[or-roots] changing name - Creek

[Leslie Chapman]

It wasn't easy;

Dr. George L. Vogt, Secretary
Oregon Geographic Names Board
Oregon Historical Society
1200 S.W. Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205-2483
Telephone: (503) 306-5225
Fax: (503) 221-2035
E-mail: georgev at ohs.org


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Nancy
The Oregon Geographic Names Board is who to contact about changing a name on
any Geographic feature, you could probably do a search and come up with how
to contact them.
Glen

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Glen A. Jones

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From: "Nancy Lee Adams" <nancydean at columbia-center.org>

Hi -

Does anyone know how to go about changing the name of a creek in Jackson
Co., Oregon? When I was on vacation in Rogue River, OR. we went to the water
master, surveyor and county clerk & none of them knew where to go to change
the name of a creek. daaaaa  how dum can they be. The creek is on family
property & been in our family for over 100 years. We have grandfather water
rights filed 1901 & updated 1909 with the document that reads we do. The
creek was named after the stepfather & not the real father who got the land
1st in 1898.

The water master said no one has water rights in Jackson Co., OR. He is so
wrong!

Thanks, Nancy