Statute Text
Benton
County.
(1) The
boundary of Benton County is as follows:
(a) Commencing in
the middle of the Willamette River, at the southeast corner of Polk County;
thence running south along the main channel of the river to the middle fork of
the river; thence up the middle fork to its source; thence due south to the
forty-second parallel of north latitude; thence west along the forty-second
parallel to the Pacific Ocean; thence north along the coast of the Pacific
Ocean to the southern boundary of Polk County.
(b) Beginning at
a point on the Benton and Lincoln County boundary line which is the northeast
corner of section 13, township 14 south, range 9 west, Willamette Meridian;
thence west a distance of approximately one mile to the section corner common
to sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, township 14 south, range 9 west, Willamette
Meridian; thence south a distance of approximately one mile to the section
corner common to sections 13, 14, 23 and 24, township 14 south, range 9 west,
Willamette Meridian; thence west a distance of approximately four miles to the
section corner common to sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, township 14 south, range 9
west, Willamette Meridian; thence south a distance of approximately two miles
to the section corner common to sections 29, 30, 31 and 32, township 14 south,
range 9 west, Willamette Meridian; thence east a distance of approximately two
miles to the section corner common to sections 27, 28, 33 and 34, township 14
south, range 9 west, Willamette Meridian; thence south a distance of approximately
two and one-fourth miles to the Lane and Lincoln County boundary along the
one-sixteenth section line in sections 10, 11 and 12 in township 15 south,
range 9 west, Willamette Meridian; thence east to the boundary lines corner
common to Lincoln, Benton and Lane Counties; thence north a distance of
approximately five and one-fourth miles to the place of beginning.
(c) The southern
boundary of Benton County commences in the middle of the channel of the
Willamette River at a point where a line running west will pass three miles
south of the ford on Long Tom (near Rowland Hintons field); thence running due
west to a monument set on the present county boundary between Lane and Benton
Counties, which is 14.96 chains north of the quarter section corner between
sections 11 and 12, township 15 south, range 6 west, Willamette Meridian;
thence south to the quarter corner between sections 11 and 12, township 15
south, range 6 west; thence westerly on the quarter line through townships 6
and 7 west, to the quarter corner on the west side of section 7, township 15
south, range 7 west; thence south to the quarter corner on the east side of
section 12, township 15 south, range 8 west; thence westerly on the quarter
section line through township 15 south, range 8 west, to the west line of
section 7 of such township.
(2) When the
Willamette River serves as the boundary between Linn and Benton Counties in
subsection (1)(a) and (c) of this section, a reference to the river refers to
the middle of the Willamette River as it existed on January 8, 2003, and may be
further identified using coordinates and other location information determined
by the affected county surveyors and filed by the appropriate counties with the
appropriate county assessors and the Department of Revenue under ORS 308.225. [Amended
by 2003 c.622 §1]
Note:
For description of areas, parts of
which were once encompassed by the area described in 201.020 (1)(a) but that
now form parts of Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane and Lincoln
Counties, see, respectively, 201.060, 201.080, 201.100, 201.150, 201.170,