Geography of Umatilla County, Oregon - Landforms of Umatilla County, Oregon, Populated Places in Umatilla County, Oregon (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Landforms of Umatilla County, Oregon, Populated places in Umatilla County, Oregon, Protected areas of Umatilla County, Oregon, Gopher Flats, Oregon, Pendleton, Oregon, Hermiston, Oregon, Weston, Oregon, Adams, Oregon, Echo, Oregon, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Umatilla, Oregon, Ukiah, Oregon, Athena, Oregon, Stanfield, Oregon, Pilot Rock, Oregon, Helix, Oregon, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Eastern Oregon, Umatilla River, Walla Walla River, Walla Walla Valley AVA, Umatilla National Forest, North Fork John Day Wilderness, Columbia Plateau, Butter Creek, Blue Mountains, Ordnance, Oregon, McKay Reservoir, Umatilla Indian Reservation, North Fork Umatilla Wilderness, Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Umatilla, Birch Creek, Langdon Lake, Lake Wallula, McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Bridge Creek Wildlife Area, Oregon Trail Arboretum, Columbia Heights. Excerpt: Pendleton ( ) is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Pendleton was named in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H. Pendleton, Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign. The population was 16,612 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Umatilla County. Pendleton is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Pendleton-Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Morrow and Umatilla counties and had a combined population of 87,062 at the 2010 census. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Northwest PendletonA commercial center in the locality of Pendleton began as early as 1851, when Dr. William C. McKay established a trading post at the mouth of McKay Creek. A Post Office with the name of Marshall (named for the owner of another local store, and sometime gambler) was established April 21, 1865, and later renamed Pendleton. The city was incorporated by...