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Oregon Quizzes: Oregon Counties

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President Herbert Hoover and boyhood home

1. President Herbert Hoover's boyhood home is in which Oregon county?

	a.	Lane
	b.	Marion
	c.	Yamhill
	d.	Union

2. Which county has the highest assessed value?

	a.	Washington
	b.	Malheur
	c.	Clackamas
	d.	Lane

3. This county is home to the biggest cheese factory in the state:

	a.	Coos
	b.	Lane
	c.	Morrow
	d.	Tillamook

4. French-Canadian fur trappers of the Hudson’s Bay Company named this county after waterfalls:

	a.	Wasco
	b.	Deschutes
	c.	Josephine
	d.	Clackamas

5. These two counties were named for Missouri senators who advocated development of the Oregon Territory:

	a.	Lane and Benton
	b.	Lane and Curry
	c.	Linn and Benton
	d.	Sherman and Grant

6. Sailor Diggings used to be the county seat of this county:

	a.	Josephine
	b.	Curry
	c.	Klamath
	d.	Wheeler

7. Which county is home to a significant summer resort founded by pioneer Oregon railroad builder Ben Holladay?

	a.	Deschutes
	b.	Lake
	c.	Clatsop
	d.	Multnomah

8. Which county has one of the most outstanding depositories of prehistoric fossils on the North American continent?

	a.	Polk
	b.	Wallowa
	c.	Lincoln
	d.	Wheeler

9. The county seat of this county has the highest elevation of any county seat in Oregon:

	a.	Harney
	b.	Wallowa
	c.	Klamath
	d.	Lake

10. Two major Oregon rivers form the east and west boundaries of this county:

	a.	Sherman
	b.	Marion
	c.	Benton
	d.	Washington

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