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Crook County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- October 24, 1882
- Named after
- George Crook
- Seat
- Prineville
- Largest city
- Prineville
- Total
- 2,987 sq mi (7,740 km )
- Land
- 2,979 sq mi (7,720 km )
- Water
- 8.2 sq mi (21 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 27,564
- Density
- 7/sq mi (2.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- co .crook .or .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Crook
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oregon
- Contains
- Prineville
- Capital
- Prineville
- Population
- 24738
- Area
- 7732
- Shares border with
- Deschutes County
- Official website
- www.co.crook.or.us
- Image
- CrookCountyCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9998
Show 9 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Crook County, Oregon
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Crook County
- Commons category
- Crook County, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Crook County, Oregon
- inception
- 1862-00-00
- different from
- Crook County
- topic has template
- Template:Crook County, Oregon
- per capita income
- 29923
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Encyclopedic overview
Crook County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,738. The county seat is Prineville. The county is named after George Crook, a U.S. Army officer who served in the American Civil War and various Indian Wars.
Crook County comprises the Prineville, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Bend—Prineville, OR Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crook County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.