Oregon
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- In 2001, David Dillon, editor of the The North Coast Citizen newspaper, proposed a new county be formed from the northern portion of Tillamook County, Oregon. Discussion and research on the new county, which was never named, stalled in 2002.
- In 1984, an effort was stopped by its promoter Wilbur Ternyik at the request of the governor as it was to assured to succeed in forming McCall County out of the western portion of Lane County and Douglas County. Lane County alone is the size of Connecticut or of Delaware and Rhode Island combined; 4620 square miles.
- In 2005, was the next effort in the 100 year long desire for the western portion to gain independence from the Eugene centered/serving Lane County. This effort was to take a quarter of Lane County forming Siuslaw County; roughly 1,000 square miles. Chief petitioner Keith Stanton was unable to gather the needed 50%+1 signatures of those registered to vote and living within the proposed new county area. No foundation work was done in the hopes the citizens knew what they wanted and only needed to learn it was within their grasp.
Read more about this topic: List Of U.S. County Secession Proposals
Famous quotes containing the word oregon:
“The Oregon [matter] and the annexation of Texas are now all- important to the security and future peace and prosperity of our union, and I hope there are a sufficient number of pure American democrats to carry into effect the annexation of Texas and [extension of] our laws over Oregon. No temporizing policy or all is lost.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“In another year I’ll have enough money saved. Then I’m gonna go back to my hometown in Oregon and I’m gonna build a house for my mother and myself. And join the country club and take up golf. And I’ll meet the proper man with the proper position. And I’ll make a proper wife who can run a proper home and raise proper children. And I’ll be happy, because when you’re proper, you’re safe.”
—Daniel Taradash (b. 1913)
“When Paul Bunyan’s loggers roofed an Oregon bunkhouse with shakes, fog was so thick that they shingled forty feet into space before discovering they had passed the last rafter.”
—State of Oregon, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)