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Grant County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- October 14, 1864
- Named after
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Seat
- Canyon City
- Largest city
- John Day
- Total
- 4,529 sq mi (11,730 km )
- Land
- 4,529 sq mi (11,730 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,075
- Density
- 1.6/sq mi (0.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- grantcountyoregon .net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Grant County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,233, making it Oregon's fourth-least populous county. The county seat is Canyon City. It is named for President Ulysses S. Grant, who served as an army officer in the Oregon Territory, and at the time of the county's creation was a Union general in the American Civil War. Grant County is included in the eight-county definition of Eastern Oregon.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grant County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.