Statute Text
Umatilla County.
The boundary of Umatilla County is as follows:
(1) Beginning at
a point on the boundary of the state and the eastern boundary of Morrow County,
as described in ORS 201.250; thence southerly along such county boundary to the
northern boundary of Grant County, as described in ORS 201.120; thence easterly
along such county boundary to the boundary of Union County as described in
subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The boundary
line between Umatilla and Wallowa and Umatilla and Union Counties begins at the
terminus of Umatilla and Union Counties on the south and more particularly
described as follows: Commencing at the summit of the Blue Mountains where the
township line between townships 6 and 7 south intersects the summit; thence
west on the township line to the southwest corner of section 33, township 6
south, range 35 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence north to the northwest
corner of section 4 of such township and range; thence west to the southwest
corner of section 34, township 5 south, range 34 east, of the Willamette
Meridian; thence north to the northwest corner of section 27, township 4 south,
range 34 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence west to the northwest corner
of section 27, township 4 south, range 33 1/2 east, of the Willamette Meridian;
thence north to the northeast corner of township 4 south, range 33 east, of the
Willamette Meridian; thence west to the southwest corner of section 35,
township 3 south, range 33 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence north to
the northwest corner of section 2, township 3 south, range 33 east, of the
Willamette Meridian; thence east to the northeast corner of township 3 south,
range 33 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence south to the northwest corner
of township 3 south, range 33 1/2 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east
to the southeast corner of township 2 south, range 33 east, of the Willamette
Meridian; thence north to the northwest corner of section 31, township 2 south,
range 34 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east to the southeast corner
of section 28, township 2 south, range 35 east, of the Willamette Meridian;
thence north to the northwest corner of section 3, township 2 south, range 35
east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east to the southeast corner of
southwest quarter of section 35, township 1 south, range 35 east, of the
Willamette Meridian; thence north to the northwest corner of the northeast
quarter of section 35, township 1 south, range 35 east, of the Willamette
Meridian; thence east to the northeast corner of northwest quarter of section
36, township 1 south, range 35 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence south
to the center of section 36, township 1 south, range 35 east, of the Willamette
Meridian; thence east to the northeast corner of southeast quarter of section
36, township 1 south, range 35 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence south
to the southwest corner of township 1 south, range 36 east, of the Willamette
Meridian; thence east along the south boundary line of township 1 south, range
36 east, and township 1 south, range 37 east, to the southwest corner of
section 33, township 1 south, range 37 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence
north to the northeast corner of section 20, township 1 south, range 37 east,
of the Willamette Meridian; thence east to the southeast corner of section 13,
township 1 south, range 37 east of the Willamette Meridian; thence north along
the east boundary line of township 1 south, range 37 east, and townships 1 and
2 north, range 37 east, of the Willamette Meridian, to the northeast corner of
township 2 north, range 37 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east to the
northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 4, township 2 north, range
38 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence north to the township line between
townships 3 and 4 north, range 38 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east
to the southeast corner of section 34, township 4 north, range 38 east, of the
Willamette Meridian; thence north to the northwest corner of section 23,
township 4 north, range 38 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east to the
southwest corner of section 17, township 4 north, range 39 east, of the
Willamette Meridian; thence north to the northwest corner of section 5,
township 4 north, range 39 east, of the Willamette Meridian; thence east to the
southeast corner of section 31, township 5 north, range 39 east, of the
Willamette Meridian; thence due north about nine and one-half miles,
terminating at the state line between Oregon and Washington. [Amended by 1967
c.421 §195]