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Klamath County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- October 17, 1882
- Named after
- Klamath Indians
- Seat
- Klamath Falls
- Largest city
- Klamath Falls
- Total
- 6,136 sq mi (15,890 km )
- Land
- 5,941 sq mi (15,390 km )
- Water
- 194 sq mi (500 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 70,274
- Density
- 11/sq mi (4.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .klamathcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Klamath people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oregon
- Capital
- Klamath Falls
- Population
- 69413
- Area
- 15892
- Shares border with
- Jackson County
- Official website
- www.co.klamath.or.us
- Image
- 002 klamath falls.jpg
- Households
- 28376
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- water as percent of area
- 3.2
- Commons category
- Klamath County, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Klamath County, Oregon
- native label
- Klamath County
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Klamath County, Oregon
- per capita income
- 26508
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Klamath County, Oregon
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Klamath County (/ˈklæməθ/ KLAM-əth) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,413. The county seat is Klamath Falls. The county was named for the Klamath, the tribe of Native Americans living in the area at the time the first European explorers entered the region. Klamath County comprises the Klamath Falls, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Klamath County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.