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Lane County (Or.)

LC control no.n 80037637
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Geographic headingLane County (Or.)
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Geographic subdivision usageOregon--Lane County
Variant(s)Lane Co., Or.
Beginning date1851-01-29
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedOregon
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 43°54ʹ59ʺN 122°50ʹ04ʺW)
Wikipedia, April 21, 2015 (Lane County, Oregon; founded: January 29, 1851; created from the southern part of Linn County and the portion of Benton County east of Umpqua County; originally it covered all of southern Oregon east to the Rocky Mountains and south to the California border; acquired the northern part of Umpqua County in 1853. With the creation of Wasco County in 1854, it lost all of its territory east of the Cascade Mountains. Minor boundary changes occurred with Douglas County in 1852, 1885, 1903, 1915, and 1917; with Linn County in 1907; and with Benton County in 1923; seat: Eugene; 43.95°N 122.88°W)
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