Annotations
OREGON, a post-village, capital of Holt co., Mo., 210 N. W. by W. from Jefferson City. (Baldwin & Thomas, A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States ... 1854)
OREGON The county seat of Holt county, Lewis township, near the Missouri river, 20 miles above St. Joseph. It was first settled in 1845, by W. Zook. It contains three churches, one Masonic lodge, one Odd Fellows lodge, one female seminary. Population 900. B.B. Frazer, mayor. Galen Crow, County Sheriff. (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)
Total Population 1860
720
Latitude
39.986092
Longitude
-95.143302
Waterways
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Holt
State
Missouri