| LC control no. | n 81072752 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Hood River County (Or.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Oregon--Hood River County |
| Variant(s) | Hood River Co., Or. |
| See also | Wasco County (Or.) |
| Biography/History note | The people of the Hood River region in the northwest portion of Wasco County expressed a desire for political separation from the parent county. The passage of a statewide initiative established Hood River as the thirty-fourth county of the state. It was made official by a governor's proclamation on June 23, 1908. <http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/local/county/hoodriver/hist.html> |
| Beginning date | 1908-06-23 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Oregon |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 45°30ʹ00ʺN 121°38ʹ04ʺW) GNIS, March 16, 2015 (Hood River County) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-or |
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