Lake County
The historic Heryford Building in downtown Lakeview. (Oregon State Archives Photo No. lakD0088)
Contact
County Seat: Courthouse, 513 Center St., Lakeview 97630
Phone: 541-947-6006 (General); 541-947-6051 (Court Administrator)
Fax: 541-947-6015
Web: www.lakecountyor.org
About
Population: 7,565
Established: October 24, 1874
Elev. at Lakeview: 4,800'
Area: 8,359 sq. mi.
Average Temp.: January 28.4° July 67.0°
Assessed Value: $485,565,882
Real Market Value: $825,602,929
Annual Precipitation: 15.80"
Economy: Livestock, forest products, agriculture, recreation
Related resources
History
Historical
Records Inventory
Scenic
Image
Economic
Information (from OECDD)
"County
Quick Facts" (from U.S.
Census Bureau)
County
Seat Map (from Yahoo!
Maps)
County
Map (from ODOT)
Incorporated cities
Lakeview | Paisley
Points of interest
Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge, Fort Rock and Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum, Abert Lake and Rim, Goose Lake, Hunter’s Hot Springs, Old Perpetual Geyser, Schminck Memorial Museum and Lake County Museum, Lake County Round-Up Museum, Warner Canyon Ski Area, Gearhart Wilderness, Lost Forest, Crack-in-the-Ground, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Summer Lake Hot Springs, Hole-in-the-Ground, sunstones (Oregon’s state gemstone) near Plush, Warner Wetlands, Summer Lake Wildlife Area.
History and general information
Lake County was created from Jackson and Wasco Counties by the 1874 Legislature. It then included the present Klamath County and all of the present Lake County except Warner Valley. In 1882, Klamath was removed and, in 1885, the Warner area from Grant County was added.
Linkville, now Klamath Falls, was the first county seat. M. Bullard gave 20 acres as the Lakeview townsite. In the 1875 election the county seat was moved to Lakeview. The Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge is a 270,000 acre wildlife haven for antelope, mule deer, bighorn sheep and upland birds. A number of migratory waterfowl flyways converge on Goose Lake, south of Lakeview, the Warner Wetlands near Plush, and the Summer Lake Wildlife area. Lakeview has been deemed the hang gliding capital of the West.
County officials
Commissioners—Ken Kestner (R) 2011, Dan Shoun (D) 2011, Bradley Winters (D) 2013; Dist. Atty. David Schutt (NP) 2013; Assess. Phil Israel (NP) 2011; Clerk Stacie Geaney (NP) 2013; Sheriff Phil McDonald (NP) 2011; Surv. Darryl Anderson (NP) 2011; Treas. Ann Crumrine (NP) 2013.