Clatsop County is located in Oregon’s rugged and beautiful northwest coast. Named for the Clatsop People, Clatsop County is rich in history, scenery, and opportunity. Lewis & Clark’s Corp of Discovery spent the winter of 1805-06 here before starting their journey back east.
Clatsop County was created from the northern and western portions of the original Twality District and was founded in 1844. Before 1850 most of Clatsop County’s government activity occurred in Lexington, which is now known as the city of Warrenton. However, commercial and social activities came to center on Astoria as that city grew, and by election in 1854 Astoria came to be the County seat. Astoria is Oregon’s oldest city and the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies. This area was established as a fur trading post in 1811 by a party commissioned by John Jacob Astor.
The voters of Clatsop County approved a home-rule charter in 1988 that called for a Board of County Commissioners as the policy-determining body of the county, and a County Manager to oversee the daily operations of the government. The county government consists of five commissioners, each elected from one of the five geographic districts; in addition, the voters also elect a District Attorney and Sheriff.
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The county provides certain services on a countywide basis and other services only to unincorporated areas of the county. Within the appropriate jurisdictions, the county provides law enforcement, criminal detention, judicial administration, parks and recreation facilities, community development, road maintenance and construction, public health services, tax assessments and collections, elections, and general administrative functions. There are approximately 65 taxing districts that use county tax dollars to perform a variety of additional functions such as rural fire departments, water, health, transportation, recreation, sewer, schools, roads, and diking districts to name a few.
Clatsop County,
The county provides certain services on a countywide basis and other services only to unincorporated areas of the county. Within the appropriate jurisdictions, the county provides law enforcement, criminal detention, judicial administration, parks and recreation facilities, community development, road maintenance and construction, public health services, tax assessments and collections, elections, and general administrative functions. There are approximately 65 taxing districts that use county tax dollars to perform a variety of additional functions such as rural fire departments, water, health, transportation, recreation, sewer, schools, roads, and diking districts to name a few.
Clatsop County, Oregon