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Josephine County

Also known as Josephine County, Oregon, Josephine County, OR

county in Oregon, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Oregon
Founded: January 22, 1856
Named after: Virginia “Josephine” Rollins
Seat: Grants Pass
Largest city: Grants Pass
Total: 1,642 sq mi (4,250 km )
Land: 1,640 sq mi (4,200 km )
Water: 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.1%
Estimate 2025: 87,867
Density: 50/sq mi (19/km )
Time zone: UTC−8 ( Pacific )
Summer dst: UTC−7 ( PDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: josephinecounty .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 88090
Area: 4252
Official website: www.co.josephine.or.us
Image: Josephine County Courthouse - Grants Pass Oregon.jpg
Households: 36606

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Commons category: Josephine County, Oregon
inception: 1856-00-00
water as percent of area: 0.1
native label: Josephine County
per capita income: 27026

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Article

Josephine County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 88,090. The county seat is Grants Pass. The county is named after Virginia Josephine Rollins (1834–1912), a settler who was the first white woman to live in the county's boundaries. Josephine County comprises the Grants Pass, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Medford-Grants Pass, OR Combined Statistical Area.

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