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The Oregon Constitution does not explicitly provide for county seats; Article VI, covering the "Administrative Department" of the state of Oregon, simply states that: All county and city officers shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by law.
The Albany facility is the company's main research and development site in the industry, [66] and has recently partnered with Seattle-based technology company EnerG2 to produce carbon electrode material, in a 74,000-square-foot (6,900 m 2) former distribution center of Oregon Freeze Dry by 2011 bringing a new green technology industry to Albany ...
The largest library in Oregon is the University of Oregon's Knight Library, with collections totaling more than 3 million volumes and over 100,000 audio and video items. [178] The Eugene Public Library [179] moved into a new, larger building downtown in 2002.
St. Helens is the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon.It was founded by Captain Henry Montgomery Knighton, a native of New England, in 1845, as "Plymouth".The name was changed to St. Helens in the latter part of 1850 for its view of Mount St. Helens, roughly 39 miles (63 km) away in Washington.
The western snowy plover uses the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area as a nesting site. In 1993, it was identified as a threatened species by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, with only 68 birds remaining in Oregon. Multiple agencies used a multi-pronged approach to protect the plovers and increase their numbers.
Lane County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.As of the 2020 census, the population was 382,971, [2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Oregon. . The county seat is Eugene, the state's second most populous city
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Downtown Klamath Falls The Oregon Bank Building is one of 13 sites in Klamath Falls listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As of the census of 2010, there were 20,840 people, 8,542 households and 4,876 families residing in the city. [38] The immediate neighboring Census Designated Place of Altamont, Oregon had a