roseburg
- Round Prairie
- Scottsburg
- Steamboat
- Stephens
- Sunnydale
- Surprise Valley
- City of Sutherlin
- Tenmile
- Tiller
- Toketee Falls
- Tri City
- Tri-City
- Tyee
- Umpqua
- Umpqua City (historical)
- Union Gap
- Weaver
- Wilbur
- Willard (historical)
- Winchester
- Winchester Bay
- City of Winston
- City of Yoncalla
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2014-12-12